Agreed, Dave. As for you, Black Acorn, none of those quotes of mine have anything to do with my wanting to "reserve the right" to use words in a racist manner. You are a bit too enthusiastic, if you don't mind my saying so, about defining offensiveness for all the rest of us and prescribing for us which words we should never use. Read what others have said about context. Adopt a more rounded view. No-one is going to be condemned as racist for not objecting to Paul Robeson singing "coon" instead of "food" in an old song. If you want to go larger on that, go below the line.