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[ 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
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