Nail -> Head -> Bullseye On 3/29/06, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20060328-1057-ageofprofanity.html > > ah now, c'mon, things were better in the good ol'days, right? or as my > 22 year-old brother-in-law says, 'back in the day.' You know, when he > was 13. > > people were more civil. kids respected their elders. > > you could buy a car for a nickel. > > and nobody _ever_ cursed. > > not once. not a word. > > I mean, my grandfather didn't curse like a sailor (though he was a > merchant marine for a time) in the presence of his own children nor > did he ever drop prolific f-bombs in front of me and my siblings, but > only because I choose to remember it that way. > > And when I was a kid it was always sunshiny and bird-singy and > marshmallows grew on the trees, and the only time one would ever hear > a curse was in that movie, "Gone with the Wind," perhaps the first > real indication that Hollywood was out of step with the morals and > values of America. > > > WTF is up with the morality parade lately? > > It is absolutely Victorian, this attitude that swearing is somehow the > downfall of our nation, that we're becoming more crass with each > passing year. It is also absolutely Victorian to point it out in other > people but to deny that you do it yourself... or is that just human? > > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > >
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