🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:16:16 -0800, "Jerry Godsey" <godzilla@lightspeed.net>
wrote:

>I just checked the thread heading and realized that this post is going to
>many threads.  I'm sorry.  I got it on the rec.toys-cars ng and thought it
>was only going there. I apologize for any inconvenience.
>Jerry Godsey

  I thought you realized that before, Rev. You commented upon not expecting it
in a group which discussed model cars.

  I started to post once to the thing and comment that one of the few
redeeming features of this thread was its ridiculous crosspost list:

  misc.emerg-services,japan.chat,be.sport,alt.smokers,rec.toys.cars.

  Legit crossposts usually go to somewhat related groups. Spam goes to great
big bunches of groups up to the limit of what an ISP will allow in one
posting.

  This one has one of the silliest lists of groups I've ever seen, considering
what I've seen of the thread (maybe not all): idiotic assertions for and
against divinity, random obscenity, and people complaining about one or both
or the juxtaposition of the two.

  One word for profanity, though: It offers a way of real emphasis or
punctuation to even the most loquacious person, when used appropriately, with
moderation. For some less erudite people, it is sometimes the only way they
can express an opinion forcefully -- something that should also be done
appropriately and in moderation.

  Against it: it allows scum to be more obnoxious than they could ever dream
of being if they attempted to express a real thought. It is an aid to haters
both in expressing hatred and in fomenting anger and even hatred in otherwise
peaceful and reasonable people.

  Profanity is not necessarily a sign of ignorance. It may be a useful
rhetorical tool for a thinking person, highly educated or not. It is a weapon
for hateful and malicious people.

  However, for an unfortunately large percentage of people, it is simply
verbal drooling to match their hydrocephalic nature.

  When one uses profanity abundantly and incessantly, it is usually a sign
that he is in that last category. Clever people, educated or uneducated,
good-willed or malevolent, limit their profanity to really making a point,
like adding an exclamation point to a written sentence. People who write with
exclamation marks - or profanity - cluttering up their message, are flattering
themselves that everything they say shows singular insight and importance.
They are fatuous, vain, self-important boors.


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