At 02:53 PM 10/8/2003, sannse wrote:
Louis wrote (in part):
Mydogategodshat - Two readings here, my/dog/ate/gods/hat and my/dog/ate/god/shat. Both unacceptable.
I /do/ feel this one is unacceptable, and said so when it was first discussed in May. If feel it is directly comparable with our old friend the radioactive chicken.
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....
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