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Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> Tony Priestman wrote:
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> > WARNING: this post should not be read by children or those with weak
> > constitutions, as it contains a word that some people have complained
> > about.
>
> "leaked 2001 scans?" :)
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> > But jumping on someone for saying d----- is ludicrous. I gave up having
> > my English corrected twenty years ago, and I'm not going to put up with
> > it now.
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> [dashing out of word is mine, and made only because my newsreader won't allow me
> to insert an extra screen of carriage returns.]
>
> I have to agree with Tony on that particular word and its ilk. However, it's not
> a grammatical issue but one of comfort level--is swearing (which I wouldn't
> define that as) the same as cursing (which I would define that as)? Children who
> are sheltered from the influence of television and public swearing will still
> hear the root of that curse at their churches from their clergy, supposedly the
> paragons of morality. The difference is the context. When a word is
> unacceptable in *any* context of a given meaning, that's when it should be
> off-limits even as asterisks. Comfort level will always vary, however--I still
> get essays from college students where they refuse to spell out "God" and will
> write "G-d".
You won't hear that word very often at my church, but then my religion
doesn't believe in eternal damnation. On the other hand, there are some
people in my church who are VERY uncomfortable with the word God.
follow ups to lugnet.off-topic.debate.
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Frank Filz
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