on 1/31/07 3:39 AM, Ray Saintonge at saintonge@telus.net wrote:
I have no problem with the use of spicy epithets on the mailing list, and would see no reason to be like television and ban the "seven words". Where I object is with the use of terms as a clear personal attack on someone, but I would still give a person time to cool off before making a big fuss about it.
It's about intent. Is that intent to harm, or simply to grab your attention and make oneself absolutely clear?
Some find George Carlin intolerably offensive - I find him hilarious. Of course that may simply be a statement about me :-).
Marc Riddell