Re: virus: was Language

Sodom (sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Fri, 27 Mar 1998 10:42:59 -0500

I agree whole heartedly. I am currentlky in the discussion with my wife regarding
the nature of words being bad. We have agreed to teach our children that no words
are bad. They are all simply words and used to articulate information or emotion.
As we are not yet pregnant, but planning on it soon, we will have an excellent
starting point. The method we will use is to learn to control expression, not the
words. Not that expression is bad, just that there are times certain expressions
are inappropiate. I hope this works.
Sodom
The light

FallAwake wrote:

> In a message dated 98-03-26 11:09:22 EST, you write:
>
> << FINALLY, Someone who actually understands that many words that our culture
> that are looked down on are in no way bad. They simply had bad circumstances.
> >>
>
> i see the censorship of words by an entire culture as a great flaw in human
> society.
> "you see these dictators on their pedistles sorounded by the bayonets of their
> soldiers and the junctions of the police, yet in there hearts, there is
> unspoken, unspeakable fear. they are afraid of words and thoughts. words
> spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home. all the more powerful because
> forbidden. these terrify them, a little mouse a little tiny mouse of thought
> appears in the room, and even the mightiest dictators are thrown into panic" -
> winston churchill
>
> we too are afraid of words and thoughts. it sickens me.
>
> ~the great tinkerer