15-yard penalty if a player uses the N-word on the field ... 2nd Time- Ejection

I insist that parents can't control everything that their kids are exposed to, and not to make excuses for poor parents out there, but saying kids shouldn't be allowed to watch a sport is absurd. What we're doing is making excuses for the players to run their mouths afoul by declaring racism "a part of football" - THAT is nonsense.

Right, controlling everything your child is exposed to is impossible, so why should players in the NFL be the ones to do it for them?In the heat of battle it is human nature to sometimes yell an obscenity. I make excuses for no one. I argue based on principal. If you think your child is not mature enough to distinguish good sportsmanship from bad sportsmanship during a football game then you should be there to educate them about the subject when something shameful occurs. If you cannot at least do that than, no,  they should not be watching sports. Period.

We're not censoring profanity, we're censoring RACISM. There is a huge difference. We're not censoring a stress-relieving F bomb, we're censoring "F you N**", "you're nothing but a N", etc. How is that ever ok? You ARE making an excuse, there is NO place for racism in sports, or do you believe being racist is perfectly understandable? And please don't give me the "the n-word doesn't carry the same connotation it once did" because I guarantee you at least some blacks all over the US would go crazy if a white guy used it (look at Incognito).

Would you say that anyone that calls someone that word is in fact a racist?Or is the word just a part of their vernacular?When I call my friend a dumbass, idiot or retard, do I really believe they are those things? Or is it part of our speech?

Absolutely not. I too use "dumbass", "idiot", etc. But these don't carry racist connotations, and we cannot let the Referee decide who's being racist and who's using it as a "term of endearment" (THAT is giving them subjective power). But I use any of those words above in ANY other work environment, I'm guilty of harassment. If there is a place for these words it's at home. The fact that you, or I, are desensitized, does not mean we are not making derogatory claims. Go up to your boss and call him an idiot, and see how it goes. My point is that we cannot impose this "vernacular" of ours onto anyone. Objectively, these terms are derogatory. The N bomb is racist, period. Whether someone chooses to interpret it as racist is not up to anyone, but that person alone, and because of that we need to make it a universal rule (applying to both blacks and non-blacks) - because it would be interpreted as racist by at least some people.I don't care what they do about profanity as a whole, I played football, I understand the trash talk, the insults, the mind games, etc. There is ZERO room, or need, for racism in football.

So would it be better for society and the culture as a whole if these words lost their power and meaning?Or is it better for people to get upset, angry and emotional over a mere vibration of the vocal chords?

It would be better for people to actually become civilized and stop being racist.Is it so far fetched to believe that words have meanings? In the real world - not in the hood with your bros - and in our legal system, there are consequences for failing to correctly select one's words.

Every generation of Americans becomes more tolerant and less racist. So you already get that. Now answer my question.

Are you implying words are "mere vibrations of vocal chords"? Again, words, as unfortunate as it may seem, have meaning.But to answer your question, yes it would be better for people to not "get upset over mere vibrations of vocal chords", but since racism isn't a "mere vibration of vocal chords", we are still at a disconnect. You relegate N** to a mere word, and subsequently a mere utterance - in my opinion, it is much more than both.