On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:59:19 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:

> > There's nothing gratuitous about it.
> > It's perfectly suited for the purpose, in this particular case.  
> 
> No it is not: there's no need for it. it adds nothing useful, and it 
> makes one wince. The sense would not have been changed by omitting it.

It would have been changed a lot. However, I agree about the
offensiveness of the language, the same effect could have been achieved
with a less offensive term.


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