we've got bigger problems now

and i have no idea why so many folks got so offended at big ed's use of the word slut when talking about that vicious hateful harridan, but i'm not all that sensitive; i'm also not 10.  i'm of the opinion that the ladies, the sluts and the prudes alike, can take care of themselves and words don't hurt any more than we let them after we're 15 or so.  i guess i'm not just not cool enough.  oh, well.