Re: O/T language

Posted by jdemaris on September 04, 2006 at 06:16:22 from (66.218.12.121):

In Reply to: O/T language posted by Bratch on September 03, 2006 at 17:52:27:

My opinion for what its worth. Anything . . . can offend somebody, somewhere, sometime. Words, quite often, are just words - and what is more important than the word or phrase is the intent behind it. In regard to what Gene Davis states about profanity being indicative of low-vocabulary - not universally true. Yes, there are some people that seem to know no other way to speak. And, there are others with excellent vocabularies that will utter "Godd*m it" when they bang their knuckles turning a wrench. An intro-course to pyschology will claim that a sane person "style shifts" with language use depending where they are and who with. I.e, a highly educated Ph.D sort of person (if sane) does not spout off with his erudition or pontifications while sitting in a bar-room with a bunch of rednecks. And, to the converse - a person might want to lose his working-class vernacular when in a room full of educated pin-heads.
I guess my point is - in this forum of people that I assume are interested in working on old tractors - I don't have to behave much different that when I'm in a shop turning wrenches around other's doing the same.
If one was to express offense on the pretext of religious beliefs and Biblical understanding - well? Take Christianity. Seems Jesus expressed concern about fancy churches and shrines - yet they are all over the world? Seems that should be of more concern and a few words uttered with no malice intended.
I've known some people in my life that often used "colorful" language that were good, honest, people, and I've met some pretty bad individuals that were Bible-thumping proselytizers.

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