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POLK COUNTY, Iowa (WHO) — An Iowa family is sharing one final joke with their late father, but not everyone is laughing. Steven Paul Owens passed away in September 2021 at the age of 59 and was laid to rest at Warren-Powers Cemetery in rural Polk County. Controversy began when his family recently had a headstone installed on his grave. One side lists his name, date of birth and death, and a family saying: “If you don’t listen, you’ll have to feel.” The other side of the stone is where the controversy lies. Carved in the stone is the epitaph: “Forever in our hearts, until we meet again, cherished memories known as our son, brother, father, papa, uncle, friend & cousin”. However, due to careful spacing of the type, the phrase “F— OFF” can be found by reading the first letter of each line vertically. Owens’ family says its not a profanity – at least it wasn’t to their dad. “It was a term of endearment,” his daughter says. “If he said that to you, it meant he liked you. If he didn’t like you he didn’t talk to you.” The family says Steve didn’t know about the inscription before his passing, but they’re sure he would be laughing about it now. link: Has pics https://wgntv.com/news/hidden-...e-stirs-controversy/ | ||
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Fire begets Fire |
Here lies Lester Moore Killed by a .44 Four slugs No less, no more "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
It may have been how the old goat talked to people. But it is profanity, and there is no rational argument that it is not. They can't pretend to be surprised that people look askance at it. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Sounds a lot more subtle than Popcorn Sutton's:  My Native American Name: "Runs with Scissors" | |||
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| Husband, Father, Aggie, all around good guy!  |
That stone is pretty at least. | |||
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| Free men do not ask permission to bear arms  |
Forever in our hearts, until we meet again, cherished memories known as our son, brother, father, papa, uncle, friend & cousin”. A gun in the hand is worth more than ten policemen on the phone. The American Revolution was carried out by a group of gun toting religious zealots. | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
B F D There will always be people who find offensive stuff in everything. Q | |||
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A Grateful American |
^^^ yep. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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| Freethinker |
My modest proposal about the word: https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...935/m/3610040684/p/1 [When everyone says it, no one will be shocked by it any more.] ► 6.4/93.6 “Most men … can seldom accept the simplest and most obvious truth if it … would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions … which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabrics of their lives.” — Leo Tolstoy | |||
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I tried to be offended, but I just can't. Why give someone any power over how I feel? | |||
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Still finding my way |
Who gives a fuck? Like who has time to actually call someone to complain about this? Fucking losers. | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
Guy’s dead, his family is dealing with is loss how they best can, and yet people have to have opinions about that. Sounds about right. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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"controversy" means "we're not journalists. we just stir up shit in a desperate attempt to get views". _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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I thought it was Here lies Lester Moore Four slugs from a .44 No Les no more.  Here Lies Lester Moore, Four Slugs from a 44, No Les, No More - tombstone at Boot Hill (tombstone46xy) by mlhradio, on Flickr Regarding the OP gravestone, it's in the family and others should just do what it says. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Fire begets Fire |
Sure… Sorry my memories getting foggy… Should have googled it for you, quoted and linked. "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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Casuistic Thinker and Daoist |
Actually there is. Sorry it comes from English being my second language and always trying to learn what words/phases mean...sort of like how "No Problem" being a more correct response to "Thank You" than "You're Welcome" Profanity comes from the root word Profane, which is an act against religion: blasphemous or obscene language. The "F" word would be either Vulgar or Obscene No, Daoism isn't a religion | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm. |
That's kind of a distinction without a difference.  | |||
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| Casuistic Thinker and Daoist |
Not really...it's pretty simple: If you aren't invoking God or religion while cursing it isn't Profanity. Folks like to use the word Profane or Profanity to either sound more intelligent/superior or as click bait; as it is being used in the article. I guess you could write off it's improper use to a lack of education (not intelligence) on the part of the writer...or just laziness No, Daoism isn't a religion | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine |
But native English speakers use "profane" to mean both, even if profanity technically has a more narrow meaning. Plus, you are pettifogging. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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