socially unacceptable behavior
What do you do when you have the urge to say things that are completely socially unacceptable? There are times when I just can't seem to keep my mouth in neutral, dispite a reasonably good upbringing and some remote understanding of what is and is not, what my mother calls "cooth." (Remind me to use that word in a limrick later.)
This blog is my attempt to out these rantings in a forum apart from my daily grind, and keep them separate of those who would be truely offended by some of them. Because, really, dispite my personal indelicacy, I have no desire to harm or hurt anyone. Things simply escape my mouth from time to time when they really shouldn't. Unfortunately, since most of them are uttered in long, winding and cohesive sentences, I can't blame tourette's syndrome.
Let me give you an example.
I know full well that my boss is a Bush supporter. She knows full well that I am not. I still persist in making references to "That village in Texas that is missing an idiot" in front of her.
This has gotten me into trouble from time to time. But on the other hand, I think it is much better to state one's beliefs openly and honestly than to couch them in polite but uneffective euphanisms. (Did I spell that right? Do I care?)
For example, I have an aquaintance who spent time in a federal pen for committing a bank robbery back when he was a member of the mob. To hear his story, he "enjoyed federal hospitality" following a "series of unauthorized withdrawls" while a member of "the Italian-American Reniassance Association." Sure, his story sounds nicer on the surface, and has a degree of tounge-in-cheek appeal. But in the end, it all boils down to the same thing. I'm free, and he's not. Bummer for him. (There I go again.)
Saying what you mean, and meaning what you say, takes personal courage. It involves the risk of rejection, which most people find repugnant. On the other hand, if you walk in fear of displeasing others, and are constantly adjusting or withholding your thoughts just to avoid conflict, aren't you really rejecting yourself?
At what point does bluntness become rudeness? I suspect it is bluntness if I say it to someone else. It is rudeness if I say it to you.