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>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Bassett <mbasset@iconn.net> writes:

    Mark> On Tue, 20 Aug 1996 14:02:03 -0500, you wrote:
    >> I feel that our testimony is weakened to the world when we talk
    >> like the world.  I realize that we come from different
    >> backgrounds, and have been in Christ for different lengths of
    >> time, but we should try to form habits of speech that will not
    >> be likely to offend anyone.
    >> 
    Mark> My question to you is this:

    Mark> We are in a broad world where cultures are coming together
    Mark> fast. Who becomes the director of protocol ? Who determines
    Mark> that one infraction is worthy of condemnation and another is
    Mark> "just a mannerism" ?

My point was meerly that we should try to be sensitive to how other
people might read us, and to attempt to form speech habits that would
not offend anyone if we could possibly avoid it.  No judgement, no
protocol, no authorities.  I feel this is a desire we should all have,
not a rule we should follow, arbitrated by some human authority other
than the individual involved.  Please do not misconstrue my statement.

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