Klarinet Archive - Posting 000123.txt from 2002/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] obscenity
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:19:53 -0500

At 09:57 PM 4/2/2002 -0800, Gary Truesdail wrote:
>Lets not even mention 'oiling your keys', 'putting grease on your
>tenon', 'pulling out your middle joint'.
>
>If all objectionables were displayed publicly would they become so
>commonplace that they would no longer be objectionable but rather
>ignored? Philosophers arise!!

And we would be better off...how? I prefer your euphemisms. As it is,
several of George Carlin's "seven words you can't say on television" are
appearing with alarming regularity on network broadcasts in the US. I just
don't think it is necessary. If you cannot make your point without
obscenity, then apparently you lack sufficient language skills.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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