My grandfather and Father both curse like crazy (military backgrounds) however my aunts and uncles (hippies) hardly ever do. It's funny being around at Christmas, cause we three are about the only right wingers around in my family, and we're all military men and well traveled, while the rest of the family are these small town Podunk liberal granola crunchy types.
Some great conversations with those people. -- Timothy Heald Analyst, Architect, Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: 202-228-8372 C: 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:56 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: the Age of Profantiy > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202051 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
