Profane

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On Tue, 20 Aug 1996 11:18:18 CDT, you wrote:

>Plese list folks, disregard this (and previous) post, I intended it to be 
>to Bro. Ricahrd privately..... brain wasn't engaged....
>
>I don't desire Bro. Richard to "replicate" his infraction publicly 
>again.  That would do no good.

Lets not pretend to be too sanitary. I'm not crucifying anyone for
"language preference". 

Speaking of which, has anyone done a study of the occupance and nature
of "profane" speech in various cultures? Like lots of other stuff, I
think we inherent a whole lot of absurd notions from the "profane" and
blasphemous "Christendom" which was the European religion of several
millennia. Thus I believe we get all wrapped up over nothing. 

I am about to embark on that, and am interested in any other data.

I choose to keep my language clean. I notice that people don't want to
curse when around me. But I also notice that they return to cursing
and think nothing of it when I go away. When we are with people who we
are relating to and befriending, I would PREFER to think that they
could speak openly and honestly without believing (or worse thinking
that I believed) that a casual foul word here or there was going to
"go on their record".

"Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh"

Is scumbag really a bad word ? Frankly, if we speak WITHOUT wanting
our words to have impact we are wasting power. If we DELIBERATELY
OFFEND, it is one thing, but if we frame concepts with succinct
verbiage that leaves a taste, good. The reason for speaking and
writing is to communicate. If people cannot read in context, they are
not about to go where the train is headed anyway.

We dont want to offend. But on the other hand, legalisms can be a
problem too. Difficult to exercize liberty, when a list of do's and
don'ts is held ahead of inspiration.

Hope no one reads this wrong, but Im sure that is vain :)

-mwb