Banning Cassells

[Wilson Gray]

No offense meant?  None taken, given that the rules are basically the
same here: "nigger" is okay; "fuck" is not.

There's one odd exception, the B[lack]E[entertainment]T[elevision]
does bleep out "nigger." Passing strange, since it causes one of its
most popular programs, Comicview, to be virtually one long bleep.

-Wilson

On 6/25/06, Jonathon Green <slang at abecedary.net> wrote:
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> My last, as must have been apparent, was intended as a personal letter
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