> Profanity truly is the linguistic crutch of the inarticulate. Tell that to New Yorkers, most of whom commonly practice the New York Alphabet:
F**** A F**** B F**** C And so on. Perfectly intelligent, perfectly articulate, and perfectly profane. I'm with George Carlin on this one: Sometimes a good curse is just the right thing to make a bit of spice in the conversation. OTH, one has to be sensitive and respectful to those who are upset by cursing. Alex -----Original Message----- From: Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:11 AM To: [email protected]; Alex Eckelberry Subject: Re: R: [funsec] Yup, works for us too! Date sent: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:38:41 -0500 (CDT) From: Gadi Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > And I don't mean insulting someone or inapropriately cussing, I mean > adding colour to life. By Job's barnacles, you spawn of a delirious hippopotamus, you may be onto something! Unfortunately, that's not the way most people swear. Profanity truly is the linguistic crutch of the inarticulate. Most epithet people use the same epithet term every epithet second epithet word they epithet well say. ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. - William James http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
