I have to agree with you. I had to solve this prob for my business. Ppl seemed to ignore me on it so I posted that for everytime they say f@@k or some dirivative or come in drunk or high it will cost them $5.00 each time. Of course i work at home so I do tend to take it personally.
On Saturday 08 November 2003 10:15 pm, William Kenworthy wrote: > 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. -- Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Science is an atempt to investegate the mirical of life. The Martian Chronicles -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
