Offended? Get Over it.

For some reason we’ve all become hyper-sensitive about the idea of people being offended.  Lets face it, sometime, somewhere, we are all going to get offended.  Its part of being alive and living among other people who have their own opinions and ideas. 

During the recent health concern involving the Swine Flu, we were implored to start calling it H1N1 because someone of Jewish decent might be offended by the term swine.   Wait a minute, if you are Jewish, you believe swine are unclean to eat, not that they don’t exist.  If I were Jewish I would have been offended that people thought I would be offended by the use of the term swine.  How thin-skinned and shallow do you think I am? 

Certainly we should use discretion in what we do and say to not needlessly offend others, but It is impossible to remove and police everything that could be offensive to someone.  Here’s an idea, when someone says or does something that offends you - get over it.