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The Internet is being degraded by rude and self-centered people who smother civil discussions.
  • Pshaw...my stars and garters!

    Yes it is nice to be polite. But there are times when foul language is helpful for emphasis. And there are some families, in fact, many academic families, where emphatic language is regularly used. So it depends. There really should not be hard and fast rules about this. WTF? And yes, it's always good to stick to the point of the article but at times, the emphatic digressions are amusing..even enlightening.