"Professionalism" syntax

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Fri Nov 12 20:26:32 UTC 2004


On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 03:00:44PM -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> > No but you might find that some words are found "unprofessional" for 95%
> > of the userbase - even if they personally don't care.
> What if I happen to be in the world's oldest profession?
> I think you're generalizing overly much and making far too sweeping
> assumptions about mores and values.

But, y'know, we could apply the advice George Carlin gave his daughter.

<http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/04/03/carlin/>

(If you can't trust George Carlin's moral judgement on this issue, who *can*
you trust? [Appeal to authority])

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