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A correspondent from the Commonweal discussion group had this to say about the use of a certain euphemism in the description of Rod Blagojevich's conversations:

We have the at-the-moment Illinois Governor to thank for this development, and, believe me, I DO thank him for the 'bleeping' substitute. It avoids what is a mere anglo-saxonism for coitus, another evasive term stolen from our bleeping Romans who somehow made ITS expletive for - uhm - coitus somehow half-respectable. This substitute will play havoc with the nine-year olds (and in my neighborhood, the eight year olds) who will now have to find something, anything, to try and get arise out of the grown ups and jealous respect from the seven year olds). I wonder what all this will do to the bleeping Democratic Party, indeed ALL politics, the military services, team sports, ghetto teens, ghetto adults, ghetto celebraties, ghetto grandmas, and university faculty organizations.

Now what is needed is a substitute for 'as the Church has always said'. Right?

Robert C. Rhodes

Labels: bleeping, Catholic Church, Doc Rhodes, profanity