[Acrylic-bob]

Speaking personally, I have often thought that if it is ones intention to insult, belittle or offend someone, then it makes very little difference what words one chooses to use. If, for example, I wished to make offensive comments about Space Aliens, I am sure that I would be able to use whatever the currently politically correct adjectives were, in such a way that my intention would be clear from the combination of context and tone of voice.

I had an aunt who would never utter an expletive or swear word, she held them to be vulgar and beneath her. Instead, she substituted other words in place of the expletive she wished to avoid using, substituting the word 'Sugar' for '******' and 'Ruddy' for 'Bloody' etc.etc. Her intention and meaning was always clear and exact, but she felt that the substitution somehow absolved her from the shame of having to resort to the use of the common expletive. In my view this was hypocritical, since it was her intention that her substitution be understood as an expletive, even though it wasn't one.

Doesn't the insistence on the use of politically correct words, force us all to travel the same hypocritical road as my aunt?