Would You Be Offended?

I won't be offended but if I have kids I won't let them buy there. They might learn dirty words there thinking it's just brand names of pet and kids love pets so they will think it's OK while it's not!

Where I live we have "Bad A** Coffee" and it's mascot is a naughty looking little donkey. Hey, whatever sells, this is America afterall.

i think i will..in the first first ..before putting a business name it should be approved ..is there any guidelines on what proper names should be put in any establishments??..coz in the first place it must be censored right there first..i for one will be protesting such kind of words..not proper for our growing kids i think..

I'd neither be offended nor protest. B*tch is such a common word and everyone hears it. Plus, it is the term used to describe a female dog. If you were raising your kid to show dogs, they'd be using that term every day. We really need to move away from the Puritan direction in which things have been heading.

I would not protest, but I would do my best not to drive by the shop. I have a child and wouldn't want them to be exposed to that language. I wouldn't protest, but definitely would not shop or go around the store.

I would not be offended because 1.) the term "b*tch" is not only used as a profane word but an "official" term. 2.) Kids are going to learn these words from school, from the media, from the streets, from their friends, from their friends' parents, from a stray piece of paper. And, if they don't know what it means then, they'll look it up easily via resources that are accessible 24/7. Unless the kids are raised under a rock, how can one be sure they will not learn the word anytime anywhere. Plus, it's not a subliminal message or something that influences unhealthful activity, it's simply a word that is irrationally labelled as profane.

Protesting probably is not the right thing to do. Just don't do business there if you are offended. That should take care of the problem permanently.

no I wouldnt protest it! I think it is a good way to get the word b*tch back to where it belongs a female dog. How would 5 year olds know the word or the meaning? What would they know about a street walker? I beleive they have the right to put on their sign what they want . It is grown ups that are offended the the kids and it is the grown ups that have made the word b*tch a cuss word. I really think it is funny ha ha

Hey CDW :D I wouldn't complain about the sign,ppl shouldn't have any trouble explaining to their children that a B%t@h is a female dog then maybe the kids wouldn't even grasp ahold of it's use as a profanity & possibly it could improve things. +'s 4 U :)

Personally I wouldn't offend me I find it quite humorous. In the article I noticed they refer to what would a 5 year think. Well I don't know any 5 year olds who get the veiled innuendos

Society has given the word b!tch a bad conotation. We all know it just means female dog. I don't think I would be overly offended. If my kids were still young I'd just explain what it meant. Just some dry humor as far as I am concerned.

I have to say, I probably would. It is not good to have around children, and even if the owner believes that it would not offend anyone, he/she needs to understand that it is not appropriate. I would not really want that in my neighborhood, and a lot of people probably wouldn't even know it was for pets, they would probably go there thinking it was some other kind of store.

What a great way to generate publicity for a new store. If they set out deliberately to whip up the protest then they certainly managed to get their name in the papers. The word for a female dog? a pet store? no I guess I would probably laugh rather than be offended.

I personally am not offended by this, but I do think they have a point when it comes to kids. Some of them are going to want their parents to explain about that sign, and of course it could lead to a few awkward moments. A B!tch is of course, a female dog, but it's also used as a derogatory term for a woman and if a child is caught saying that word, they're gonna be in trouble. I think the sign should either be changed or at least made smaller so it doesn't stand out quite so much.

I wouldn't be offended in the least. But I do somewhat agree with their position. If I had kids I wouldn't want them reading the sign. But whether or not they do have to get their named changed we need to remember that this is all publicity. Bad publicity is still publicity

I think it's distasteful. I understand the owner wanted to give the true meaning of the word b*tch to the rightful owner but the reality is...it's already been sterotyped and a pet store isn't going to changed it. Kids already know it's a bad word used in the context it is commonly used in as well as the true meaning being a female dog.

Of course I wouldn't be offended. It's just a sign. Whatever. Of course, I am not a parent, but I don't think parents should be offended also. If a kid knows the word "f**k", but doens't know the meaning and the usage... what harm is that? And if someone would explain to that kid what the word meant... it wouldn't be a grown-up. It'll still be child. You can't blame the sign for getting small children to curse.

I think the owner has gotten exactly what he was looking for in naming the store as such: PUBLICITY Would I be offended? No actually offended by the name, but I would think considerably less of the owner and not likely to do business with them because they know exactly what they are doing. They are playing off the cheap terminology of our culture to make a name for himself and be noticed. If the man, (or woman), is not intelligent enough to earn the respect of prospective clients without having to be cheezy, then I would not give them credit for being capable of taking care of my pet. To translate and paraphrase a wise proverb, if you don't do that which you know to be wrong or even questionably wrong, you won't find yourself in the middle of a controvery, which this owner has abviously done.

it's such a petty thing to argue over, it's only a female dog anyway, really if people are that offended over slang or profanity, then we better ban tv, movies, schools and even the internet and the list goes on, have a look at whats in the encyclopedia, it dosnt matter what is done, there is always going to be some group to ban things, mainly because they have nothing better to do, there was a store in mackay, ( australia )that had a group upset with it, because they painted the building yellow, it started a row in the council chambers, was on the news and they even had picket lines going, imagine how much money and time is wasted on stupid things like that, considering the things going on with our planet, wouldn't that be better put to doing something there, those groups should get a grip

Well actually I think it's pretty funny.