"Ho" & "Bitch" to be banned in NYC?

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Personally, I think they should ban "New York City Council" and "$112,500"  
(annual salary). That's obscene!
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_http://www.nysun.com/article/59489/_ (http://www.nysun.com/article/59489/) 
 
Council Bill Would Ban Two More Slurs
By _GRACE  RAUH_ (http://www.nysun.com/authors/Grace+Rauh) 
Staff Reporter of the Sun
July 31, 2007 
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The City Council is considering a symbolic ban on the words "ho" and "b—ch,"  
five months after it approved a similar ban on the "n-word" that garnered  
national attention. 
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The resolution, which would ban two words widely considered sexist and  
insulting when used to describe women, already has support from 22 council  
members, its sponsor, _Council Member Darlene Mealy_ 
(http://www.nysun.com/related_results.php?term=Darlene+Mealy)  of _Brooklyn_ 
(http://www.nysun.com/related_results.php?term=Brooklyn) , said yesterday. "I feel this should be it,  these 
three and no more," Ms. Mealy said, referring to the words covered by her  
resolution and the slur successfully targeted earlier this year by a council  
member of Queens, _Leroy Comrie_ 
(http://www.nysun.com/related_results.php?term=Leroy+Comrie) . "We should be burying these three." 
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Ms. Mealy said she is concerned that her resolution's two words are featured  
prominently in popular music and have become less likely to trigger outrage 
when  used in conversation. If approved, her resolution likely would be used to 
 pressure the music industry to remove the words from lyrics and to encourage 
 people to strike them from their speech. 
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In April, talk show host Don Imus called members of the Rutgers University  
women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos," prompting a national discussion  
about the word. 
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Mr. Comrie, who has become something of a national spokesman against the  
n-word, said he supports Ms. Mealy's proposal. 
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"You know, we have to keep the assault on hate speech," he said. "I think the 
 challenge for all of us now is to understand we can stand up and speak 
against  things that are demeaning to us and other  people."



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