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[Michael Winslow Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 10:34  PM, Alan MacHett wrote:

> And since it was inadvertently added to the discussion... Why do
> Industrial Societies compartmentalize segments of people's lives?  Why
> should one's behavior and speech vary from home to workplace to social
> gathering to wherever?  And I haven't researched any studies, but I'll
> wager it's largely a white-collar phenomenon, too.

I don't think so. We all act differently based on the context and  
there's nothing wrong with that and it has nothing to do with people's  
collars. In real life people have different types of relationships and  
different ways of communicating based on the situation. Do you really  
think that you would talk the same to a woman you're trying to pick up  
in a bar as a women in a business meeting? or to your grandmother? or  
your boss?

I'm sure that people have the right to speak as they wish in any  
situation, but as a boss I reserve the right to fire anyone who curses  
in front of customers all of the time or tries to mimic ejaculation on  
my computer screen because they can't tell the difference between  
what's appropriate in a bar with his buddies and what's appropriate at  
work.

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