[BenLurkin]

I bear no ill will to you and yours, and I wish you well.

The definition of bastard, unfortunately, cannot be changed to accommodate individual sensitivities.

Best of luck to you and your child.

[carlr]

The definition of bastard, unfortunately, cannot be changed to accommodate individual sensitivities.

You are correct,the definition cannot be changed.
Were you using the word in the sense of its definition as a noun or as an adjective?

Bad things may happen to decent people and perhaps we should be cautious about how wide a path we sweep sometimes.

[justche]

one of several meanings - a couple might be applicable to posters of offensive posters!

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) - Cite This Source bas‧tard /ˈbæstərd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bas-terd] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun 1. a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child.

2. Slang. a. a vicious, despicable, or thoroughly disliked person: Some bastard slashed the tires on my car.

b. a person, esp. a man: The poor bastard broke his leg. 3. something irregular, inferior, spurious, or unusual.

4. bastard culverin.

–adjective 5. illegitimate in birth.

6. spurious; not genuine; false: The architecture was bastard Gothic.

7. of abnormal or irregular shape or size; of unusual make or proportions: bastard quartz; bastard mahogany.

8. having the appearance of; resembling in some degree: a bastard Michelangelo; bastard emeralds.

9. Printing. (of a character) not of the font in which it is used or found.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Origin: 1250–1300; ME < AF bastard, ML bastardus (from 11th century), perh. < Gmc (Ingvaeonic) *bāst-, presumed var. of *bōst- marriage + OF -ard -ard, taken as signifying the offspring of a polygynous marriage to a woman of lower status, a pagan tradition not sanctioned by the church; cf. OFris bost marriage < Gmc *bandstu-, a n. deriv. of IE *bhendh- bind; the traditional explanation of OF bastard as deriv. of fils de bast “child of a packsaddle” is doubtful on chronological and geographical grounds]

but it was the intent of your post that I was commenting on - it was ugly and small minded.

[Chanticleer]

Your second sentence was unnecessary and cruel. I wonder if you would have said that if you were face to face with this lovely lady and her daughter. God in His grace and mercy has made her a legitimate child of His through the sacrifice of His son. Perhaps you are in a better position to sit in judgment than He?