Posted by Gabbix2 on September 23, 2004, at 17:42:23
In reply to Re: mr jay.. » jay, posted by TofuEmmy on September 21, 2004, at 22:21:48
> Jay, Pardon me, but I agree entirely!! Right the Tofu*k on!!
>
> TofuEmmyYep I'll third that. Besides swear words are arbitrarily chosen, most of them at one time were considered perfectly acceptable words so it seems weird to me to have a certain arrangement of letters invoke such strong emotions. And as Jay said an act of cruelty can be done with perfectly civil language.
Of course if I knew someone was really upset by "profanity" I wouldn't use it around them just because it would upset them, I'd consider that needlessly hurtful.
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