Ana Going Too Far | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 hidden)
do words have power? (none / 0)

a very interesting question.

How about gossip?

http://www.scientificameric an.com/article.cfm?id=word- power

Or how about a medical situation?

http://www.medscape.com/vie warticle/716730

Hows about the power of Hitler's words when he was orating in front of his admirers.

Hows about Churchill"s words, in some very dark times, to his fellow citizens in England during the worst of WWII?

Is there power in words?

D'oh.

by opiman000 on 09/08/2010 05:11:16 PM EST

Of course there is (none / 0)
but all of those examples have to do with what was being said, and not what the specific words were.  Context is the important thing.

by Spencer on 09/08/2010 05:14:00 PM EST

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BTW (none / 0)
Nice to have you back on the forum.

by Spencer on 09/08/2010 05:15:09 PM EST

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oops (none / 0)

i feel i should clarify my personal position on the issue of the f word...and jaguar...

if one is a rep for a company and one is out working...i think it's reasonable to expect the rep to NOT use the f word, either of them, or the r word etc...

however, whatever words one uses on one's own time...well...i sure am glad my bosses never hear mine. i would be perpetually unemployed.

by opiman000 on 09/08/2010 05:19:07 PM EST

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Sure, but... (none / 0)
Faggot seems to be a very flexible word. It started as an insult to poor old women and went on to be offensive term for gay men and now is just a term used to insult people. (Did I not listen correctly, or was she addressing a woman with that term?)

Would you have a problem with the word bastard, because it is abusive to ex-marital born people?

"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

by opposition on 09/08/2010 05:29:40 PM EST

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Ana Going Too Far | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 hidden)