btw, do you have permission to reply offlist? or are you the moderator?
here is why i used the word nefarious. someone else had used the phrase "nefarious democrat" and i thought whomever it was ought to know that there were plenty of democrats on the list, including the owner of the site, who certainly did not deserve the adjective. Of course, i know the meaning, perhaps the original user of the word did not?
Subj: Re: BG: Re: Folk Music & Mtn.Bluegrass
Date: 12/1/05 10:06:11 AM Central Standard Time
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buddy Woodward)
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Is anyone moderating this list? If so, perhaps you can do something about this nonsense before everyone else decides to leave too...
bw
on 11/30/05 5:55 PM, Jeff Ford at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 12:23 PM -0500 11/30/05, some nefarious Democrat wrote in your place:
Mr. Ford,
Having class and having manners is not e-mailing someone outside of an e-mail group to harass and devalue them for voicing their opinions. The fact that one would not have the courage to show their true colours to all is disturbing.
In a message dated 12/1/05 11:16:26 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Given the recent exchanges, I can perhaps understand forwarding a link that relates to Dr. Stanley and his chosen path for participation in the American political system. But why throw in "nefarious" as a description of his choice?
Either you are deliberately trying to stir the pot even more than it has been stirred lately, or were trying to be cute, or you don't understand that "nefarious" is a highly pejorative term
Either way, it was in appropriate for the forum.
~Ed Gregory
Nashville
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nefarious \nuh-FAIR-ee-us\, adjective:
Wicked in the extreme; iniquitous.
Nefarious is from Latin nefarius, from nefas, "that which is contrary to divine command; a crime, transgression, sin," from ne-, "not" + fas, "divine command or law."
Main Entry:
nefarious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sinful
Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, bad, base, corrupt, criminal, degenerate, depraved, detestable, dreadful, evil, execrable, flagitious, flagrant, foul, glaring, gross, heinous, horrible, infamous, infernal, iniquitous, miscreant, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, putrid, rank, rotten, shameful, treacherous, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked
