I was completely serious in my post.I was brought up in a typical 50's/60's home.One of the many things I was taught when young is that there's always a way to express oneself without the use of *any* profanity,even a relatively mild form of it.The use of profanity is a sign of either intellectually laziness or lack of breeding.
Risky Business: Sometimes you just gotta say "what the ****"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQXKOxGhMuA
Is "intellectually [sic] laziness or lack of breeding" justification for withholding EARNED documentation of four years of outstanding accomplishment?
NO,
it
is
NOT!!!
We weren’t discussing vocabulary. We were discussing your unhappiness that she deviated from her state approved speech text by a single word.
I’m making fun of your idea that to prevent a single word like “hell” being said, you feel that the speech should be written in advance and approved by the school personnel. These are among the most petty bureaucrats ever created.
The cure of “speech approval” with dire threats for any deviation should shock you more than any single non-sexual non-excretory cuss word.
In such a system you accomplish nothing. If nobody cusses, is it because they are polite and educated? Or is it only because of the threats of a state bureau?
The difference is that the latter is the hallmark of Saudi society. There is very good order on the streets there. But it isn’t because they are good, it’s a fear society. When you were taught those values, you were also frequently hearing, “this isn’t Russia” when government wanted to everyday life.
Take off the training wheels and be conservative.
“The use of profanity is a sign of either intellectually laziness or lack of breeding.”
Given the coarse language on FR, especially the steep slide over the past few years, that characterization would apply to many FReepers here.
Compare the relatively civil and non-profanity laced FR debates in years past with today’s causal use of profanity, it is clear FR is following DU into the sewer.