Personal pet peve

I have this thing. Maybe the title lies, because it is not a pet peeve, so much as a psychotic hatred. I dislike it when people try to control what I say. Now I could be an asshole and delve into the political, constitutional issue of why you should not try to control or limit a persons speech. that is a rant for another day, and it steps beyond my PERSONAL purview. I am more interested when people personally try to alter my speech patterns.

let me outline this for you, by telling a story children.

It was the spring of 2002 or 2003. I was strolling downtown Columbia Missouri, enjoying the early warm weather, when a man walks up to me.

"Hi there, can you tell me how I can get to Brady Commons?" the man asks

"query/directions; University of Missouri student recreation center. 5 blocks north: 1/2 block east" my brain processes and I say

"oh sure, go strait up this ...."

I am interrupted

"please don't say that, I never would go strait. Tell me to go gayly forward." the man says. I wish to whatever Gods or Demons are in charge of this plane that I was kidding. GAYLY FORWARD.

"ERROR, ERROR, ERROR. reboot, rootcommand/access archive.repeatlastcommand" brain says

"err... OK, well you just go strait..."

"I told you I NEVER go strait"

"ERROR, ERROR, ERROR,. reboot, rootcommand/ access self-defense protocol. Select Lefthook. Run."

*POW*

asshole got what he deserved.

sorry ladies and gentlemen, that is the way it is with me. if I get my facts wrong, I will correct myself, if I screw up grammar, I apologise, correct myself and move on. BUT, when there are things like semantics involved, I get pissed off at you to the point where I can justify knocking you to the pavement. in this case this guy insists on me not saying the word strait, in order to protect his gay sensibilities. Again I must emphasize I am not making this up.

If you are gay that is fine. but if you get offended by the mere word strait, which has been in written language just as long as the word gay, then you have a major sensibility issue that needs to be addressed. that kind of crap does not even fall under political correctness, since a DIRECTION is not something that should be applied as a label to a person.

same thing applies to the Infamous Seven things you can not say on television. If I use the words Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cock-sucker, Mother-Fucker, or Tits, that should be my prerogative. believe it or not I try not to use such words whimsically. but if I spew an expletive from my mouth for whatever reason, the last thing that should happen in this great land is for another person to tell me NOT to use whatever language I see fit.

of course, that is just my opinion, I could be wrong.