On 5/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lee Corbin</b> <<a href="mailto:lcorbin@rawbw.com">lcorbin@rawbw.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Why are we allowing the level of our discourse to continue to degenerate?<br>All for the sake of our not-so-new idol "plain talk", that came in in the<br>1950's? Can it really be true that there are no deleterious consequences?
<br>Isn't the logical end to such a progression "rap"?</blockquote><div><br>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. Constant, gratuitous use of profanity would be another matter - as would constant, gratuitous use of any emotionally-charged words. Swear words, like most words, have both appropriate and inappropriate uses.
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