"fuck" in Wash Post
Beverly Flanigan
flanigan at OHIO.EDU
Fri Jun 25 14:54:42 UTC 2004
P.S. When I first sent this message, I got a line saying the "word" might
"get my keyboard washed out with soap." Where does this come from?!?
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And had the Senate tied on the Defense of Decency Act, our Veep/Senate Prez
most certainly would have voted for it!
FWIW, _The Nation_ has been printing "fuck" in full for some time
now. Know of any others?
At 09:04 AM 6/25/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Followers of vulgarity may be interested to see that today's
>Washington Post includes the word "fuck" printed in full,
>with no dashes or asterisks, on page A4. The article concerns
>our Vice President's use of the term in the Senate:
>
> Cheney Dismisses Critic With Obscenity
> Clash With Leahy About Halliburton
>
> [...]
>
> "Fuck yourself," said the man who is a heartbeat from the presidency.
>
> [...]
>
> As it happens, the exchange occurred on the same day the
> Senate passed legislation described as the "Defense of Decency
> Act" by 99 to 1.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3699-2004Jun24.html
>
>
>Jesse Sheidlower
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