What?

Upon further reflection, I ask, "What happened to me on Thursday?" Do some people think that something never existed, or if it did, will go away, by simply not putting a word to it?

It all started with a word beginning with "n." Good grief, I have just knuckled under to political correctness. The word is nigger, and it's just a word. It was once used as an expletive, and should not be spoken today, because, apparently, its sound is too disturbing to some people.

However, why has the local NBC-TV affiliate excised the word "Nazi" from its lexicon? The word is merely the shortened form of the name for the German National Socialist (Workers') Party. Perhaps the Obama media has decided that "socialism" either doesn't exist in America, or the President is embarrassed to admit that it's where he is headed.

Do you suppose that if I insist that "rap" is not music, the definition will be appropriately modified? Will the word "rape" disappear from the dictionary because it is such a hateful concept? How about "sodomy," now that it is an acceptable expression of love for some?

The language is full of hot-button words. Do you suppose that forbidding their use will make the behaviors they represent acceptable, or render them obsolete, at your pleasure?

PLEASE FORGIVE me for failing to mention the importance of this day, but I have been too busy watching to see if some loony will burn some Qurans, and listening to a presidential jerk using the occasion as an opportunity to give a political speech. Sorry, New York.