People have every right to be offended -- but that doesn't mean they get to take away your right to offend.
Mountain Pine bark beetles need -37°C (-35°F) for three days to freeze to death. Unfortunately, with global warming, that no longer happens in British Columbia [Canada]. This means the population of the beetles have exploded. They have destroyed more forests than all the environmentalists put together have saved.
Van Ritzen is one of the funniest humans I've ever met. Read her book, laugh, lather, rinse, repeat.