Erik Reuter wrote: >I'm not surprised, since when you spend a lot of your effort trying >to remember what character sequences are and aren't likely to offend >someone somewhere, you may lose track of the important issues. > So essentially you believe that the 98% of us who use little or no profanity have less grip on reality than those few who think a obscenity is necessary to convey a point of view? I'm afraid I still haven't seen any evidence to contradict Reggie's reasoned argument, other than you telling us we're all wrong...
>You should also seriously consider why your convenience is more >important than other people's freedom of expression. > But my point (and Reggie's initially) is that is not about any individual's convenience, it's about the civilisation/community as a whole. If it was about my personal convenience, I'd just shut up and go away, but because we're talking about a community I care about, I spoke up first, and now I'll just shut up and go away... Russell C.
