And I suppose "Bastards" would also be considered offensive by the hippy pussies, but decidedly more accurate ... It sounds to me like the like the PC pols in England should be called morons.

I call that offensive war which goes out of our jurisdiction and limits, ... But a little while ago, and any man might be proud to be considered as the head of the Republican party. Now, it seems,

Having, in my view, distorted Amis's words, ... Now that is an argument that most of us instinctively dislike - indeed, find offensive - but that is no reason to gag Sir James, who with Francis

I've been reading lots of international blogs about feminism lately (that's how I found about Feministing!) and I started thinking about the words considered offensive in english,

A Catholic blog by Domenico Bettinelli, Jr. ... In fact, the Pope said he was sorry for “the reactions” toward his words which “were considered offensive.” ... New England;

Similarly, the word "zounds", today heard only on bad Saturday morning cartoons, was in the past considered highly blasphemous and offensive, ... You'll also want to get hold of Forbidden Words:

I first began to collect words which I considered to be of "uncommon usage" at the time of the first Gulf War, in 1991, after General Norman Schwarzkopf described information which he considered...

In England, the score is Islamics 1 England nil. The press, save Charles Moore, makes me sick. ... Also TV news people describe them in words; is this considered offensive to Muslims as well? :-)

As with all terminologies associated with contentious societal issues, many of these words have been considered offensive at some point in time.

Western Tasmania has a climate similar to England, ... In other words, June-August is winter in Australia while December ... The carrying of an EPIRB could be considered when travelling in remote areas,