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Very funny, Paul. For the record, my wife say's I'm average in the
endowment department, and frankly, I don't give a shit one way or the other
whether people choose to swear. My only problem with swearing on these
forums is that it leads to bandwidth wasting recriminations from the more
prissy among us. In order to do my bit to minimize this waste of time and
attention, I choose not to swear as a general rule. It contributes nothing
to the discussion and it can side track the list as it almost always
generates an off-topic discussion like this one. -uf
At 04:55 PM 1/22/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Omega man is correct, foul language is inappropriate unless it is in a
>setting that implies acceptance of it, for instance a brothel, Philadelphia
>tavern, or my basement tv room when the 49ers are playing
>like.....er.....below their abilities. Seriously, the gratuitious use of
>profanity reflects the users arrogance toward others beliefs and mores, even
>those who would fundamentally agree with the user about the larger question,
>be it multiple monitors or build 27. Cursing, once known as the use of
>"oaths", was formerly reserved for occasions of note, as when one pounded
>ones pinky with a framing hammer or found out ones girlfriend would require
>"confinement". As our "free"society has expanded those limitations have
>faded of course, and although it is nice that we all are not constrained by
>the silly social rules of our parents, I would not mind being able to take
>MY mom to dinner without her overhearing, during normal conversation, that F
>word fifty times from the next table. Because of all that I always assume
>that anyone who cannot communicate with others in an anonymous forum like
>this without flinging swear words about to be
>
>A) my inferior
>B) insecure
>C) a loser, in equity and in fact
>D) under endowed
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