From:	John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Mysticism [New Spells for Old,)
Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 1997 01:00:42 EDT

On Sun, 13 Jul 1997 22:31:46 -0500 "Bruce H. Nagel"
<NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU> writes:


<<I don't talk to my boss the way I do to other people in general anyway.
That's just another example. But it's been a long time since a curse
word really actually shocked me. Fourth grade or so, maybe.>>


'Shock' is not the same as 'offend'. I can be quite offended without
being shocked (for example, telling me to f*ck off will offend me
greatly, but it won't necessarily shock me, depending on the person). I'm
just more likely to be more offended if I'm shocked by it at the same
time.


<<losthalo, who got his foul-word education early>>


Didn't we all?


--
-Canthros, who learned most of those really neat words by 5th grade at
the latest (and picked up his worst cases of foul-mouth while with the
BSA:)
I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud
and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
--Francis Bacon
http://members.aol.com/canthros1