OT -- Re: random cover of a range

[Walter Bright]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> I don't quite know what to say to that.   So you're saying you
> wouldn't mind if someone stood behind you uttering profanities all day
> long?  I would find that highly annoying and it would most certainly
> contribute to my stress levels.  Even if it weren't profanities it
> would be highly annoying.  So to say words can't harm you seems
> nonsense to me.  Sure words do not cause physical injury, but are
> physical injuries the only ones that matter?

I'd be just as annoyed if you stood behind me reading the dictionary 
aloud all day. It's not the words or ideas that annoy, it's the sound.