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To: George S. Montgomery who wrote (3569)2/14/2000 8:45:00 AM
From: Edwarda  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4710
 
George, your point is well taken. However, I think that the underlying assumption is that offensiveness is inappropriate by its very nature.

Happy Valentine's Day!



To: George S. Montgomery who wrote (3569)2/14/2000 9:26:00 AM
From: Achilles  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 4710
 
>"A person whose views are inappropriately offensive may
>still make a good officer in the Anti-Redundancy Squad."

The only potential problem that I see with sentence grammatically is that "may" (which normally implies permission) should perhaps be replaced with "can".