[Danny]

I am quite good at not being offended by things. Basically, I've worked out a win-win way of thinking about these things:

If someone calls me something that is blatantly not true, like they call me a fascist, say I have no life, or just call me fat or something, I shrug it off because I know it's not true and they know it's not true, so there is no reason to get offended.

If someone calls me something that blatantly is true, like a Hippy or something, I just shrug it off because it's perfectly true, and so isn't really insulting or offensive.

In fact, the only things I really get offended about are:

a) People insulting my hair, and

b) Things that are true, but I like to pretend aren't. I don't like it when I am told I am being patronising, as I know in my heart that it's probably true, but I don't like it being true. I can't think of anything else like this offhand, but this is the kind of thing I mean.

Like Tom, I find the use of words like "Gay" as an insult quite moronic. I think it's depressing to still live in a world where homosexuality is considered insulting. Even in York, I hear the word bandied about a lot (although people in my year and older have, for the most part, grown out of it).