tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596260.post112841786618177415..comments2023-10-23T12:25:03.006-04:00Comments on Ramblin' with Roger: LINKORAMA: I swearRoger Owen Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596260.post-1129156125941678822005-10-12T18:28:00.000-04:002005-10-12T18:28:00.000-04:00I think I am that blogger. I remember saying somet...I think I am that blogger. I remember saying something similar when Fred Hembeck first left a comment on my site (which he responded to by dropping the F-bomb himself -- shocking!). I try to always watch my language in general public, and am appalled at other people who have no awareness of their surroundings or consideration for others -- do you know how incredibly uncomfortable it is to stand in line for a movie with your mother while some idiot right in front of you spews a never-ending stream of profanity?<BR/><BR/>That said, I <I>love</I> cursing. I do it frequently and creatively. But in appropriate surroundings, with people sharing the same vocabularly, such as at bars, poker games, my own home.<BR/><BR/>For a long time I refrained from swearing at my blog, but eventually I relaxed and went with it. If the blog was going to be representative of myself, I decided I might as well use the words I was naturally inclined to use. I hope that doesn't scare people away from the blog, and I don't think it has, but at this point I'm not going to change it if it does. I figure most people are stout enough to read a four letter word and not keel over in a classic Southern belle swoon.<BR/><BR/>One of my favorite quotes on profanity comes from Kurt Vonnegut, of all people. In Hocus Pocus he writes (and I'm paraphrasing from memory), "Profanity gives someone who disagrees with you an excuse not to listen." Nice lesson in civil discourse, one that George W. "Major league a******" Bush and Dick "Go f*** yourself" Cheney never learned. Nor did I, apparently, but then, I'm a blogger, not a politician.Tom the Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784918700194480944noreply@blogger.com