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"Kent" > wrote in message
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> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:40:35 -0800, Kent wrote:
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>>> OB the F word: recently we have seen "****ed off" and "screwed
>>> up"" passed
>>> by the censors and the advertisers. It's just a matter of
>>> time, I think,
>>> until we see "F...ked up" loud. How things change,

>>
>> "****" (you know this is the Internet and you can say whatever
>> you
>> want) is now considered legal on broadcast TV according the
>> FCC. As
>> long as it does not refer to the actual act of having
>> intercourse.
>>
>> So if I were having a debate with you on TV and tell you to,
>> "Go
>> **** yourself" then I'm pretty sure that's legal (as you can't
>> have
>> intercourse with yourself).
>>
>>> El Retardo,

>>
>> No argument there.
>>
>> -sw
>>
>>

> Regardless of the legality, The F word is not really used on
> television today. The advertisers would not allow it. The ad
> money would go elsewhere.
>
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>


I sure as heck am not a shrinking violet-type of person and know
probably most of the swear words used in the English language.
However, I also don't use them in conversation and certainly
wouldn't used them when speaking in public or being filmed. IMHO,
it's a sign of a person with a weak vocabulary or some nasty
tendency to speak like that in public or at home.

My very first boss, after graduation, was one of the most
dignified and poised person I ever met. . . even later in life.
He would never raise his voice in the office or away from the
office, never cussed and had a demeanor more like a person on
television than a real life person. One time, during my early
days working for him he explained that it was a hallmark of an
educated and well to do person to not cuss. Like me, he knew the
words, but chose not to use them. On the very, very rare
occasions when he would get really mad, the work, "Damn" would
slip out and when it did, the effect on the people around him was
tenfold more intense than if he'd cussed like a Navy Chief.

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Nonny

ELOQUIDIOT (n) A highly educated, sophisticated,
and articulate person who has absolutely no clue
concerning what they are talking about.
The person is typically a media commentator or politician.