Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:03:04 03/24/01
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On March 24, 2001 at 21:29:11, Michael Cummings wrote: >On March 24, 2001 at 11:52:14, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On March 24, 2001 at 01:07:22, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>>e. Consider the use of a software program to achieve any of the above. >>> >>>Won't work. Consider Bruce's 'richard-head' post. Yes, it was a poor term and >>>offensive to some. In fact, if you or some others had complained via the >>>moderator complaint form, I might have considered deleting it. But he was using >>>the term to describe thieving varmits. Not CCC members or things like that. >>>Maybe "thieving varmits" would be better. But I think it would be wrong to >>>automatically bounce Bruce's post. Now, there may be some filtering that is >>>possible. But I think it is far more difficult than most might imagine. >> >>I think this is gross. It was my post, so I feel a little uncomfortable telling >>people how good it was, but it was a fine post containing some useful content, >>considering the topic, and the only reason it caused trouble is that some guy >>here under a false name wants to get me in trouble, not because of what the post >>said, but because he has some axe to grind with me. Who it is, or what he has >>against me, I have no idea, but that this is what is happening is a good bet. >> >>And you'd play right into his hands. >> >>If the only thing we have to argue here about these days is whether or not we >>can occasionally use a PG term (maybe PG-13, but certainly not R), CCC must be >>doing pretty well. >> >>I hope that we don't get so bad here that I can't write because people are >>offended by my style even when I don't use those terms. This place is suppose >>to provide freedom from personal attacks and stalking, not from occasional >>offense. >> >>bruce > >Totally right, and for potential and past moderators not being able to see this >makes me not want to vote for them. I don't have a problem with it at all. Any more than I have with my occasional "bullshit" comment. I've used that term forever. I don't plan on stopping now. My wife tolerates it. My kids have tolerated it. I would assume _anybody_ can if they want to, based on that...
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