Subject: RE: Profanity on the List
From: Jim Gribbin (jewelrysupplier@gci.net)
Date: Sat Dec 29 2001 - 14:48:51 AKST
And of course I went and replied w/ text included without thinking
before getting to your post about profanity.
Oops.
Jim
On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 15:29, Mike Tibor wrote:
>
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Dave Loutrel (ACME) wrote:
>
> > As I read through Mike Tibor's Censorship Advisory I realized that I
> > was the likely target.
>
> You were one of several.
>
> > As a commercial fisherman and system administrator, I acknowledge my
> > propensity for profanity and attempted to tone down my comments in my
> > most recent post. The language I used was certainly more tame than
> > that which spews forth upon my noticing that some script kiddie is
> > attempting to bring down one of my servers.
>
> Of course--I understand completely. In my case, my fiance is convinced
> that something in my computer room caused Tourette Syndrome in me,
> although it was most likely acquired during my years in commercial
> fishing, construction, and system administration the same as yourself.
> However, what comes out of my mouth in my computer room is different from
> what comes out of my mouth when speaking in mixed company. Especially
> among people I've never met before who may be offended by some of the
> things I may yell at my server in my computer room.
>
> > In an effort to insure my continued enjoyment of this list, I would
> > greatly appreciate the Censor posting a list of words deemed to be
> > profanity on a FAQ page, so that I don't run afoul of some unknown
> > sensitivities.
>
> I'm currently working on something that will be tacked on to the welcome
> message new subscribers receive, but it's not ready yet.
>
> Dave, my point is that we're all mature enough here to know what's okay to
> speak in polite company, and what isn't. What I'm asking is for everyone
> to apply that same common-sense approach to the messages that are posted
> here. Remember also that the messages you post to the list will be around
> in the archive for a very, very long time, while words spoken in polite
> company will most likely be forgotten by the time everyone leaves the
> room.
>
> If anyone would like to discuss this further with me, please do so off
> the list.
>
> Mike
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