&gt; Being offensive on purpose, even claiming the guise of an experiment<p>Once again wrong. Not what I meant. By not padding it in an apologetic way, [1] I knew it would get a certain reaction. In my book, nothing wrong with that. I am tired of people always having to apologize when no apology is necessary. Also consider that people of different age groups who were raised differently might see things differently as well <i>and that is ok</i>.<p>[1] Meaning &quot;I apologize deeply if anyone finds this offensive but..&quot;