----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Civility request
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 08:42:54PM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > WADR, the flip side of that is tolerance of other's peoples' sensitivity . > > Of course, that is really silly. If everyone spent all their time > worrying about every little thing that might possibly cause someone, > somewhere a slight instant of uneasiness, nothing would ever get said or > done. Personally, I don't like people using acronyms like WADR, because > it upsets me and makes me wonder if they are trying to make me feel dumb > since I can't figure out what it means. But you don't see me complaining > about it. Uh, wait, doh! > > P.S. Your misuse of apostrophes offends me. I believe it also indicates > that you have lost the argument, since bad puncutation is obviously an > indication of a loser. > Come on Eric. f*** usually referrs to the forceable taking of someone sexually. It is not part of civil discorse for a reason. If it is used in civil discord, then it loses its meaning, and other words have to be added to give the same meaning. I saw your list of uses of the word, and I am honestly not very impressed. Its like arguing the word "like" is so useful because it is used in phrases "like for sure" and like I totally bombed that English test and like I like him." Use of a singular word in such a manner is typically does not indicate an impressive command of the English language. Dan M. Dan M.
