Sunday 1 May 2005

A sound approach, if outspoken

No-one deplores more than I the use of strong language on the net, particularly in those boring simple-minded polemics which are called rants and are peppered liberally with pointless swear-words (though "liberal" is not a word one usually associates with their authors). It is refreshing, therefore, to come across an instance where such a mode of expression adds to rather than detracts from the thrust of its argument, giving it an entirely appropriate emphasis.

Other Men's Flowers is essentially a repository for gentle and kindly comment, and I will not have it sullied by the appearance in it of words likely to offend the pure in heart; therefore I will not even deign to type the indelicate name of the website; I merely put a link to it HERE and commend it as a pungent yet perceptive (though somewhat partisan) analysis of the North/South divide in the USA, albeit one which one would hesitate to send on to one’s grandmother in Florida lest she passes it round her retirement home and it causes offence, or even offense.
The website also contains some links to other sites which provide a useful historical background to its theme.

[Thank you to my friend Edward Cabot Ames III of Boston Beanfeast
for bringing this admirable site to my attention.]

3 comments:

MrVilhauer said...

Awesome.

Colin Davey said...

I remember reading this during the US election when I was trying to get a"handle" on why "Liberal" had become a swear-word. It's the fault-line on which America could one day snap.

Tony said...

Aw, shucks. Glad you've worked out that when I say "Comments welcome" what I really mean is "Fulsome praise welcome, other comments deleted or ignored".
I say, you're a bit of a polyglot, aren't you? Good show is RAF slang c1940, old chap is Wodehouse c1925 and perfect hoot is standard upper-class 1960s.