Subject: Re: tweeters language brouhaha
Date: Jul 9 18:31:27 1998
From: Kelly Cassidy - kelly at oak.cqs.washington.edu



On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Wm Mulligan wrote:
> It seems to me that we should be able to carry on a civil and thoughtful
> discourse without using language that might offend some people, and reserve
> the vulgar words for situations where we really want to be hateful or nasty.

Yes, certain words have lost their shock value and require appropriate
substitutes. Imagine Dad and Son, in the backyard building a fence. Dad
hits his thumb with the hammer.
"Breeding feathers on a duck!" he yells. Unforturnately for him, Mom
overhears.
"How many times have I told you not to use that kind of # at $^& language
around Junior! Son, polite people say Alternate Definitive Plumage."

Kelly Cassidy
Seattle