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Ed-- Absolutely eloquent and completely correct!! Let me challenge us to give up--cold turkey--uncivil, abusive and gutter speech for a 1 week trial period. That doesn't mean refrain from disagreeing, debating or even arguing. When my wife and I got married (yes, marriage actually existed back then, after I set the club down and she came to) we both read Charlie Shedd's books, and in there he has a chapter on having a good argument, where he lays some very practical ground rules for surviving disagreements and having constructive arguments. One of the cardinal rules is to avoid personal attacks and derogatory speech. It works. Some of you have figured out from my posts that I'm in charge at my place of employment. I can tell you that an employer worth their salt and on their toes will not tolerate that kind of speech, in-house or outside. It breeds bad employee morale, most employees do not respect the one doing it, and it will inevitably bleed over into client relations. And it's rare that it even does any good as a motivator. People who talk that way are generally felt to be NOT funny, NOT genteel, and basically craniorectally challenged. A late friend of mine was a retired USMC officer. He was always civil, even when he probably didn't want to be, but it is amazing how much respect that generated. Fact is, in our society, people who speak in a cultured manner (and I don't mean intentionally using 25 cent words or trying to look smart - that's transparently childish) are generally viewed as being more intelligent and thought-out, even if they're not! Want to appear maybe smarter that you actually are?? Clean up your speech and written language. Want to look like f-----ing g-------- s----eating trailer trash, even if you're not?? Just talk and write like you just climbed out of a full septic tank. See how far that gets you. Would you buy something or sign a contract that guy offers you??? Would you let your kid talk to you like that? Anatomical public speech should be confined to the appropriate med school lecture classes. Ed, your daddy taught you right.[:D]
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