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Re: Bye, bye LUGNET
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 2 Mar 2005 17:49:35 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> > But really,
> > is there anyone here who doesn't know that f**k is a bad word? I think the only
> > two words that would get you an email from an admin are f**k and s**t.>
> > -Lenny
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> LOL, this is so cultural.
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> I have had a lot of contact with youth from the Swedish equivalent to Assemblies
> of God. They would never ever take the Name in vain or mention the opposite of
> Heaven if they aren't talking about that final destination. Neither do they use
> the name of the evil one or his fallen angels in curses like most other Swedes
> do. But they have no problems using the word 'skit' in every other sentence,
> just because we Swedes don't find it offensive at all.
Interesting point - the difference between profanities and vulgarities. Here on
Lugnet mild instances of taking God's name in vain occur seemingly without
making a blip on the radar. But, personally, I find a post like, "OMG! That MOC
is awesome!" far more offensive than Richard M's infamous f-bomb post(1).
Ken
(1)Which is not to say that I approved of Richard's post.
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> Btw, the SweLUG group (loc/se) is cluttered with swearing, but not even I as a
> Christian is offended by that. If it wasn't for the loss of Willy, I would just
> find this debate amusing.
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> /Tore
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| In lugnet.admin.general, Ken Dowd wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> As a Christian, I used to 'take offense' to OMG. But over the last decade, I write (and say), "Oh My Goodness!" so that's how I choose to read OMG now. You'd have to do something pretty (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) LOL, this is so cultural. I have had a lot of contact with youth from the Swedish equivalent to Assemblies of God. They would never ever take the Name in vain or mention the opposite of Heaven if they aren't talking about that final (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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