I don't care what other meanings it has, it's still offensive.
If it's offensive, stop it.
Why is the argument for overly P.C.-isizing one's comments more valid than the argument for the reader to simply choose against taking offense?
It seems to me that there are two components to an offense: the offender, and the offendee. Why should the offender be compelled to censor his verbiage, and the offendee not expected to control his emotional reactions?
There will always be offensive people, but it remains *your* choice whether to take offense, or to simply ignore the comment. That choice is the difference between lot of unecessary distress, and a bit of serenity.
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I don't care what other meanings it has, it's still offensive. If it's offensive, stop it.
Why is the argument for overly P.C.-isizing one's comments more valid than the argument for the reader to simply choose against taking offense?
It seems to me that there are two components to an offense: the offender, and the offendee. Why should the offender be compelled to censor his verbiage, and the offendee not expected to control his emotional reactions?
There will always be offensive people, but it remains *your* choice whether to take offense, or to simply ignore the comment. That choice is the difference between lot of unecessary distress, and a bit of serenity.