In Ireland, "feck" and "shite" (with a long I) are a lot milder than their counterparts. Conversely, in the USA where I grew up, "bugger" was tamely colloquial, but considerably more offensive in England - at least when I first moved over there; dunno about now. As far as why this should be so, who knows? Usages do vary around the world, and the internet is international. So, unfortuntely, is flaming. Sorry about the thread-drift, but that's part of Mudcat too. I'm guess I'm not sure what it is you're asking us to do. I too was fooled by the thread title.
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