Now, that's insulting With, perhaps, a soupcon of accuracy. Do you think the lack of direction is inherent in the topic itself, or have those contributing to the discussion failed to capture its essence? David Skolnik At 10:37 AM 5/22/2012, Terry Beckingham wrote (but did not sign): >Why don't we all drop this subject. It is going nowhere. > >At 10:28 AM 5/22/2012 -0400, you wrote: >>No reason to feel annoyed. Terry's an idiot. A really, really >>healthy, fit, idiot. What has ME annoyed is that no one seemed >>offended by the misspelling of the word 'damn'. Title should have >>read: "....D##n Piano" , but then people would have to have >>wondered: "does it mean 'Darn'?" And would it have been funny to >>Fit-Terry (and others) if it had said "Tune your Gosh Darn >>Piano"? So, leaving the perception of humor to the mind of the >>beheader, I'd want to defer to Paul Bruesch: >>>there's nothing even remotely political about it. It's just all >>>about common courtesy. >> >>except, at this point, I think every aspect of our lives is >>political, and there is nothing common about courtesy. >> >>David B, does 'ruddy' represent the frontier of your on-line >>expletive usage? >> >>David Skolnik >>Hastings on Hudson, NY >> >> >>At 09:33 AM 5/22/2012, you wrote: >>>Well, what has annoyed me much more than the "ad" itself, is >>>Terry's assertion that if we don't find it funny it's because we >>>are 'politically correct' and have a deficient sense of humour. >>> >>>It is easily possible to draw a distinction between "political >>>correctness" and gracious speech with good manners. >>> >>>While we might wish to avoid calling a spade a multipurpose >>>terraforming utensil, it is not necessary either to call it a ruddy shovel. >>> >>>Best regards, >>> >>>David. >>><http://www.davidboyce.co.uk>www.davidboyce.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120522/94d5fdc5/attachment.htm>
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