Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 03:56:56 07/12/01
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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
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