We had a very long conversation about what is appropriate. I read somewhere that words that our parents thought were unthinkable to say in mixed company (I never heard my father say anything worse than **** or damn although my brother and husband assure me that these other words were in his vocabulary) have been so used in today's society that our youth have become desensitized to them and I believe this to be true. My son brought up some good points, the power words have to offend us remains with the person being offended being one of them (provided of course that there is no offense intended). I countered with the typical parental comeback, just don't do it because I don't like it. Many words that some people don't mind I just don't like such as stupid. I hate the word stupid.