All good answers everyone. This is definitely what I was hoping for.

My personal view (and to see if I can keep the discussion going) is that I believe in free speech. One hundred percent. And in todays world of the internet, I feel that something like this truly offers the chance of free speech. To deny that, places someone's ideals and morals on someone else. The world is changing. (almost as fast as I have to upgrade my computer!) I believe our standards have to change with it. Music companies have seen the future with the introduction of napster and the like. TV stations saw the future with ICraveTV. The persons who started these sites are called criminals by some, but I see them as visionaries who are showing what the internet can do. Its a very fine line. I use napster (I hear shocked gasps...) to see what is out there. I still go buy cd's when I find something I like, but I can trial cd's now.

In my own view, ClintonHammond(who is a very good friend, although he didn't come out for a beer last night cause he was curled up on the couch watching a movie or something or other.. bastard! ...but i digress) called Ashley McIssac a faggot, and I accept that. I do not necessarily agree with it, but I accept it. (side note - Clinton and I have squared off on topics like this over a pint a Guinness and an Alexander Keith's, I respect his views even though I dont necessarily agree, that would take the fun out of it.)

Sometimes I object to what people say because maybe they have the wrong information on any topic, and I am just correcting. If people bad mouth me, I let them, cause usually they are a person that is not a friend, and I know the people who know and love me, (the list is short) will see beyond what they have heard. I feel generally people worry too much about what others think of them personally.

To paraphrase George Carlin - 'People always talk about bad words. There are no bad words. They're just words.'