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John Robson: What We've Lost (Bonus Edition) — the ability to speak without swearing
We contracted potty-mouth by ditching the very notion of self-control
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The past 10 or 15 years have not been kind to Canada. Along with a decline in prosperity has come an erosion of the things that made our society great, a decline of what held us together and made us the envy of the world: things like resilience, friendship and service. In this series, National Post writers considered What We’ve Lost. Today — a bonus contribution from John Robson.
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To the National Post’s splendid “What we’ve lost” series I want to contribute a bar of soap. Which might seem trivial but it’s not just any bar of soap. It’s the one they used to wash your mouth out with for cussing in the wrong time and place.
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