There are no bad words, only words that hurt people.

A good friend sent me this:

I have since made pretty good progress toward cleaning up my language, but when the music is so beautiful, it's sometimes hard not to sing.

(FWIW, something I've always taught my children is there are no bad words, only words that hurt people, and those can be any words. When a child realizes that "fat," "dumb," "lazy" etc. can be far more damaging than any traditional 4-letter word, they discover their true power; it is also an essential step to becoming a considerate person.)

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[2012-06-27]