"Are yes they were the days, it was called freedom. "
What days, exactly, are you referring to? I thought in the following thread we'd quite clearly established that the 'good old days' varied hugely from person to person...
http://www.theanswerb...s/Question503257.html
Also, speaking just for myself, I'm quite regularly rude/offensive to my friends - and they back to me for fun. Seriously, we cover just about every kind of offensive you can imagine. Offensive humour is alive and well, trust me. Intolerance, however, appears to be declining (outside of your neck of the woods, anyway).