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Swearing?
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 1 Jan 2000 14:07:15 GMT
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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 *slightly* offensive to *someone*, I don't belong here either.
This thread is doing bad things to my blood pressure.
If the Owner has a problem with Bad Words, perhaps He can put the
censorship in place to mask the words that some people don't like.
But jumping on someone for saying dammit is ludicrous. I gave up having
my English corrected twenty years ago, and I'm not going to put up with
it now.
If children and adults are going to coexist here to the satisfaction of
those children's parents, and the adults who contribute, there is going
to have to be some give and take. And probably regulation.
On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Richard Parsons (<Fnn1ro.KL5@lugnet.com>) wrote at
03:58:58
> 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>
> >
> > 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)
>
> 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.
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> I don't belong here.
>
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
>
>
--
Tony Priestman
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Swearing?
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| (...) "leaked 2001 scans?" :) (...) [dashing out of word is mine, and made only because my newsreader won't allow me to insert an extra screen of carriage returns.] I have to agree with Tony on that particular word and its ilk. However, it's not a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Swearing?
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| (...) There is already regulation. It's in the form of the Terms of Use that you agreed to when you registered to post here. If you think swearing is ok, please go and re-read them. The one you are looking for is in "DISCUSSION GROUP TERMS AND (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Swearing! (was something else)
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| 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, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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