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Whatever happened to the days when parents were allowed to exercise whatever disciplinary measures they deemed necessary on their children, when the situation warranted it? Parents were allowed to reprimand their children when vulgar language was directed at them or when their behavior was out of control. Thirty, 40, and 50 years ago, children were better behaved and had a healthier respect for their parents. Most of the children grew up and became responsible citizens. History shows that the youths of today are committing more violent crimes at a younger age than they did 30, 40 and 50 years...
Even classic pieces of literature, from Huckleberry Finn to The Catcher In The Rye, would no longer be available via electronic libraries, since occasionally vulgar language might not be legally "proper" for children...
...great theorist of American Architecture in the second half of this century (Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture and Learning from Los Vegas), has had a long-term fascination with American popular culture and with contained excess. He's looking, I suppose, for that distinctive element in American vulgarity that isn't vulgar-and hopes, I think, to create in Loker Commons an architecture that avoids either kitsch or Harvard-Square-trendy good taste. The space has an almost stolid we've-been-here-forever loft-like feel to it, with honest gray columns and a ceiling that have survived since...
Slowly, the plot develops; the audience watches the aforementioned Italian played by Kevin Krim, the dumb blond (Kristen Rolf), the girl with a cold (Ona Hahs) and the vulgar staff member who proudly wields her cigarette (Anna Lewis)--all under the direction of the constantly angry boss, Emily Stone's Marge (often called--surprise, surprise--Sarge). The action picks up when a health inspector, played by Mark Bagley, has to review the kitchen, which for years has passed the test. This time, things are different. Bagley portrays a slimy 70s type, who will only give the kitchen a passing rating...
...easy enough for those who can afford spacious homes and private therapy to sneer at their financial inferiors and label their pathetic moments of stardom vulgar. But if I had a talk show, it would feature a whole different cast of characters and category of crimes than you'll ever find on the talks: "ceos who rake in millions while their employees get downsized" would be an obvious theme, along with "Senators who voted for welfare and Medicaid cuts"--and, if he'll agree to appear, "well-fed Republicans who dithered about talk shows while trailer-park residents slipped into...