Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> Out of curiosity, does seeing a certain word REALLY cause you a lot of distress?
> Or was this missive just sort of a reflex action ingrained into you by a
> mother or grandmother or suchlike?
>
> I've never understood why people seem to be so upset about that sort of
> thing. It seems to me there are literally thousands of things more distressing
> to worry about than that. Why let yourself get upset by such a trivial
> thing? Tolerance of other people's ways of expressing themselves is the way
> to go, I think.
The word doesn't bother me, but the Etiquette Guidelines do state that
"Profanity is not welcome". We could change the guidelines if we see fit, but I
would probably vote against it because I understand that however "reflexive"
some peoples distaste for profanity is, it is nonetheless, genuine and, in my
opinion, worthy of respect.
Do you suggest we change the guidelines?
--
Doug
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