No, I didn't. I said that, in the UK, people didn't necessarily regard the 'n' word as more offensive than the others ... don't regard it as uniquely so .... least of all those who will never have it aimed at them, because they are subject to abuse with other slurs instead.

You have no knowledge of my own life experience nor, seemingly any interest in finding out about it, only proving your own righteous superiority. No, I'm not black and haven't lived your life, that's absolutely true. But I'm a born and bred Londoner and, have, furthermore lived in various countries in my time, never mind parts of the UK with various ethnic mixes. My friends and neighbours are of all manner of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and, as I'm not racist, when they've spoken about racism I've listened and not argued with them about it because I'm not in a position to do so, so I've taken it as an opportunity to learn from people who know what they're talking about.

You seemingly feel uniquely positioned to declare what is and isn't significant thanks to your status as a 'black' man and the fact that, in the dominant culture in the world today, a specific slur aimed at 'black' people is regarded as uniquely offensive, so that means that nothing else comes close to causing that level of offense ... and you'll brook no other interpretation of that state of affairs, simply on the grounds that I and my friends aren't 'black' (actually, a number of them are of Jamaican descent). and that you can tautologically argue that the 'n' word is universally regarded as uniquely offensive for no reason other than that you (with the support of 'African' Americans of the same opinion) say so.

You're one guy with one story to tell ... and I know plenty of others with their own stories they've told me. I'll listen to you talk about your personal life, but you don't have a monopoly on the experience of racism nor the power to determine the significance of others' experience.

If other people tell me that to them the use of other slurs has as much impact for them as the 'n' word does for you then I accept that ... and it doesn't matter how often you try to argue otherwise or accuse me of saying anything else ... that is all I have been saying all along.