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Fri, 04-04-2014 - 8:05pm

Compassion again:  http://truestoriesofamidwestyankee.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/to-the-woman-behind-me-in-line-at-the-grocery-store/

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Mon, 04-07-2014 - 3:24pm
bet·ter1  [bet-er]  Show IPA
adjective compar. of good with best as superl.
1.
of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
2.
morally superior; more virtuous: They are no better than thieves.
3.
of superior suitability, advisability, desirability, acceptableness, etc.; preferable: a better time foraction.
4.
larger; greater: the better part of a lifetime.
5.
improved in health; healthier than before.
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Mon, 04-07-2014 - 3:27pm

savcal2011 wrote:
<p><blockquote class="quote-msg quote-nest-1 odd"><div class="quote-author"><em class="placeholder">bordwithyou</em> wrote:</div>&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote class="quote-msg quote-nest-1 odd"&gt;&lt;div class="quote-author"&gt;&lt;em class="placeholder"&gt;blackandwhitemolly&lt;/em&gt; wrote:&lt;/div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left"&amp;gt;I would expect that any young lady in whom my son were interested enough to bring to church would know when to call a halt to the bad language. Just like the truckers present.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p style="text-align:left"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="font-size:x-small"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;So what if they did that at church but then sat in your living room with other people there and did it? You would be fine then?&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;  My sons are not perfect, but they have a modicum of class.  And so far, the young ladies that they have brought home also have a modicum of class.  I would be very surprised if my kids brought home a young lady who did not speak appropriately in social situations.  Certainly if one of them were attracted to a young lady with no education and no social graces but a heart of gold or something we would deal with it.   I was not brought up in a home where proper grammar was a priority, and I had some bad speech habits that I had to work to overcome.  I am sure any young lady who didn't know about when cursing was and was not appropriate who was dating my kid would have the same desire I did to learn correct behavior.  If she didn't, it would not be the bad speech habits I would have a problem with, it would be the attitude.&lt;/p&gt;</blockquote></p><p>I've known (and I use that term loosely) a handful of truly mean, unlikable, despicable people in my lifetime.  And you know what? They didn't curse regularly. And some of the kindest, smartest, best people I've ever known could curse  up a storm at times.</p><p>It's not the words used that usually concerns me ... it's the message.  Hate, bigotry, intolerance, malice, cruelty and the like can all be achieved without the use of single curse word. </p>

Well said.

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Mon, 04-07-2014 - 3:29pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<div style="font-family:verdana; font-size:13px; color:#333333; text-align:left">bet·ter<span><span>1</span> </span><span><span></span> <span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[</span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:bold">bet</span>-er</span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">]</span> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/Spell_pron_key.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"></a> <span>Show IPA</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family:verdana; font-size:13px; color:#333333; text-align:left"><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style:italic; font-size:13px"><span><span>adjective</span> </span></span><span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span>compar.</span> <span>of</span> </span></span><span style="font-size:13px; font-weight:bold"><span>good</span> </span><span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span>with</span> </span></span><span style="font-size:13px; font-weight:bold"><span>best</span> </span><span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>as</span> <span>superl.</span></span></span></span><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:1em"><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#7b7b7b"><span>1.</span></span><div style="font-family:verdana; font-size:small"><span><span>of</span> <span>superior</span> <span>quality</span> <span>or</span> <span>excellence:</span> </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>a</span> <span>better</span> <span>coat;</span> <span>a</span> <span>better</span> <span>speech.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:1em"><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#7b7b7b"><span>2.</span></span><div style="font-family:verdana; font-size:small"><span><span>morally</span> <span>superior;</span> <span>more</span> <span>virtuous:</span> </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>They</span> <span>are</span> <span>no</span> <span>better</span> <span>than</span> <span>thieves.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:1em"><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#7b7b7b"><span>3.</span></span><div style="font-family:verdana; font-size:small"><span><span>of</span> <span>superior</span> <span>suitability,</span> <span>advisability,</span> <span>desirability,</span> <span>acceptableness,</span> <span>etc.;</span> <span>preferable:</span> </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>a</span> <span>better</span> <span>time</span> <span>for</span><span>action.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:1em"><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#7b7b7b"><span>4.</span></span><div style="font-family:verdana; font-size:small"><span><span>larger;</span> <span>greater:</span> </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>the</span> <span>better</span> <span>part</span> <span>of</span> <span>a</span> <span>lifetime.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:1em"><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#7b7b7b"><span>5.</span></span><div style="font-family:verdana; font-size:small"><span><span>improved</span> <span>in</span> <span>health;</span> <span>healthier</span> <span>than</span> <span>before.</span></span></div></div></div></div>

And her denial of the same is ironic, Perhaps her vocabulary isn't as diverse as she thinks.  

 

 

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Mon, 04-07-2014 - 3:32pm

"So if a parent breaks the law, you believe the child will follow in those footsteps?"

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p>Your little digs and insinuations are attacks if you don't realize that PKA. I think you do though. <img src="/forums/sites/all/libraries/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-undecided.gif" alt="Undecided" title="Undecided" border="0" /></p>

So no example of an attack as you claimed, no examples at all.  Gotcha, you mispoke. 

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Mon, 04-07-2014 - 3:32pm
IMO regular use of expelitives is a sign of ignorance and disrespect too, YMMV.

 

 

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Mon, 04-07-2014 - 3:38pm

Great Bord, so we ARE on the same page about this. Thanks for just reiterating that.

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Mon, 04-07-2014 - 3:39pm
jamblessedthree wrote:
Nor have you denied /sic/ lied about the cuss word, She is hallucucinating and is hung up on the word, "lies".

  No, she lied and said she didn't curse.  Except when she did.  Which isn't often, which is a lot better than Some People.

And I fixed how I worded it. Did you miss that?

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Mon, 04-07-2014 - 3:40pm

O.M.G. it is NOT just about using a curse word. 

Please, please, please, if you are out of the loop, get out of the conversation. 

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Mon, 04-07-2014 - 3:42pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p>O.M.G. it is NOT just about using a curse word. </p><p>Please, please, please, if you are out of the loop, get out of the conversation. </p>
  What is it about, Black and White Molly?  Since you haven't cared to share anything with us, how are we to know?  I have no clue what your cryptic reference to "trout" was all about, except that it was rude, but what else is new?  And since we have been talking about curse words for many pages here, what is it about if not curse words?  Did Marla's daughter curse in church or something?

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Mon, 04-07-2014 - 3:43pm

IMO regular use of expelitives is a sign of ignorance and disrespect too, YMMV.

Well I guess we are in the minority then. Especially ones that are vile and are used inappropriately.

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