Originally Posted by TheSquealer

I think the better lesson for a kid is "in life, some people are assholes - we need to learn to deal with it and accept it" not "if you personally don't like something someone says, you should crusade to change the world around you and try to bend them to your will"

As each word becomes taboo... another replaces it. Just as we were recently informed by a lunatic in the news that "thug" is the new "n-word". Words are just words. It's what you allow them to do to you that truly matters and the power you allow them to have.