Truth is, words can only hurt if the person hearing them lets the words hurt them.
To me a person who can be hurt that much by simple words or terms should learn to impower themselves and be stronger then what he or she hears. The old saying, consider the source makes so much more sense.
But then again so many people need a crutch and can find any reason for getting upset instead of being reasonable.
Remember the child's rhime. "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me."

Maybe the little children of the world know or handle things a lot better then their folks!
