On 20/02/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
on 2/20/07 9:26 AM, David Gerard at dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
No, which is why we try to keep a light hand and err on the side of letting stuff through. It takes a remarkable level of stupid for us to bother doing anything.
But David, this takes me back to the original question: Is it really offensive to call someone abusive? I, personally, would not use the word to define someone, I would, instead, describe their behavior as abusive; but isn't that, in the context of this List, somewhat nickpicky?
I'd generally allow it to pass myself in the first instance, FWIW. Though I'd expect substantiation to follow. It's supposed to be a productive working list for a project.
- d.