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On being tasteless

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Extract

It is hard to be tasteless.

It is not so hard to have bad taste, I grant, but that is another matter. To have bad taste, one simply must consistently make choices which offend those with good taste — an ability which is relatively commonplace. For some, bad taste seems to appear naturally, as a birthright; others must learn to cultivate it. But no matter how acquired, or how skilfully employed, bad taste is not tastelessness.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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