bloody isn't considered offensive here ( U.K) either...in fact, I'd be hard pressed to find any words not used in everyday conversation and on the street by most people now. I'm rather nostalgic for the time when people used to swear and then say 'ooops' or 'sorry' or whatever, it may have been hypocritical but it at least recognised that offense might have been caused......heavens, any minute now I'm going to break into ' In my day...'.