> I am not offended by any word in itself, but rather how it is used. Many of the so-called "bad" words have useful connotations, and I feel it is appropriate to use them around other people who feel similarly. For example, the usually considered offensive verb meaning "copulate" has different shades of meaning than any of the synonyms you'd feel free to say in a public setting.

Actually, I have to agree with that... When that word in question is used to mean "copulate", I really have no problem with it. (After all, that *is* why they invented the word.) But when someone uses it in some completely unrelated context, as just a general expletive, it just...annoys me. Again, not offends as much as annoys.

-- codeman"bleep bleepin' bleepety bleep"38