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Subject: 
Re: Swearing?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:01:58 GMT
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Tom Stangl wrote in message <38726741.3242BBA0@netscape.com>...
> Tony Priestman wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Laura Gjovaag (<Pine.SUN.3.96.1000103105250.1332G-
> > 100000@eskimo.com>) wrote at 18:56:39
> > 
> > > 
> > > 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".
> > 
> > Define.
> > 
> > To quote in full:
> > 
> >  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.
> > 
> > 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.

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  Re: Swearing?
 
(...) 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, (...) (27 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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