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Re: Swearing! (was something else)
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 1 Jan 2000 03:58:58 GMT
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James Brown wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.general, Richard Parsons writes:
> > (Its a joke, its a joke ******. Relax. Here, maybe you need some soma.)
> <editing mine>
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> (not picking on you in specific, Richard, you just happen to be today's • random
> sample)
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, or the things
that bug me. I have seen before that no-one changes their minds, no-one
wins.
So just, sorry.
I don't belong here.
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Swearing! (was something else)
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| (...) Why not censor sware words if they are so offensive? Yahoo does it pretty good. For example the s word comes out as "poop" and more offensive words come out something as ##@$@#. (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Swearing?
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| WARNING: this post should not be read by children or those with weak constitutions, as it contains a word that some people have complained about. Look, this is ridiculous. If everyone is going to whinge whenever someone uses a word that *may* be (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Swearing! (was something else)
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| (...) I should point out that what I find offensive is not the word. I swear frequently in spoken conversation, and in other forums. What I find offensive is the disregard for the Terms of Use, and the preferences of our host(s) - as expressed (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Swearing! (was something else)
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| (...) <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 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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