----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Civility request
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:13 PM > Subject: Re: Civility request > > > > << f*** usually referrs to the forceable taking of someone sexually. >> > > > > > > Nooooo..."rape" refers to forcibly having sex with someone. The "f" word > just > > means having sex. No force implied. > > > > So, you are saying that if a guy yells "f" you, after someone cuts him off > in traffic, he is indicating his desire to make love to the other driver? > Maybe force isn't indicated, but hostility is certainly implied. You are applying context incorrectly here. F*** as an expletive has a broad number of connotations (including hostility) that have nothing to do with sex except in a mildly symbolic way. I dont actually imagine being sodomized every time I hear the word directed at me aggressively. > For > example, take the difference between I'd love to make love to you, my love > and "I'm gonna f*** u b****. Which, BTW, is an indication of the > degradation of attitudes toward women expressed in MoTown and hip hop. > Making love implies exactly that, an act of love. F***ing is sex, plain old "I'm horny and I need some release" sex. You can pile other implications on top of it, but they do have to be added. Context is everything with the word F***. xponent Cunning Linguist Maru rob
