Klarinet Archive - Posting 001289.txt from 1998/07

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Classical Music and Young People
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:46:47 -0400

From: Craig Earl Countryman <cegc@-----.net>

>The thing that really bothers me about that word is that it is SO
unneccesary to
>use. For instance, whenever they portray military guys on a sub or flying
>planes they have them cussing up a storm. That isn't like it is in real
life.
>It really upsets my dad to see that because he was in the military and
knows
>that is not true to life. So by using words, specifically "that" word,
they
>become more acceptable in everyday society and that is something we must
>prevent. Of course, that gets into questions that really aren't germane to
the
>clarinet or even music so I will end my comments on them at this point.

Well, Craig, your dad must have been in a different branch of the service
than I. I was in the blackshoe US Navy for 9 years, and yes, I and everyone
around me "cussed up a storm", using every word imaginable and a few
unimagined in every sentence. I remember watching "The Last Detail" with
Jack Nicholson and being surprised at how accurate the portrayal of a sailor
was in the story (actions and language) ...
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