Really, though, whether you agree that nig-ga and nig-ger are the same or not, racial slurs should be banned.
Nigger, Spic, Gook, etc.
Nig-ga has been deemed alright for use by black posters here, so it should be alright. We just need to tone it down.
And not just the people who use it in place of dude, man, buddy, whatever. The folks that use Nig-ga please and shit in some random thread need to cut that shit out too. That's really what got all this stupid ass racial bullshit started.