As I said - context is all. One can be profane without using profane words ("go forth and multiply"), and one can use profane words without intending offence ("I fucked this up").

We don't disagree, Kendall, because it is indeed the context that reveals the intent behind the use of the word. Bad intent=Bad use of word.

Many here are suspicious of John's intent in using the full words in the title. And many - like me - find seeing such words in the title distasteful. However, I am willing to accept the word of some 'catters here who seem to know John's work better and vouch for the sincerity of his intentions; and so I grin and bear it.

I agree with what someone said on the other (Breezy's) thread - I think it was Clinton: I believe in freedom of speech, also for those things I don't like hearing.