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Subject: 
Swearing! (was something else)
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:37:28 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Richard Parsons writes:
(Its a joke, its a joke ******.  Relax.  Here, maybe you need some soma.)
<editing mine>

Folks, I hate to be a PITA, here, but will ya cut the swearing, please?  I
have to say the casual one-offs here in .general bug me a whole lot more than
anything else.

It just isn't necessary to do it.  Take it as a challenge to your literary
skills if you have to, but please, maintain courtesy.

(not picking on you in specific, Richard, you just happen to be today's random
sample)

James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Swearing! (was something else)
 
(...) Another old fuddy duddy heard from. :-) Did you catch that I trimmed the old subject line down by one word too? I just don't get it. Why is this so hard? (24 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Swearing! (was something else)
 
(...) Someone pointed out to me in e-mail that this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black (for PITA). I didn't (and don't) think that acronyms fall into the same catagory, but someone obviously does, so I'll refrain from doing it in the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Swearing! (was something else)
 
James Brown wrote in message ... (...) than (...) random (...) Wow. Do you know (in all honesty) that it never occurred to me that anyone here could find this offensive. So, ah, sorry. I won't get into the old argument about sense and sensibility, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Swearing! (was something else)
 
As I have said before - there are many younger people who read these posts. At least - I get emails occasionally from younger poeple who claim to read these posts... The cleaner the better... Eugwe Coral (24 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Remy's Big Lego Christmas! (was Re: Big Lego Christmas)
 
Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <386CBF20.F4D0D6D0@v...er.net>... (...) Mundanes! Yes! That's it exactly! AFOLs on the one hand, mundanes on the other. Suddenly everything makes sense. But it wouldn't do to discuss it in those terms with THEM. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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