Aack! I tried to reply to this and my post got lost in cyberspace! Don't you hate that! I even realized that was going to happen because it was taking so long, and tried to copy it, but was too late.

Pat, I feel that you have a legitimate concern here, about considering the feelings and reasons behind language like that. Sometimes it is more important to hear those emotions than it is to give a lesson in language or morality. I think I know the thread you are referring to, and that was the decision I made when I saw it.

That said, impolite language can be a trigger to some (and using it as the title of a thread makes it unavoidable). It bothers me. My parents were not perfect, but I can say that I never heard them swear, and I never picked up that vocabulary, and I am glad for that. As a mod, if I can see a way to clean up a post and still allow the member's emotions to be expressed, I will do it. What do you all think of that? Sometimes there isn't really any other content, and changing certain words would leave nothing behind. I feel that there are more effective ways to express emotions, and I wish that people, regardless of age, would learn other ways to communicate their feelings. Is there any way that both sides could come together on this and be a little more considerate of each other?

Pat, thanks for being concerned.