Sheeeesh. Where have I heard that before?
It's the same old weary "don't blame the free speech extremists, they have a RIGHT to be crass, vulgar, offensive and inappropriate if they wannabe" arguement.
No, actually what it is, is that on a thread that was supposed to be about opinions, we have people being touchy-feely, and attempting to manipulate and guilt trip people who have opinions they don't like with "Oooooh, you might offend the family" as a way of stifling debate, and that is intellectually dishonest PC bullcrap.
As much as I feel for the family, I'm not about to silence my opinions because someone might be "offended" by them, and neither should anyone else - if we do that, then what is the point of FR?
If you want to argue with someone's opinion, fine, but only liberals use guilt-tripping as a debating style - or so I thought.