On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 07:46:03PM -0700, ben wrote: | On Sunday 07 July 2002 07:10 pm, Kent West wrote: | > On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 05:56:47PM -0700, ben wrote: | > > | > >your self edit in the original post shows as much discretion | > >as any reader of this list should need. | > | > The "self-edit" still put the word in *my* brain, where I'd prefer | > it not to be. Ditto. (if I had read the original post slowly and carefully enough the first time to have seen half of what was written) | > Call me a prude . . . . :-) | c'mon, kent. do a search of the archives for the expression he used, | and then a search to see how much offense that usage has drawn. That is not the point. I didn't take a vote to determine whether or not I find that language acceptable. | of course it brings 'the word' to mind--in fact, that's the point of | abbreviated usage, Then don't use it :-). That's an easy solution. | to indicate how frustrated and how much in need of aid the user is | at a given point. There are better methods. | in fact, i find egregious censorship even more offensive than the | expression Then censor yourself in a non-egregious manner :-). The goal is not to censor people but rather to encourage people to act in a more polite manner. | @#$%'s sake, lighten up. Thank you, but no thanks. Do note, however, that my preference for a lack of foul language doesn't preclude providing useful information (unless I can't really find the actual problem in the midst of the noise). -D -- The Lord detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished. Proverbs 16:7 http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/
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