Dilemma: To say the "N-word" word or not??

Here's the dilemma I'm in.  The last post mentions the offensive word, "N-word."  On the side of caution, I will not use it myself here.  But in the last post, should I have honored the contributor's original writing (like I did) or should I have edited the post to match the representation like above in order to lessen the possibility of offense?

There are multiple issues here, but I will let you tease and argue them out.  I'm open to editing the last post, but I want to hear what you say...