Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:21:30 -0700 (PDT) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> To: spellberg_robert <emailrob@emailrob.com> Cc: fbsd_chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [ fbsd_chat ] Re: What is this forum for? Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0906031420440.13307@libra.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4A257D2D.9030803@emailrob.com> References: <200905281030.n4SAUXdA046386@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <200905280904.44025.kirk@strauser.com> <20090528183801.82b36bbb.freebsd@edvax.de> <b79ecaef0905281004h7a1f40cvb65f005d9ebe5318@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905282136080.61809@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EDE2@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905282157560.62341@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EDE6@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905282216260.62503@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4A1EF742.7030606@otenet.gr> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905282245350.62803@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4A2041ED.4010003@telenix.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905301719100.18381@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4A218A98.4@telenix.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905302202450.20032@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090531201553.3aac4b82@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905312030220.25477@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4A257D2D.9030803@emailrob.com>
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Words don't kill children. People with small minded attitudes about oppression like this kill children. On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, spellberg_robert wrote: > [ with an admonition from Ion-Mihai Tetcu, ] > Wojciech Puchar wrote > [ with some minor formatting from your author ]: > > [ snip ] > >>>> OK so [ expletive deleted; thank you, mr. president ] off Boris, >>>> but we were talking some time ago about dumping potential sponsors ;) >>> >>> Watch you language please. >> >> Such language is used on special cases like this. >> So please replace this words with other with the same meaning :) > > [ snip ] > > > > no, it isn't. > > no, others won't. > > > > notwithstanding your use of a "smiley_face", > as far as i am concerned, > on any mailing_list or other communications forum accessible by children, > such language is "verboten". > > > > one of the several unimpeachable benefits of > the american "motion picture production code administration", > a/k/a "the hays office" [ after william hays ] or > "the breen office" [ after joseph breen ], > was that all films were viewable by children. > > even before its strict enforcement began [ 1934_july_01 ], > the warner brothers' "gangsters", for example, > didn't need to use such language. > a particularly telling instance is "the public enemy" [ 1931 ], > in which james cagney, in a conversation with mae clarke, > made an emphatic point, substantially similar to your point to boris, > by his adept use of a grapefruit_half. > he demonstrated this skill, again, in "white heat" [ 1949 ], > because she was a slow_learner. > an examination of the works of [ i could name, oh, so many ] > edward g. robinson, paul muni, george raft and humphrey bogart > will be similarly unrewarding. > > in fact, "bogie" and, his wife, lauren bacall > elevated the "double_entendre" to an art_form > [ for examples, > see the "memorable quotes" section of "the big sleep" [ 1946 ] here: > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355/quotes > > ]. > > we can all learn from the writings of great authors. > > > > now that america is, officially, totalitarian, > permit me to reference the work of > that great international communist, jules dassin. > > did burt lancaster use such language, > after the abuse he received > at the hands of hume cronyn in "brute force" [ 1947 ] ? > what about ted de corsia, > when he pistol_whipped don taylor in "the naked city" [ 1948 ] ? > every adult knew that > valentina cortese was a "massage therapist" in "thieves' highway" [ 1949 ], > his testament to the corruption > inherent in american entrpreneurial capitalism and small business, > but, the rug_rats thought she was a "fortune_teller"; > erudite, wasn't she ? > let us not forget the fast_talking weasel, richard widmark, > in "night and the city" [ 1950 ], who maintained his civility, > right up to his final scene with that famous wordsmith, > the laconic mike mazurki. > > > > finally, > lest some readers complain that your author is being parochial, > i submit one example, from radio, where "mean joe breen" had no authority. > > jack benny, > the greatest comedian in the history of entertainment, > not --ever-- uttered a "blue" word, > except, of course, in reference to his eyes. > > rob > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org *----------------------------------------------------------*
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