[kolev]

It's like the world doesn't have enough problems for people to bring some obsolete meaning to words completely out of context. I think "mistress" is a very sound way to teach a lesson. Just recently somebody reminded me some obsolete meaning of "gal" and that it could be offensive to some. I think there are too many people trying to justify their existence with pseudo rights and freedoms. At the end of the day, all these small "victories" are used to take our attention away from the indisputable crimes that NSA and the likes are doing to us! Let's focus on solving real rights and freedoms problems!

[iterationx]

Let's focus on reducing the acceptable words in the English language! Take false moral high ground! Then tell everyone they are oppressive moral reprobates! If everyone feels bad about being male or white (or both!) then surely no one will notice that the true oppressor is centralized power structures! IngSoc Double Plus Good! Choco-Rations are Up Today AND I'm FEELING FINE.

[kolev]

Yeah. Simpler English will help with dumbification of the populace. People can't spell already anyway. Idiocracy in the making!

Anyway, it's really pathetic that people get offended by words. Spoken language is one of the most effective tools of manipulation. If you feel bad, just because you heard the "N" word or "master" or whatever, you know what, you're weak and well-suited for one of the most ancient tools for exploitation. Men who go in jail or kill somebody, just because somebody used the right word to trigger their irrational and destructive behavior - those are weak, not manly.

Anyway, ignore the words, focus on the meaning, but, I guess, it's too hard for some! And those don't even get when you're truly offending them with phrases their simple minds cannot process - sarcasm is not for everyone!