On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, William Lefkovics wrote:
Au contraire. Add swearing just provides a differently dimensioned box.
Your freedom and openness of thought should be independent of the level of
swearing allowed.
In high school I used to say swearing was for those who hadn't the
vocabulary not to swear. Then I met a very good friend who is now an
extremely articulate well-read lawyer who still punctuates sentences
excessively with cuss words. Now I have met lots of people who are
articulate, yet swear seemingly unnecessarily... but then I worked at a
lumber remanufacturing plant for awhile.
I like the George Carlin reference, because he artfully asserts his position
on language use in his comedy.
If you need swearing to add colour to life, you really are in a box.
I like my box. It's 4-dimentional.
It comes in colour.
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 9:39 PM
To: Remo Cornali
Cc: [email protected]; Alex Eckelberry
Subject: Re: R: [funsec] Yup, works for us too!
Why is swearing bad?
And I don't mean insulting someone or inapropriately cussing, I mean adding
colour to life.
Some people get offended, and I respect that, but if I can't swear, my mind
isn't as free in thinking outside of the box.
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Remo Cornali wrote:
About 10+ years ago, there was also a study that concluded
that swearing is good for promotions too, because they
examined language use, and concluded that higher ranked
managers swore more, with top-level execs swearing the most.
Aren't we confusing cause and effect?
The peones (small fish) don't swear, because:
1) it's a cultural no-no;
2) they could get fired for improper behavior.
The big fish feel strong and free, and some assert their egos
by inappropriate behavior.
So I think that you don't get promoted because you swear, but that some
people start swearing because they feel they can get away with it.
Ciao!
Remo
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