gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith) (05/02/86)
In article <13551@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> ucbvax!jordan (Jordan Hayes) writes: >Matthew P. Wiener <weemba@ucbbrahms.uucp> writes: >>>Nettiquette would >>>have you let people know if you're going to be offensive. >Um, I'm talking about using profanity. Mind you, it's not terribly >offensive to *me*, but I am offended that you are so irresponsible as >to offend the rest of the net. Your last line (after a ^L and saying "I >can't resist") clearly shows your intent. >to label anything that I don't agree with as "offensive", but it's >pretty clear that profanity is one of those things we all agree should >be rotated. >Flame me more, if you dare, but let's keep it out of this newsgroup. "Flame me if you DARE????" Give us all a big break, please! "Let's keep it out of this newsgroup" -- does this mean the same thing as "give me the last word, I deserve it"? Sure sounds like it to me. Fine. Please don't answer, *I* deserve the final say. And what is this ultimate word? Just this -- the word "anus" is NOT profanity according to the generally held proprieties of 1986. Do you still say "limbs" rather than "legs"? Do you think the phrase "a chicken breast" is improper? Do you in fact live in the 20th century? ucbvax!brahms!gsmith Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720 ucbvax!weyl!gsmith The Josh McDowell of the Net