Posted by Dr. Bob on March 31, 2002, at 19:22:13
In reply to down to earth streetwise opines « trouble, posted by Dr. Bob on March 31, 2002, at 11:06:54
> How are we supposed to know what will offend others? A four-letter word? Please.
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> "The word to kill ain't dirty, but you use a word for loving and you end up doin' time."
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> christophrejmcI know, it's hard to predict, but at least try. And it was neither a four-letter word nor one for loving.
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> growing up where I did everyone swore (even nuns)as a way of greeting, colorful individualism, signifyin and just plain opening our hearts
There are other ways to greet, be colorful, signify, and open your heart. It can be therapeutic to express yourself, but this isn't necessarily the place. Your freedom of speech is limited here.
> Not very caucasion of us. I'm not saying minorities everywhere love to swear, just in my own experience only caucasion and caucasion-wanna-bees have had the hissy fits, family meetings, and parent-teacher conferences over plain old lumpen-prole hillbilly cussin' the rest of us motherhumpin Roman Catholics took such hooligan personal pride in.
Please don't jump to conclusions regarding others, post anything they could take as accusatory, or put them down. And please don't use language that might offend them.
This is not the place for hooliganism.
> I disagree w/ the view that we must try to keep our misunderstandings to a minimum, to me that's nonsense. Misunderstandings are inevitable, the idea is to work through misunderstandings, that's how people grow, that's where intimacy begins, by doing that kind of work, together.
Misunderstandings are inevitable, but we should still try to keep them to a minimum.
> why should I or anyone else be held to that standard? It's exclusionary. My language here composes *me*, and to exlude my idioms is to effectively exclude *me*.
It's exclusionary, but I think it helps this site achieve its goals. Which it's not going to be able to do for everyone.
> Swearing is really very beautiful to the initiated, and if you don't want to hear it you don't have to go there.
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> troubleWell, that wouldn't be a very inclusive approach, either...
Bob
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