Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:46:42 07/12/01
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On July 12, 2001 at 06:56:56, Christophe Theron wrote: >On July 12, 2001 at 04:07:14, enrico carrisco wrote: > >>On July 11, 2001 at 21:30:36, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On July 11, 2001 at 20:12:56, K. Burcham wrote: >>> >>>>you could have used f--- instead of what you did john. >>>> >>>>there could be some young ones here, and maybe some that just object. >>>> >>>>is this acceptable language here? >>>> >>>>i think not. >>>> >>>>arent there some women that post here also? >>>> >>>>yes we should treat them equal, but i feel uncomfortable about this post. >>> >>> >>> >>>As long as "fuck" is not used to insult the reader of the message, nor used to >>>shock the reader on purpose, I don't see where the problem is... >>> >>>Or maybe you just hope that by removing the word "fuck" from everywhere the >>>youngest one will never understand what "fuck" means, or will understand only >>>when it is legal for them to understand the word? :) >>> >>>I consider "f---" as offensive than "fuck". Not because of the meaning of the >>>word. It's because of the censorship applied on it. It is much more subversive >>>and damaging than the real meaning of the word. >>> >> >>You forget the American reader base, Christophe. The same place where Elvis' >>pelvic movement was too provocative for television (so the camera was kept above >>the waste for the audience at home...) =) >> >>-elc. > > > >I strongly suspect that the vast majority of american people is less stupid than >that. > >Don't let a few assholes give you a bad feeling about the whole country. > >Sure they have Bush, but they also had Martin Luther King. And Victoria Dillard. > > > > Christophe I am reminded of a quote by my favorite comedian, George Carlin: "Think about how stupid the average person is. And then realize that half of the people are stupider than that." jm
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