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To: John Chen who wrote (79506)	10/4/1999 7:43:00 AM
From: Tom D	Read Replies (3) of 164684

OT re: four letter words. Expletives are meaningless intensifiers. When we express ourselves in writing on SI, we have the opportunity to edit and polish our self-expression. Most of us strive to do this well, as a gesture of respect for the other members of the thread. One of my favorite novels as a youth was Melville's Billy Budd. One remarkable feature is that despite the passion, violence and setting on a ship, the entire book contains no expletives. Even though there are no expletives, I doubt anyone who reads the book thinks that it lacks emotional intensity or realism. The truth is that expletives are poor excuses for sloppy self-expression. Hopefully, they will never gain mainstream acceptance in written expression. Tom D

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