I have always understood the word nigger to refer to the colour black in an artists palette. I think it is incredibly racist of frequentflyer2 to to see it purely as referring to a person with a dark coloured skin.
I read somewhere recently that golliwogs have been reprieved. Does this mean that my Robertson jam mementoes can see the light of day again.
My friends have an alsation dog. I think that is racist, naming a breed of dog after people from Alsace and Lorraine. Imagine do my friends have no shame.
Then we have pekinese dogs, should they now be called Beijinganese, and should the chinese people be allowed to object.
As for Guy Gibson's dog, let him lie in peace. His master and colleagues were instrumental in saving many thousands of allied lives. If I had a black dog I would be proud to call it Nigger.