I think it might benefit some of you to try backing up and looking at the bigger picture here. This is not about dropping a curse word anymore. It�s now about does someone have First Amendment rights and freedom of expression, isn�t it?

But, what it really is about is self-centeredness and selfishness. It�s about do what YOU want to do and don�t concern yourself with how you�ve just affected someone else. As in the right to carry a gun. Don�t dare step on the toes of a gun owner, �cause he has his RIGHT (to carry a gun), doesn�t he. Well, what about my right to live a peaceful existence without fear of being caught up in some street gun battle? Does HIS right supercede mine?

So Nedim has a right to use the F word in here. I also have every right to be offended, and let that offense be known. So now whose right takes precedence?

Now I�m going to play Devil�s Advocate. Diki, I�m wondering what your response would be if MC had said something like: Hey, Nedim...cool...you�re expressing your right to drop a four letter word in the group. Can you do that more so the other members catch on and they start doing it themselves. I can�t help but think you�d swing the other way and take up the cause of trying to keep the room sterile, �cause part of what keeps you so sharp is always having an adversary to work off of.

Now what�s the big deal for members to respect other member�s postures and NOT use that word if it's offensive to even ONE other person. It�s going to hurt THEM a lot less NOT to use the word, then it WILL hurt ME to HEAR it.

It�s called consideration for other people. Somewhere along the way we slipped into the �me� generation and it looks like that�s the road we�ll be traveling for a long time to come.

Above it all, do we not have any respect for the ladies that read these posts (as MC stated)?

Lucky