[ fbsd_chat ] Re: What is this forum for?

[KAYVEN RIESE]

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
>
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