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> So how many people are potty mouths at the office? ********* FOWL LANGUAGE BELOW ************ DUCK DUCK DUCK GOOSE! ************ THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE CONTAINS POLITICALLY INCORRECT VERBIAGE AND SHOULD NOT BE READ BY INFANTS, DEAD PEOPLE, THE FUNCTIONALY ILLITERATE OR PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC HEMORRHOIDS .... OH, OR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T TAKE A JOKE ************ -------- In some workplaces, says Timothy Jay, a professor of psychology and author on cursing, "if you're the one who doesn't swear, you're the weirdo." He says "profane language can be very effective in gaining credibility," and has been a privilege of rank. Traditionally, "it works down the hierarchy, not up," he says. -------- I think it's fuckin' hillarious that this asshole's an "author on cursing". :) -------- The difficulty in defining profanity - one person's profanity is another's poetry - is easy to see in action at the Federal Communications Commission, which last week affirmed that four-letter words aren't suitable for broadcasts except in rare cases when colorful expletives are "demonstrably essential to the nature of an artistic or educational work." -------- Are you shitting me? It's okay to say shit as long as I'm using it as an artistic expression of why it's wrong to say shit? -------- Similarly, Jay Sapovits, a sales executive who won't swear in certain environments, distrusts other salespeople who never find occasion to swear. "There's an inherent element of dishonesty with people who are in a situation where a swear is warranted and they don't swear," he says. "If a salesperson doesn't swear, they're either 1) not dialing the phone enough or 2) are not to be trusted." -------- Okay, for the fucking record: sales muppets are never to be fucking trusted and don't get to have a fucking opinion about dishonesty. -------- It worked on the president, Dougherty says: "He kept people around him who he thought were his kind of people." -------- No shit Sherlock. -------- Rand Corp., for example, which is against profanity for any reason, says, "Profanity will always offend someone, but the lack of profanity will never offend anyone." -------- Frankly, I find that fucking offensive. :P s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201003 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
