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
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