and in response - I think it's "Heljan" in Norvay
Raleigh in Maine where it's hotter than er... ah... hmmm... At 06:45 PM 7/25/2005, Don Thompson wrote: >Dear Ted, > Maybe you could enlighten the members of our beloved S scale e-group >and let us know which words you consider to be profane and better help >us not to offend anyone in the future. >All ears, >Don >PS I wonder if Norwegian dairy farmers would have the same list? > >Ted Larson wrote: > > >For the record, my Heck note to Bill was intended to be private, as for > any other infraction. My ooops in sending it to the list. There are > other lists where infractions are discussed by the moderator on-list. I > prefer to do so privately. Since my note went to the list, I'll provide > the following to the list also. > > > > > > > >Why "no cussing"? This list is intended to be open to all hobbyists; > any age, any sex, any religion. Profanity, vulgarity, cussing, etc. are > offensive to some, and to the best of my knowledge do nothing to add to > the usefulness of the list; therefore there is no benefit to using > them. When they bring no benefit and are offensive to some, why use them? > > > > > >Each time the issue of profanity on the list is discussed, I get a few > notes asking why I bother with the minor issues, and I get a few more > thanking me for keeping to keep the list clean. When I ask that people > keep profanity, etc. off the list, it is very difficult to be arbitrary > and say that some "mild" words are ok and others not. As soon as an > exception is made for one word, then somebody says that another word > should be okay to use because it is only a little worse than the one that > was just okayed. This is NOT hypothetical. It has happened. The simple > rule of NO PROFANITY is intended to avoid uncertainty regarding what is > ok and what is not. > > > > > >If there is a word that you question, feel free to ask me off list. > > > > > > > > > >Ted Larson > > > > > > > > >To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use >REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. > >Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, view shared files or >photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
