On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 4:22 PM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here is the result of the poll. >> >> 41% voted for barring the person from the list >> 36% voted for putting offending member on moderation >> 18% voted for giving award for "contribution" >> 5% voted for making offender admin/moderator. > > what was the total number of votes polled? I am sure it will be a > ridiculously low number.
How does it mater? We can only go by the number of people who ACTUALLY BOTHERED TO VOTE. >> Considering the majority wants offender to be gaged, admins/mods >> will put profanity user on the list on moderation for one month >> followed by expulsion from the list on repeat offense(s). >> >> Now enjoy your Freedom with Responsibility. > > Profanity???? Who decides?. Is bloody a profanity? is jerk a > profanity? is dork a profanity? > > Bloody is commonly used in colloquial english, but if you use it with > a non english speaking person he will be deeply offended ( has > happened with me) > Dork means a male whale's sex organ and commonly used in canada, Oz > and NZ and is a profanity that most here wont even know. > > Is asshole a profanity ?. How about anal retentive for the profanity > super-sensitized. > > While speaking in person one can sensitize oneself. While on the net > it is difficult. That is even more reason to be on your guard while writing to a public mailing list. Only way to be "sensitized" on a public mailing list is NOT to use language which could be either misunderstood or could be outright offensive to "someone" on the list. Remember "my dear" episode? > Come on guys get a life. I have yet to see something more idiotic. What, the poll or use of expletive? > -- > Rgds > JTD With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ जैसे बिली को खीर वैसे Indians को Freedom हजम नहि होती। -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
