|From: Toby Bartels toby+wikipedia@math.ucr.edu |Content-Disposition: inline |Sender: wikipedia-l-admin@wikipedia.org |Reply-To: wikipedia-l@wikipedia.org |Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 12:02:37 -0800 | |Ed Poor wrote: | |>Why are you so cantankerous? You, you -- you CURMUDGEON! | |Comparing our personalities: |Is Ed calling somebody "curmudgeon" |equivalent to me calling somebody "asshole"? |Remember, it's all relative to what we normally say. |^_^ | | |-- Toby
No, it's relative to civility and incivility; "darn" is not as offensive as "damn" no matter who says it.
Tom P. O88