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Old 08-11-2010, 10:36 AM
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Gracie, I wouldn't have said a word but for the replies made by others. It's a bunch of words and I can live with hearing them. I don't like it, but, then, I don't like when a bicyclist doesn't stop at a stop sign. That doesn't mean either is okay. However, some sensitivity to other peoples' feelings would be appreciated.

One poster did a gentle reminder that a term is objectionable to others. One replied that it was a positive phrase in his mind because of childhood memories. The other reply was just downright obnoxious IMO. That's why I did this post. It isn't about the phrase so much as an apparent disrespect of others' feelings by deliberately using a phrase (repeatedly and in capital letters) that someone has pointed out is painful and objectionable to others.
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