Good evening everyone.
I would like to address everyone about something that has become tiresome to me.
I have become aware that it seems to be increasingly in vogue lately to use profanity to express any point at all.
Everyone here knows who I am (as a person), and know that I rarely ask someone to be more considerate to the other members, and then, always in a Personal Message, never publically, and always expressed as respectfully as I can.
I find it very tiresome to read the postings continually couched in profanity. While I can and do curse like the Marine I am. However; I do so only when driving (at which I am a Tenth Level Grand Master), or when I drop something on my foot, or slam my finger in a door, for example. While it makes me feel better, in the short-run, to release some endorphins, it has no practical application. My Grandfather once observed. “Cursing without purpose is the sign of a lazy mind." I mean no insult to anyone, but it is very easy to lapse into the habit of cursing to express ourselves.
Please, I'm asking everyone to be more selective about what language you use.
I want everyone to know that I am not pointing any fingers; as a matter of fact I am guilty of the very thing that I'm asking everyone to be more mindful of... that being the flippant use of profanity in general... and the use of the F-Bomb in particular.
I have (in the past) posted a video that used the F-Bomb, and it was humorous. But, I gave warning that-that word was used in that video bearing in mind there are members that don't care to either hear or read that particular word.
So, please as a favor to me, to Kevin, and the membership as a whole... show some consideration when choosing your words.
I'm stepping off my soap box.
I would like to address everyone about something that has become tiresome to me.
I have become aware that it seems to be increasingly in vogue lately to use profanity to express any point at all.
Everyone here knows who I am (as a person), and know that I rarely ask someone to be more considerate to the other members, and then, always in a Personal Message, never publically, and always expressed as respectfully as I can.
I find it very tiresome to read the postings continually couched in profanity. While I can and do curse like the Marine I am. However; I do so only when driving (at which I am a Tenth Level Grand Master), or when I drop something on my foot, or slam my finger in a door, for example. While it makes me feel better, in the short-run, to release some endorphins, it has no practical application. My Grandfather once observed. “Cursing without purpose is the sign of a lazy mind." I mean no insult to anyone, but it is very easy to lapse into the habit of cursing to express ourselves.
Please, I'm asking everyone to be more selective about what language you use.
I want everyone to know that I am not pointing any fingers; as a matter of fact I am guilty of the very thing that I'm asking everyone to be more mindful of... that being the flippant use of profanity in general... and the use of the F-Bomb in particular.
I have (in the past) posted a video that used the F-Bomb, and it was humorous. But, I gave warning that-that word was used in that video bearing in mind there are members that don't care to either hear or read that particular word.
So, please as a favor to me, to Kevin, and the membership as a whole... show some consideration when choosing your words.
I'm stepping off my soap box.
