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Re: Swearing?
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:33:53 GMT
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Tony Priestman wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Laura Gjovaag (<Pine.SUN.3.96.1000103105250.1332G-
> 100000@eskimo.com>) wrote at 18:56:39
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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 CONDITIONS",
> > item number 5, and the key words are "obscene", "vulgar", "profane", and
> > "indecent".
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> Define.
>
> To quote in full:
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> 5. Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous,
> defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, or indecent
> information of any kind, including without limitation any
> transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would
> constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or
> otherwise violate any local, state, national, or international
> law.
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> Given the wide variety of religious, social and legal systems across the
> world, it becomes increasingly difficult to say anything other than
> 'Have a nice day' without offending *someone*.
Stop that! That offends me! <G,D,&R>
It makes me think of that puking yellow happy face (YHF). The only thing that
makes me feel better at that point is thinking of the YHF with a bleeding
bullet hole in the forehead.
--
| Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
| Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Swearing?
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| On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Tom Stangl (<38726741.3242BBA0@...cape.com>) wrote at 21:33:53 (...) ARGHH! <thud> If there's one thing that ticks off us broad minded folks, it's people who are easily offended :-) (...) Hmmm... <bites tongue> (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Swearing?
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| Tom Stangl wrote in message <38726741.3242BBA0@n...pe.com>... (...) is (...) CONDITIONS", (...) that (...) Who watches the watchmen? -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Swearing?
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| On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Laura Gjovaag (<Pine.SUN.3.96.1000...250.1332G- 100000@eskimo.com>) wrote at 18:56:39 (...) Define. To quote in full: 5. Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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