[ExI] Avoiding Coarseness in our Dialogs

Damien Broderick thespike at satx.rr.com
Thu May 3 16:32:26 UTC 2007


At 04:55 PM 5/3/2007 +0100, Russell wrote:
>On 5/3/07, Lee Corbin <<mailto:lcorbin at rawbw.com>lcorbin at rawbw.com> wrote:
>Why are we allowing the level of our discourse to continue to degenerate?
>
>I agree that it is not good if the level of discourse degenerates. I 
>don't agree, however, that the occasional use of profanity where it 
>is appropriate constitutes degeneration.

The slightly farcical aspect here is that Lee was the one who 
introduced the foul epithet "----".  I was shocked, shocked I say.

Damien Broderick




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