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The thing about it though was that it felt like after a few seasons the characters grew a little bit and didn't use teenage words. Last week's episode was a good example where they were all more mature sounding (possibly because they were recounting their stories in front of the chief). Then out of nowhere, they regressed in this episode.

I do think that people like Meredith and Izzie were bigger culprits of the high school vocabulary and I don't mind them using "Hardcore" from Lexie (who is the youngest), Christina (who is hardcore, for a lack of a better word) or Callie (who a] Lives with Christina and may unconciously gain her jargon and b] Who is also hardcore when it comes to emergency snapping people's legs back).

I hoped that maybe after several characters dieing (Denny, George, Meridith's mother) and several with problems (Christina mentor-less, Izzie with Cancer, Alex with runaway bride) maybe someone would grow up. Alas.

Did you just say that the words "bitch" and "douche" are evocative. I hope you're being fecitious.

I don't expect the words "bitch" and "douche" to come out of people's lexicon when they are treating me at a hospital. A lot of these people are talking within earshot of patients and with everyone nervous about job cuts, I think my personality would be a factor since everyone is talented.

I don't like that ABC will freely put out bitch and douche with no remorse. They are close to offensive curse words. If I want curse words, I'll watch Showtime. If I want potty mouths with defend-able reason, I'll watch an action show like 24, Flashfoward, or any crime drama. I would never want a girl like Reed who never had time to talk to a visibly upset Alex and call him a douche to his face working with me. Yes, she was wrong at the end of this episode, but that took about 3 episodes for her to realize her faults.

I'm okay with the word "hardcore" as long as Arizona, Owen Mark, Bailey, and the Chief don't start using it in their everyday lives. If you're going to seriously tell me that Derek and Mark, two grown men, talking about being "BFFs" is prissy and old Victorian, then fine. I'd get the same message if they joked about how long they've been friends or even made an Addison joke for continuity's sake.

At a fashion competition on Project Runway, stuck on an island on Survivor, or even in Community (College) I'd probably accept people saying immature words.

1) I understand that any dialogue on television will be dramatic and evocative to anyone watching it. I just expect a show on ABC (a company owned by Disney) to have the decency of not diluting my television with garish words to pique peoples' interests. While I don't think children should be watching Grey's Anatomy, they are watching and they are extending language like this to their friends. People often complain that children are growing up fast and having strong language on a show that is accessible to anyone with an antenna is the reason for that.

This show could survive completely with a strong musical soundtrack, sound effects, and no dialogue whatsoever because the actors can emote what's on their faces.

I want you to try something. Listen to Grey's Anatomy without watching the visuals and tell me if you think the writing is good without the physical acting. The only actor I believed last night was Patrick Dempsey. He did a great job, not just with his voice-over work, but he was a gamut of emotions and he never resorted to choosing evocative words.

2) For the Victorian, I thought you thought I was being old in my beliefs. I guess I am. I'm not going to get all "for the children," but there are other words that can mean bitch, douche, and asshole without having to say bitch, douche, or asshole. The writers may paint a picture with the words, but it's the actors that give it character. I think Alex giving a glassy stare to Reed would do the same as directly calling her names. Same goes for Lexie during the vending machine scene.

3) I think that with Seattle Grace (or any hospital in America) lawsuits are prevalent. While they can complain while on break (or in that bar we haven't seen in a while), people like Alex and Reed were talking in front of patients, instead of fully treating them and then walking away to deal with their problems. These patients can stand up in court to defend negligence of doctors by saying that they were arguing in front of them instead of helping them.

4) I was brought up in New York City and if I were to go and call someone a douche or a bitch that I didn't know, I would expect to suffer some form of verbal repercussion (most likely physical repercussion). Where did you grow up believing that screaming offensive words to each other was acceptable? I would have gotten an "excuse me" or a glare and been reprimanded for my words. I wouldn't have gotten "Ooh, you have an evocative vocabulary. Let's hang out."

5) Just to be facetious, Mad Men may take place in the past but they use 60s topics to accentuate the problems in our society today. Even I know that.

1) As a fan of Disney, I've been to Orlando several times, I have family that lives there. Not the point. Disney runs the gamut from peaceful (Snow White) to Violent (Apocalypto). There's a time and place for everything and I just don't think that screaming douche to people is appropriate for prime time without warnings. Family Guy warns their viewers to have discretion and is on at the same time different night. Grey's doesn't (other than the TV rating in the corner).

I truly hope that children nowadays can distinguish art and acting from real world scenarios before they think that calling someone "their bitch" is appropriate. I truly hope that children know that Miley Cyrus dancing on a pole is a performance and not something they aspire to do. I truly hope that children who read about Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan partying (or watch Gossip Girl or 90210) know the consequences and repercussions of a partying lifestyle. I also hope that they know that as attending doctors, they have responsibility to care for their patients.

2) Although I'm using the worst example ever, Tyra Banks teaches her model hopefuls to use passion and emotion (through "009 terms like "H2T" and "smize" which I also hate, but that's because she's creating silly words) to sell a photo/product. But she also teaches connection with commercials. A girl can read lines, but it's her passion that sells the product. I've never seen someone in a commercial go "You're my bitch, buy my product," nor have I ever seen a Grey's Anatomy commercial that used the words douche or bitch to sell the show.

Oh and I meant "glassy" as lifeless. Izzie has sucked the life out of Alex, and Reed only realized that afterward. Alex could have given the S.O.S. glassy eyes and Reed would have been able to see that something is wrong.

3) Are you speaking that way in front of clients? I don't. I'm not judging you. I'm just stating that's what Reed and Alex were doing. The Izzie situation was clearly upsetting him, but he was doing his job. Reed was the one who reacted funny (for a lack of a better term) in front of the patients. When Alex said no, they should have continued working until they left the room. Instead she cut him off from his work.

In last week's episode, there were several viewpoints that could have made the doctors look worse (half of the nursing staff, the little boy, the firefighter, the person next to the woman who died all had vantage points) or better (Arizona, would have been positive about Lexie's strength). Other people could have gotten fired for negligence.

4) I would hope that society would react appropriately, but that's not the way that Grey's portrayed it. After both Reed and Jackson used words like Douche and Bitch, in a normal world Lexie and Alex would know that they are the better person and walk away (possibly vent to a friend). In the Grey's Anatomy world, they countered.

Last week Alex almost got into physical altercations with the Mercy West people. I was not beaten as you assume, but Alex would have beat the person if no one was holding him back because they were talking crap.

5) I was being facetious. Who talks about Mad Men during Grey's Anatomy? The show is a totally different world and airs on at a later time on a cable network. Grey's Anatomy is ABC's big fighter on the Thursday television battle.

Grey's Anatomy handles a lot of adult situations correctly and doesn't need to be vulgar in their way through. I loved how they dealt with Callie and her father in retrospect to her homosexuality and they didn't resort to tactless use of language. Instead they got even smarter and used the bible on both sides of the argument. Another example was seeing Meredith understand that Lexie is family and her estranged father was as well was a genuinely emotional scene. Calling someone their bitch, unfortunately is not.