[stuartcr]

Aren't they all really just words? Sticks and stones, etc....

[Eagle Eye]

It's all just so gay...

[Gorzaloon]

I think some of the slangs are somewhat funny when they are strung into phrases. A friend was changing a tire yeterday. A State trooper had just gotten off shift at the barraks when he saw my friend and stopped to make sure he was all right.

A carload of kids went by, saw my friend and did not see the trooper, and shouted out, "Hey Dude! It must suck to be you!"

The trooper said, "If you have this under control, I think I shall take off, and give them a ration of crap, OK?"

Fellow came to Work laughing about it.

[cricket]

"Aren't they all really just words? Sticks and stones, etc...."

All words are not equal - words mean things. . .putting them on the typical equal playing field of Liberal life disempowers a language just as equal playing fields disempower individuals.

[Uncle George]

"Arn't they all just words"
Like "the little hole in the dike is only a snall leak". It is what follows in the declining of morality that counts in the long run. As the permissiveness of profanity started in movies in the "DAMN" in "Gone with the wind" has lead to the GARBAGE MOUTH dialog now heard in most movies.

[JoeSchem]

Aren't they all really just words?

Every ancient culture attributed magical powers to words. The Bible tells of God 'speaking' the world into existence. Pagans believe that words can cast spells. And system programmers still worship at the command-line prompt.