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Re: Swearing?
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:01:58 GMT
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Tom Stangl wrote in message <38726741.3242BBA0@netscape.com>...
> Tony Priestman wrote:
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> > 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*.
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> Stop that! That offends me! <G,D,&R>
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> 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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--
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| (...) 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, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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