In writing it I faced a dilemma: either spell out the strong words in full and risk offending readers or put in asterisks and risk offending myself.

• 在写这篇专栏时，我面临一个两难困境：要么把粗口全部说出来，这有冒犯读者的风险；要么用星号表示，但这又有冒犯我自己的风险。