mild profanity and other possible offences

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Lew Bloch wrote:
>
> I was not in the least offended by G's use of the word "bitch" - it was 
> funny, sympathetic and entirely appropriate.

I just assumed he was being facetious. It's a long standing fact that it's 
somewhat hard to convey understated humor via email, and that those who 
are inclined to take things literally probably will.


> (It was also one-sided - maybe 
> the guy was a real jerkwad and deserved to be dumped. Insufficient evidece.) 
> It was not necessary to call in the Thought Police on this one.
>
> If we get too uptight about every little seeming transgression - "That was 
> off-topic!" "Ooh, Mommy, he said a bad word!" "Oh, my poor delicate ears!" 
> "Hey, you could possibly interpret that to mean that he says I'm an asshole!" 
> (You know who you are.) "Suzy stepped over on *my* side of the line!" - then 
> we're going to need Mary Poppins to step in and show us how to be children 
> again.
>
> Do not make me have to consult a lawyer to post on this forum.
>
> For Chrissake, and I don't mean that in any religious or reverent way, 
> lighten up!
>
>

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