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In Reply to: RE: get over your negative self. posted by magiccarpetride on July 20, 2017 at 10:41:37:
"Banning a word, any word, from the human vocabulary cannot end well. They tried that kind of censorship in the now defunct Soviet Union, and it imploded."
I read Beach Cruiser's post of July 21, 2017 at 03:19:32, and his account of an incident in the USSR doesn't surprise me. Here's my somewhat similar story:
One summer, a few decades ago, the concert band in which I played did a 6 day 5 concert tour of Romania. One concert was in Bucherest, or, as I like to say, "beautiful downtown Bucherest". ;) You'll remember that Nicolae Ceausescu was the Communist Party leader in Romania. These concerts were during his regime. The last piece on our program was "The Stars and Stripes Forever". As the old saying goes, "the crowd went wild".
Afterward, in the auditorium lobby, I met a couple of nice, enthusiastic girls who were "so excited" to talk with an American. We ended up going to the nearby home of one of them for a snack and some tea and to talk. When I asked about the political environment and what it was like there, one of them said, quote: "It is best not to talk about it. The walls have ears." I'll never forget that chilling comment. As we parted, she also said, "Please do not forget me, my American friend." I never have, and I think about her often.
Back to your comment: "Banning a word, any word, from the human vocabulary cannot end well." Yet, there is a U.S. population demographic which does exactly that, and more, to influence and control social behavior to their liking, and who can speak or not speak. Look where it's gotten us - so far.
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