> I'm quite happy to let words retain their shock value without people like you trying to mainstream the words, and then be required to coin new ones.
They're words. Why are you afraid of them?
> Golly used to be a really serious swear, now it's quaint and old fashioned.
What? Golly was never a "serious swear". That's why it existed in the first place -- because people were afraid of uttering a completely different word.
> You think you are mainstreaming the words by making people OK with offensive words.
This sentence is offensive. Far more offensive than "shit" has ever or will ever be. And not because any of its words are offensive, but because you presume to tell me what I think. And you are very, very wrong.
The idea conveyed is offensive. The words used are irrelevant.
They're words. Why are you afraid of them?
> Golly used to be a really serious swear, now it's quaint and old fashioned.
What? Golly was never a "serious swear". That's why it existed in the first place -- because people were afraid of uttering a completely different word.
> You think you are mainstreaming the words by making people OK with offensive words.
This sentence is offensive. Far more offensive than "shit" has ever or will ever be. And not because any of its words are offensive, but because you presume to tell me what I think. And you are very, very wrong.
The idea conveyed is offensive. The words used are irrelevant.