2:20 PM -- Having solved all the other problems facing New York City, Councilwoman Mary Poppins is once again minding our manners for us. So reports Times Online:

New York City Council, which declared a moratorium on the word “nigger” in March, is now debating a similar symbolic ban on the word “bitch”. “Some young ladies have no self-esteem. If you call some of them that, that means a lifetime of hurt – the same way as if you say the ‘N-word’ to someone,” said Darlene Mealy, the Brooklyn councilwoman behind the proposal...

Word up, Ms Mealy. I've never recovered from once being called a poopy-head.

Ms Mealy insists that the “N-word” ban is already having an effect. “I am around a lot of children. They are about to say the N-word. Then they say, ‘No, you’ve got to say ‘My brother’ or ‘My sister’ instead.”

Weird kids. Or totally nuts Mealy. You decide.

And while you're at it...

— Larry, Attack M-Word, Light Reading