Can I give my own feelings on this? Just mine, you will appreciate.
We live in a world where many things have been turned upside down over the course of a generation or so.
* Things were nice - now they may not be, as dementia comes to stay.
* Things that were child-like - inappropriate use of language [in whatever form] in mixed company, for instance - are now considered adult
* Things that were adult - respect for the feelings and sensitivities of others - are now considered childish
Now, my take on this is that no-one is actually wrong, on either side, in their own worlds.
However, in a public forum like Talking Point, we enter neutral territory, a place where we can discuss all sorts of things, but also a place that seeks to be a home from home to everyone.
The English language has a very rich vocabulary, and certainly, most members of TP are adult [we must never forget that we do get some very young people on here too, and that carries a responsibility for all of us], so there will always be ways of saying almost anything, in a way that may offend no-one.
I'd like to think that, for the good of all, we can each one of us find ways of posting here that will be generally acceptable, in a community that is not only very mixed, but also very vulnerable.
At the end of things, TP is here to serve the needs of the many.
We live in a world where many things have been turned upside down over the course of a generation or so.
* Things were nice - now they may not be, as dementia comes to stay.
* Things that were child-like - inappropriate use of language [in whatever form] in mixed company, for instance - are now considered adult
* Things that were adult - respect for the feelings and sensitivities of others - are now considered childish
Now, my take on this is that no-one is actually wrong, on either side, in their own worlds.
However, in a public forum like Talking Point, we enter neutral territory, a place where we can discuss all sorts of things, but also a place that seeks to be a home from home to everyone.
The English language has a very rich vocabulary, and certainly, most members of TP are adult [we must never forget that we do get some very young people on here too, and that carries a responsibility for all of us], so there will always be ways of saying almost anything, in a way that may offend no-one.
I'd like to think that, for the good of all, we can each one of us find ways of posting here that will be generally acceptable, in a community that is not only very mixed, but also very vulnerable.
At the end of things, TP is here to serve the needs of the many.
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