[WikiEN-l] Cruft

[Tony Sidaway]

On 5/2/06, Joe Anderson <computerjoe.mailinglist at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I accept that some may see it as uncivil, but I for one do not.

My opinion on this is that, in general, if a significant number of
people are offended by a term, to knowingly use it and risk offending
them should be taken as uncivility.

It's not clear to me that this is what happened here.  You weren't
deliberately uncivil as far as I can see.

>
> The fact I do not find it uncivil does not make me a hypocrite.
>
> I will be more careful using it in the future though.
>

Well, that's a very Wikipedian way to take it.  Thanks.