There are far fewer words  and ideas I find offensive than the majority of the population but seemingly  , and there's the tyranny of democracy  which is the name we've given to mob rule with record keeping (   occasionally counting) and  I'm in the minority on this one. 

I'm quite taken with Sam Harris' argument in "The end of faith"  that extremists exist because of the support of all those that kinda , maybe just a teensy bit go along with the program but can't really examine the extremists position without blowing out their own house of cards.

Whether the matter be faith, or what can be shown , heard, broadcast over the "public" airwaves there are those that do not wish to encounter  thoughts, speech, images or  possibly one of their invisible friends being ridiculed  thus no one should be allowed to.   It should be obvious to all by now that it matters not what accommodations are made there will be a point where you're just not  showing things that would offend them but  your failure to actively promote  their position is  often mistaken  for censorship ..  see where it goes?

Well just in case you don't then Hey  I'll put on my best Dave lee Roth smile and be your tour guide... 

I'm tired of  decisions on what I may find  offensive when it's very little and very unlikely I have a case.. Having lived in the South for a while I'm quite aware that the appearance of civility  using gentlemanly language  is just that and the idea that pretty words = pretty thoughts should be thrown out onto the  Uriah heap.

It's the transmission of the thought more than the words used to convey that thought  to me are the problem.    Why not present me the choice by all means make a best guess at which cultural norm applies to me and pick the words and phrases that I should be "protected" from  but do so in a manner I can click through,  I.e an opaque div which is marginally  intrusive , though a "remember me  I'd  like to see language" feature would make this far  useful. That way  the "innocent" are protected and the rest of us don't have to pick through the euphemism star pile to salvage what the user really said.