A question of semantics?

[etothep]

Just curious as to why ass is acceptable but a$$hole is not?

Is a-hole that much more offensive than ass & I just don't notice it (b/c I'm insensitive & jaded to other's views)?

[metsguy234]

They bleep it out on TV too

they bleep out butthole as well... but they'd bleep out the "hole" part and leave the ass/butt part...

It's like how damn isn't bleeped out, but the god in goddamn is.

The whole idea of bleeping out words reeks of censorship...

[Arctic Blast]

Yeah, I've never understood why ass is acceptable, but assh*le is completely over the line.

As for bleeping and whether or not it's proper, depends on the time of day. If it's early, bleep it. If it's 11:30, just let it go.

[Reade]

Just like the word *****, its used on tv all the time

[Reade]

the word was b*i*t*c*h

[Rongar]

Yeah, I've never understood why ass is acceptable, but assh*le is completely over the line.

As for bleeping and whether or not it's proper, depends on the time of day. If it's early, bleep it. If it's 11:30, just let it go.

Perhaps it's a matter of aesthetics? Men (and women?) can ogle a well-formed
butt for quite a time, but who, save a doctor, wants to peer up someone's back passage?...and which name would we find the more objectionable, were it applied to us?