Author: John Warfield
Date: 13:38:49 01/18/00
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On January 18, 2000 at 11:47:10, KarinsDad wrote: >On January 18, 2000 at 10:58:23, John Warfield wrote: > >[snip] >> >> Real classy karisdad. Is this how you demonstrate that a word in not proper by >> using it yourself? You even include it in the header! Obviously you don't >>consider it to be so vulgar. Right? What if I had used the phrase "Are you >>crazy" instead of "ARe you on Crack". Both the phrases have equal meaning. I >>was not offended at all by your use of the Phase, it is something that people >>say all the time in my part of the country. By the way did you notice that the >>person who originally wrote the post did not complain at all?? My question is >>then why should anyoneelse. This is real stupid, all these people who I was not >>even talking to explode over something that was not even directed towards them, >>then we waste time >> > >My use of the term was not intended to be tactful or classy, but rather to catch >your attention. > >Just because you are not personally offended by the phrase does not mean other >people are not. I found the phrase to be only mildly offensive, but people have >complained, so I responded to your post. Why should anyone else complain? >Because they do not know ahead of time that a post that they are reading will >contain something offensive, so they have no idea to NOT read your post. Who >cares if the person you were directing the comment at did not yet respond? That >is irrelevent. > >But, you did not respond to the point of my message. You merely attacked my >approach, so I do not know if you got my point: > >Please refrain from offending comments about other people. Attacking opinions is >fine, but you have NO idea whether a minor (or major) comment about another >person may either offend them or others. So, don't do it. > >Thanks, > >KarinsDad :) Ok I get your point, sorry if I offended anyone.
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