Fyodor Presents: The only word that carries the firepower of both sticks AND stones.

As if you could not guess...

TA-DA! The word is naphthalene.

The Daily Utah Chronicle: Opening up about the 'N-word'
The "N-word" is often used carelessly in media and music, and in most cases, people are uninformed about the deep, hurtful meanings behind it, a scholar from Chicago told a crowd of about 100 students and faculty Thursday. "My talk is not to change people's practice, but I want them to think about the word and think about the context and the historical usage," said David Stovall, a professor in ...

Ha! Just goofin' with ya, homies. The word is nigger.

Macomb Daily: Harrison trustee defends use of N-word in after-hours dispute
Harrison Township Trustee James Ulinski has defended his use of a racially derogatory term against three local residents he claimed had threatened to harm him and his family over a zoning dispute.

What? The world didn't come to an end?

Louisville Courier-Journal: 'N-word' put to rest at NKU
The school's collegiate chapter of the NAACP will hold a mock funeral at 6 p.m. for racial slurs and other derogatory words. The burial will be part of a larger program called "Stop ... Using Those Words."

Nobody got lynched, right? Everybody still with me?

Eurweb: WHO SAYS NAS' NEW CD WON'T BE NAMED AFTER THE N-WORD?: Rapper has total support of label prez LA Reid.
Apparently Fox news got it all wrong when they reported that the powers that be at Def Jam said the label was not releasing Nas new project named after the N-word.

Oops. Silly me. I forgot...NIGGER is just a fucking word!

Philadelphia Daily News: Nas insisting on 'N'-word album title
To some, it's a hurtful racial epithet. For Nas, it's an album title. The rapper has told MTV News that he would indeed be naming his new album after the N-word. And he denied earlier reports that the album's title would be spelled "N--a," considered in some circles a less inflammatory epithet. He said the disc is due out Dec. 11. "[People] shouldn't trip off the [album's] title; the ...

Yes, it is an ugly and hurtful word no man with even the smallest modicum of sense and good taste should use in normal conversation.

Fox News: Nas Denies Reports That Def Jam Nixing N-Word Album Title
The rapper told MTV News that he would indeed be naming his new album after the N-word. And he denied earlier reports that the album's title would be spelled "N---a," considered in some circles a less inflammatory epithet.

Of course, I am trying to edumacate you kiddies by using some rhetorical devices to shock and amaze you.

MuchMusic.com: Nas' "N-Word" Controversy
Nas is causing quite a stir with the name of his next album. The Queens' NY rapper has revealed that his upcoming CD will be named after the n-word and unsurprisingly some people are upset. The MC has come under fire from Fox News and prominent black leaders for promoting hate.

So, to bottom-line the whole kerfuffle for you...Nobody should say [or type] "nigger", but there are many worse things people can say and do.

Northwest Florida Daily News: No slurs allowed in FWBHS play
On the heels of a Niceville High School coach’s suspension for using “the N word,” another high school will omit the slur from an upcoming play.