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TAKING OFFENCE
by Paul Curtis People are so easily offended today This is quite ironic really As due to political correctness We are censored so heavily And with all the sanitising There is so little opportunity But those who do take offence Fall into three distinct categories Firstly, the genuinely offended Those who feel the detriment, Whose opinion is seldom heard Unless it's politically expedient Second, the white middle class heterosexuals Who like to be offended on others behalf And are particularly suspicious At anything that gets a laugh Thirdly, come the professionals Those who get offended for a living They frequent the morning TV sofas And are relentlessly unforgiving The professionals feel no offence But find their roles financially fulfilling They will take umbrage for anyone Just to earn another shilling Even worse however is anticipated offence Those who want to act just in case Some unspeakable offence may be caused If things are unchanged or left in place The original intention may well have been That a better society was planned But what they have managed to do instead Is to make the world more bland I am a fifty something family man with a passion for writing and I draw inspiration from those around me. paul.curtis1956 @ btinternet.com http://www.dreamagic.com/poetry/poetry.html http://www.peculiar-poetry.com/ Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |