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To: plain talk; All
"I'm simply stating that leaving in vulgar language is not necessary and should be deleted."

I'm still struggling with the question of; Who decided which words are "bad words" and which words are not "bad words"? It's really amusing, and at the same time interesting when you stop and think about it.

120 posted on 08/28/2006 8:41:14 PM PDT by KoRn
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To: KoRn
I'm still struggling with the question of; Who decided which words are "bad words" and which words are not "bad words"?

Penn & Teller did an episode of Bullsh!t on this very topic. It aired during season two. A quick search turned found it at a few links including:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4379389423057119861

127 posted on 08/28/2006 8:45:05 PM PDT by killjoy (Dirka dirka mohammed jihad! Sherpa sherpa bakalah!)
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