A very nice essay by Steven Pinker on why we curse:
Edit: I found a new link.
http://www.tnr.com/currentissue/story.h ... e61a45377e
Why we curse
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War Machine
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Why we curse
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"Clearly my escape had not been anticipated, or my benevolent master would not have expended such efforts to prevent me from going. And if my departure displeased him, then that was a victory, however small, for me." - Raziel
Re: Why we curse
I'm totally bummed. I am doing a paper on swearing for my Deviance of Social Control course and your link got me excited so I clicked it... I clicked it real good... only to be disappointed with this:
"We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be displayed.
Click here to return to The New Republic Online."
poop
"We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be displayed.
Click here to return to The New Republic Online."
poop
How IS a Raven like a writing desk? [/b]
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War Machine
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Re: Why we curse
They seem to be moving and some links aren't working yet. I'm sure they'll post it back were it should be eventually, but let me look around for a copy in the mean time.
"Clearly my escape had not been anticipated, or my benevolent master would not have expended such efforts to prevent me from going. And if my departure displeased him, then that was a victory, however small, for me." - Raziel
Re: Why we curse
Thanks!War Machine wrote:They seem to be moving and some links aren't working yet. I'm sure they'll post it back were it should be eventually, but let me look around for a copy in the mean time.
How IS a Raven like a writing desk? [/b]