In the federal hearings on the financial crisis and the billions of dollars in toxic assets the government purchased from financial firm Goldman Sachs, one of the key players in this whole mess, one thing kept coming up as a sticking point in federal investigations, and it’s nothing that grown adults should ever be worrying about when there are much larger issues at stake.  It’s not what Goldman did, it’s the attitude in which they did it, which includes company emails from Tom Montag full of curse words and other salty language.  Oh, give me a fudging break, you doo-doo heads!

I mean, really?  This company needed $10 billion dollars to keep its head above water, and you’re worried about dirty words in the company email system?  Well… okay then.  In response, Goldman Sachs has officially banned curse words from company emails and instituted a banning software that does not allow obscene emails to go through their system.  Even self-censored emails with asterisks are bouncing back.  You can’t just drop F-bombs willy-nilly anymore.

“Of course, we have policies about the use of appropriate language, and we are always looking for ways to ensure that they are enforced,” a Goldman spokesperson said.  Securities exchange firms generally do have policies against naughty language, as trading floors like the New York Stock Exchange ban language and enforce harsh penalties on serial swearers.

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