From: frustratedpilot	Date: June 1st, 2006 03:57 am (UTC)		(Direct Link)

When Marie was the kid's age, she had the reputation of being one of the most "wholesome" celebrities in America, so her being "shocked" doesn't shock me.

But I am very disappointed in a culture that has taken the shock value of those "Anglo-Saxon synonyms" that when Marie was still on Prime-Time with Donny would get a teen or pre-teen into trouble for saying. (Back in middle school in 1980, a friend of mine was sent to the school Principal for saying the word "slut" in class after hearing it on Saturday Night Live. I was on line behind him...for another reason.) By allowing the pop culture to ameliorate those words to the mainstream, we have perjorated our language as a whole.