Posted by beardedlady on April 10, 2002, at 5:54:41
In reply to Re: Now, Zo....., posted by mist on April 9, 2002, at 16:41:53
> Actually, I know people for whom using the "f-word" is so characteristic of their style of verbal expression that I can't imagine them never uttering it again. It's very much a part of their persona. And in the circles they move in (the particular people I'm thinking of are primarily filmmakers, activists and journalists) it's almost a requirement.
Sorry, Mist, but I think that's kind of sad. I know people who cuss all the time (moutain climbers and ballerinas and my father, for example), but when my four-year-old daughter is in the room, most of them manage to keep those words out of the conversation--and still be very much themselves.
Please remember that I never said I thought "bad words" should be disallowed from the board. My real opinion is that it doesn't bother me a bit to read them, say them, or hear them (though there is a particular c word that makes my beard stand on end).
But if Dr. Bob doesn't want them here, then we shouldn't use them. It's his sandbox, after all. And if it's so much our persona that we simply can't be ourselves or express ourselves, well, that's kind of a sad thing. (To me, of course.)
beardy : )>
poster:beardedlady
thread:3683
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20020308/msgs/4061.html