Dante wrote:
OK, this is the old argument from the Request for Adminship page...
Can someone PLEASE explain to me what is offensive about that username? My Dog Ate God's Hat. It makes ABSOLUTELY no sense, sure, but offensive? Please...
And don't complain about how some people could interpret it the other way... that other way also makes no sense and is grammatically shaky to
boot.
Should we force JT not to use his nickname because some people might think the "fear" part of "fearÉIREANN" was the imperative mood of the verb
"fear"
and an instruction that they should fear him? Please....
I didn't see the argument there, I only saw the short discussion on the list. But my answer would be: the user name is /not/ "My Dog Ate God's Hat", it's "Mydogategodshat". I would have no objection to the first, the second can easily be (mis?)read and IMO is rather offensive.
But, that said, I won't press the point further. I understand that most people /don't/ find it offensive, and my objection is not strong enough to shout about.
Regards,
sannse
(p.s. I think I'm pretty looped tonight - please add into this message all appropriate smiley faces, expressions of good intent and other signs of non-argumentativeness (if that's a word) - Ta).