From:	Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: Shadowrun Fluffy? (Was: Re: Mysticism [New Spells for Old,)
Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 1997 12:49:23 +0100

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|You wrote:
|> The point is, 20 years ago, words like SOD and BUGGER were unacceptable.
|> Who's to say that 'Fuck' won't have lost all power to offend by then?
|> (And what's the use of a good swear word if it doesn't have some power
|> behind it?)

|Actually, it's really lost its power to offend anyone but the really sensitive
|even today. It's bland now, overused, and can't really get to you.

My point exactly....
I imagine "FRAG" and "DREK" have much more insulting/disturbing/filthy
connotations than "FUCK", in the rwal Shadowrun world....
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