Calm down, I was only having a pop at El Pres's somewhat contrived and facile '****** is the same as sambo' argument.He is banned. Do you want us to go round his house and do his windows in?
I'm aware of the historical use, I was just pointing out that in modern day useage (by whites, I take your point about black people) it is only ever a derogatory term. And I have yet to meet anyone called Nigel who has said: "My name's Nigel, but my friends call me ******."I think you will find that ****** can also relate to a shade of brown, and was a popular dogs name at one time, as a result of Guy Gibson's dog being called it in The Damn Busters film. That was obvioulsy before the PC brigade got so worried about offending everyone. The irony is that our coloured friends call each other by that name regularly in public!
Anyway, I'm off to make a sambo ...