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Whether you believe the word comments on the guilt of the parents instead of the child, the word addresses the child's state, not the parents'. That is why many of us do not believe it is appropriate.

Yup. It's not that hard a concept. I personally think Theo must realize at this point that he was wrong to use the term, but he's incapable of admitting fault. So insead, he defends his undefendable position by making intellectually bankrupt arguments about how calling a child a bastard is supposedly just commenting on the parents, accusing me of being in favor of single-parent families, accusing me of being anti-marriage, or accusing me of being from DU, when he was no longer able to argue his position effectively.

You must win your little argument, hm? Again, two people are responsible for the existence of "bastards" -- the child's parents. It is to their shame that they have thus brought the innocent child into the world. Perhaps if people would consider that their behavior results in illegitimate offspring, they would do the right thing and instead purpose to give their children two married parents.

Perhaps it's because I have an educational and occupational background in words that I don't have a problem using a word whose first definition is simply "a person born of unmarried parents." I admit there's a shameful connotation to that word, but the shame belongs to the parents, not the innocent child.

I'm done. Anyone reading your further comments will understand that I'm casting blame on those responsible, not on the innocent child. I refuse to let you try to tarnish my good reputation.