Life sucks

Our lovely young new pastor has just returned from holiday. Almost the first thing he said when reaching the 'pulpit', for want of a better description, this morning was "Sorry."

Apparently the last time he spoke in church someone, not from the church, had listened to the recording and picked him up on his word usage. He was told he should not have said, "Sometimes life sucks." It wasn't a theological argument but an etymological one. So the pastor was apologising in case anyone had been offended by his use of the word 'sucks'.

I messaged the pastor later to say, "Ignore that idiot."

Very few of us would be aware of the source of the phrase - and there are several theories anyway - and even if we were, the way the word was being used was not offensive. Words aren't offensive of themselves. They only become offensive in certain situations or contexts, if directed at others, or used as a term of abuse. 

Incidentally avocado is from the ancient Aztec word for testicle so I hope the unnamed critic is aware of that fact and never has cause to order it, or worse still, guacamole, meaning testicle sauce.