...I agree.... there are many things that contain absolutely no swear words at all that I find much more completely offensive than a single word.
And while it is political, I remember we had a very heated discussion about this same issue on the MLB board when PTT was reporting some of us for offensive language. While his posts were totally insulting and nasty and offensive, but because he carefully avoided any swear words, he also avoided getting booted.
These days I think the issues of censorship loom largely in many American minds. And on this board we have had good success in rationally discussing topical issues so far.
:guns (j/k)