Bud's answer is probably a better indicator of the current state of political correctness, which answers your actual question.

But here are my thoughts on the larger question of taking offense:

if a person steps on your toe while dancing, would you take the same umbrage as if they had just marched up and stomped on your toe out of malice? Probably not.

In the past, intent was what made something offensive or benign.

I think that in most cases, actions (and songs) that are delivered with good intent will be perceived that way by everybody except those who WANT conflict.

It is impossible to go through life without offending anyone... mostly because people can be so creative about finding ways to be offended.

Since nobody is omniscient and we can't possibly know what will trigger every person on the planet, there is a choice to be made:

1) take no risk, ever. Stay home with the curtains drawn, lest we accidentally do or say something that offends somebody

or

2) act in good faith with no mal-intent or duplicity toward anybody. Make an honest effort to understand what offends most people, and be quick to apologize when the occasional transgression occurs.


Identify the people who chronically get offended just to stir up confrontation, and avoid them. Life is too short to walk on egg shells. Staying engaged in a battle you can never resolve sucks the life out of life.

Conversely, failing to stay engaged in life because we might offend somebody is... well... I'll let each person finish that sentence for him/herself.


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