raghu wrote: > First I should confess that I am a huge fan of Tarantino, but I don't like > Spielberg much at all (can't stand the sentimentality of his movies). It is > true that Tarantino has a fetish for the n-word which he does use > excessively and gratuitously, but that to me is a minor flaw.
I just heard a stand-up routine by the comedian Louis C.K. He says he hates "the n-word." No, not the word "nigger," but the actual phrase "the n-word." His point is that the superficial folks on TV and elsewhere use the phase, avoiding the appearance of racism, but by using it, they put the _actual_ n-word into our minds, having a racist effect. Maybe he's right. In general, does the use of euphemism solve anything? Yes, if one wishes to be polite. I would never use a word to describe anyone if they don't like that word, unless that someone were really bad. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
