I will support you as language like that is not acceptable on a list where children may be present. I dont know what society (... overprotected daughters!) some of these people belong to ... its not one I would like widely emulated. I am surprised that more people have not spoken up: not about the original post, the author of which apologised and doesn't seem offended and I commend him for it, but about the others who seem more interested in what amounts to trolling. I dont regard this as a free speech issue, but about common decency.
As this is a public list, lets try and keep it polite and on topic. BillK On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 12:55, Ernie Schroder wrote: > On Saturday 08 November 2003 09:01 pm, Björn Lindström wrote: > > Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > #2. I did not berate him. I merely pointed out that I and perhaps > > > others find his choice of words unexceptable. > > > > If that was actually your intention, you should have mailed him > > personally, and not the list. (Maybe you think I should heed my own > > advice here. But then again, my intention is to berate.) > > > > > #3. I am nowhere near a language bigot, > > > > At least not a good one, since you doesn't even care to spell > > acceptable correctly. > > > > > but I am a gentleman. > > > > Well, then show it and don't metaphorically lambaste people in > > public forums in the future. Especially not for bagatelles like > > this one. > > > I find it interesting that the OP apologized immediately once I > suggested that his language might be objectionable. Perhaps I should > have written off list, but it seemed to me at the time that I I > didn't express my feelings to the list as a whole, and no one else > did, the signal might be sent that this language was acceptable in > this kind of forum. > More interesting, except for Mr Carter, the people that have chosen > to comment have turned me into a villain here. I assure you it was > neither my intention to berate the original poster or to become some > sort of thought police. If you go back to my original comment, I > don't think you can read anything into it but a suggestion to use > more acceptable language. > I accept the fact that I cannot spell to save my .... I am far from a > saint and yes, I use the "f" word from time to time in casual > conversation, but, I was taught that one shouldn't use language in a > forum such as this that they wouldn't use in front of their mother. > Call me what you will but I don't want to see this list degenerate > into the trash I see on other users' lists. > My apologies to anyone I've offended, but I cannot assure you that I > won't comment on list to what reasonable people would consider > offensive. I'm just not built like that. I "pee" people off. -- William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
