NODE c6ffd8efReq. for soundbites
"David K. Merriman" <merriman@arn.net>Sat, 10 Feb 1996 10:45:41 +0800
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A local TV station has asked me for an interview, after I sent a graphic of a mono-digital hand gesture with the phrase "censor this!" to the Prez, Veep, and the area congresscritters (cc'd to 2 TV stations and a radio station), accompanied by a 'confession' and demand for swift prosecution.
Anyone got any nifty sound bites I can try to toss in?
Dave Merriman
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NODE afdbd756Re: Req. for soundbites
bob bruen <bruen@wizard.mit.edu>Mon, 12 Feb 1996 22:55:21 +0800
For what it's worth department:
The four letter words that are considered indecent are an anachronism
from the days when the French/Normans ruled England, (~1066-1300's).
A quick look at the words and their acceptable counterparts will make
clear the issue. The four letter word are all of English derivation and
the socially acceptable ones are of French (sometimes Latin) derivation.
Even the term "four-letter" is a derogatory term for the English language
in general, because the French considered English second rate because the
words tended to be short, unlike French. Anyone who supports the suppression
of these words is merely enforcing the old French repression of the English
and the English language from over 500 years ago. Why think for yourself
when tradition can do it for you?
eg:
to piss - to urinate
to shit - to deficate
to fuck - to copulate
cunt - vagina
etc.
All of them, folks, all of them and easily checked out.
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On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, David K. Merriman wrote:
> A local TV station has asked me for an interview, after I sent a graphic
of a mono-digital hand gesture with the phrase "censor this!" to the Prez,
Veep, and the area congresscritters (cc'd to 2 TV stations and a radio
station), accompanied by a 'confession' and demand for swift prosecution.
> Anyone got any nifty sound bites I can try to toss in?
>
> Dave Merriman