mild profanity and other possible offences

CB fedoralist at crispin.cb-ss.net
Tue Oct 19 23:42:32 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 00:46, 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.  (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!

Totally agree. For those inclined to trumpet their disapproval of posts,
it's also worth remembering that this is a global list, and many readers
are very unlikely to share their particular local mores. We do not all
share white wealthy American male values! (no offense meant there
either:  it's just likely to be the biggest single subgroup here).




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