I said:

"As I write this I have an idea that there are conflicting views on what to do with this word."

Interesting that the link you gave us is discussing that point. Perhaps therefore we are not so far removed from it as we might fear.

Thanks azizi - thereis muc to be learned from that site.


Homer

"The only context I could come up with where all those conditions could be assumed was a Klan meeting."

It must be hard having such a limited imagination. Never mind.