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Originally posted by Lavindathar:
You didnt peeve me, youve satisfied me, as I have no more quibbles.
And I am not unhappy at all. It ain't your fault the US is how it is, and I know in an ideal world, you could run the forum without the constraints off the outside legal world.
And if u agree with my second point, and the first is nullified, Im once again completely satisfied.
And that old woman wouldn't have got away with that in England, she'd have been laughed away!
Cool. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] And I agree with you on all your points...especially about the old woman. Sad thing is, it didn't use to be that way here either. I don't know at what point things changed. It's really sad.
Just out of curiousity, have you ever seen the movie "L.A. Story"? Silly movie, Steve Martin and a British actress named Victoria Tennet, I think...anyway, the one scene in the movie that I remember so well was when her character had just arrived at L.A. and was talking with Steve Martin and a bunch of other people. When they asked her if she was tired from her flight in, she laughed and said lightly, "Oh, nothing that a shower and a good f--- wouldn't cure." Everyone at the party stiffened in horror, except Steve Martin's character, who was enchanted by her.
Anyway, I brought that up to sort of show the difference between the two cultures: the girl's use of the f-word, in her culture, was completely acceptable, whereas the others at the party (American) were mortified. I think we kind of have that a little bit here as well. It's one reason why I do allow certain "slip-passes" on lingo, as do the rest of us. It's only when it's taken to extremes, and used abusively, or certain terms that are just completely unacceptable, that we have to step in.
Cheers,