[VeniVidiVici]

The amendment's sponsor, Rep. Ed Ableser of Tempe, said he'd seen a splash guard that used the word "pickaninny"

I'd say that old Ed here should lay off the moonshine before he sets out on the road.

[Publius6961]

The amendment's sponsor, Rep. Ed Ableser of Tempe, said he'd seen a splash guard that used the word "pickaninny"

Someone needs to get a life.

I just had to revisit this thread today due to something I ran across on the way to do something else...

I was discussing Scott Joplin with a friend, and needed to revisit his works, since the first 5 years of my daughter's lifetime piano experience were almost exclusively rag...

Here among his dozens of works, Scott Joplin had this one...

"I Am Thinking of My Pickanniny Days" (1902); lyrics by Henry Jackson

When I saw that, I just couldn't stop laughing.
Words...
They are simply words.