Even when I wore my uniform, I rarely employed swearing, cursing, etc. I’ve found, over the course of many, many encounters, that one can make a serious point by using a mild vulgarism when such terms a part of one’s every day language.

I don’t care to watch ‘The Sopranos’ or any other television show that lowers the language level by using such tasteless claptrap. I care even less when a broadcast network (unlike cable) permits such language to get out.

It takes time and a concerted effort to refuse to lower oneself to the gutter. If I can work my way up and out, anyone can. Even if they’re running out of time and want to make some specious point on television.

Second, assumption that this world, specifically wealth economics is a zero sum game is wrong, even Marx realized that (in his very limited scope). Wealth is created by television, else given the free market we participate in (especially since this market has a form of entropy), there would be no more of it.

People seriously hold it against some mob that paid for an ad because someone used a mild epithet?

That’s pretty ridiculous IMO.

I second that. Can’t we just laugh at a wierdo and be done with it?

On a separate note, I find it absolutely amazing that some can write a graduate thesis (see above) on the transfer of wealth by networks, all in the hopes of defending the undefendable. Yet, when asked about the complexities we face in Iraq, only expletives and “Bush lied” are uttered by those types.

Rather interesting…ethically bankrupt, but interesting.