Rebecca at Skepchick is auctioning her magical powers to induce whatever bodily enlacement the winning bidder desires. Proceeds will fund her trip to DraconCon in September. I think it’s a great idea, and suitably snarky for Rebecca. But here’s the rub: her initial Ebay listing had the word “shit” in it, so they yanked it. They are perfectly fine with a listing that’s selling obvious hocus-pocus, but a little 4-letter word is too much. Where does this sensitivity to words come from? I don’t know, but I like George Carlin’s classic take on it:
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