A few days ago in the distinguish Senate of the United States our Vice President told the distinguished Senator from Vermont Leahy (D) to, “ go fuck yourself”. Lets just sit back and think about aged and ‘wise’ Cheney tells equally aged and ‘wise’ Leahy to “go fuck yourself”. Whenever I look at VP Cheney I will be sure to remember those wise words to Senator Leahy to “go fuck yourself”
I have as big a temper as anyone and have been in heated arguments with others for one reason or another but it is still quite rare that I resort to using profanity, especially in official business with peers doing very important business.
Sure yelling may occur (which to some is also unacceptable) on occasion but I rarely sink to the level of using profanity.
Professionals in business and psychology will tell you it is not nice or healthy to even yell and in many cases is counterproductive (of course I like to see human beings express [not take action] the full range of emotions) and they would definitely say the use of profanity is not acceptable when dealing with other professionals.
Cheney argued that Leahy got what he deserved because he was the type of person who will insult you on the senate floor and then try to make ‘nice’ with you later.
I thought that was what they do in politics where there are people with different views on various issues and they want to advance their arguments. It is often the case that many will feel that the way a person advances an argument is personally insulting (maybe to some degree the arguments are).
People in the professional world use the ‘Leahy technique’ all the time. You know the cop that pulls you over for speeding and you give all sorts of reasons why you shouldn’t get a ticket and he says, “nothing personal, its only business”. (or “tell it to the judge”).
So what is Cheney trying to say about Leahy? He didn’t like what Leahy said about him during debate on the senate floor, to a fellow member, in committee meetings or something?
They say things aren’t as civil and members of the federal legislature are not friends like they use to be. Business use to remain on the House or Senate floor and members went out to restaurants or bars after business hours and in other ways hung out and made friends with their fellow members even if their political views were opposite. I guess those days are gone.
Maybe we should all start using foul language in our business and professional interactions. Yelling or arguing may not be enough. A cuss word here or there at the right point may just be ‘what the doctor ordered’.
At the store when the teller overcharges me I can yell, “ you fucking cashier! “You overcharged me you son of a bitch! Now give me the right fucking change.” And if he yells and cusses back at me I can do like Cheney and say, “go fuck yourself”(and add….. “bitch!”).