Klarinet Archive - Posting 001299.txt from 1998/07

From: "Mary Sotnik" <marys@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Classical Music and Young People
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 16:38:41 -0400

Maybe swearing's *not* linked to a lack of imagination then :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Date: 29 July 1998 21:05
Subject: Re: [kl] Classical Music and Young People

>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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>Mark Charette@-----.org
>Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
>All-around good guy and devil-may-care flying fool.
>"There can be no freedom without discipline." - Nadia Boulanger
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