Dave Kearton wrote:

"Guy Alcala" wrote in message
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| BUFDRVR wrote:
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| Guy
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| P.S. Because I'm feeling ornery, I will now write George Carlin's "Seven
dirty
| words you can't say on television or radio," with no use of spaces,
asterisks or
| other symbols in place of the actual letters. Those of you who will
suffer
| irreparable harm from the mere sight of these words in their natural
form, should
| read no further. You have been warned):
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|
|
| ****, ****, ****, ****, cocksucker, mother****er, and tits.
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| I'm curious, so let's take a poll --
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| 1. Was anyone unaware of any of these words (and related or modified
forms of
| them), or their meaning, prior to my writing them above?
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| 2. Would anyone be unaware of what word I was referring to, or fail to
mentally
| translate them into their actual form, if I were to replace some of the
letters
| with other symbols?
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| 3. Has anyone reading this never heard these words used in conversation?
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| 4. Has anyone here never used any of these words themselves?
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Point well made - however, just as some people would prefer not to hear such
words in conversation, possibly the same would not want to see them as
well. Veiling a word behind #$@% is tantamount to beeping out a
word on TV and now, putting an electronic patch to prevent the
tender-hearted from accidentally lipreading something offensive.


While I've done precisely as you describe, just recently, I tend to agree
with you. OTOH, part of polite discourse in the company of those of
whom you are not familiar, is not to use terms or language that will
reasonably offend anybody.



Same same with 'g_d', 'G_d' and 'god'. My Baptist roots go way
back; if you have to use his name in vain - at least spell it correctly.



stepping down from pulpit



Cheers


Dave Kearton





I always thought #$*& %#@& $#*&@ translated as "Friggin, fraggin,
riggin, raggin!" as expressed by some Looney Tunes character who, at
this time, I forget which one it was. Yosemite Sam maybe??