Lorne said:
Inline..
There's NO justification for the kind of language we've been seeing
in here lately...
To your own sensibilities. I grew up in a blue-collar suburban NJ
neighborhood, and I'm not all that sensitive "vile language."
They can flame me as much as they like... I couldn't care less... As
for being PC... I'm not PC at all as far as I know... I just think
the kind of language and behaviour we've been getting in here is
completely out of order.
Yes, just like Justice Potter Stewart, I know what is obscene when I see
it too. But that's just it, what is obscene is up to the viewer, and no
2 viewers of a post see it in quite the same way. What is vile to you,
can just be humorous nonsense to me.
Surely you don't condone the use of vile
language where children are likely to be present?
Surely, you don't condone impressionable children to be able to access
the USENET unsupervised? I play Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 to online,
and in chatting between races, it is the little brats that are doing
most of the cursing.
It is the parents' responsibility to protect their children, though I do
mask my own questionable language with asterisks, just in case, but
anyone over the age of ten or twelve can probably figure it out.
I'm sure you
wouldn't want your kids to call you some of the names that have been
bandied around here lately!
Yes, well I've been called quite a few names throughout my life, and I
learned as a child, "Sticks & Stones may hurt my bones, but words will
never hurt me." Even intentionally hurtful words don't faze me.
Do you frequent public places where strangers are screaming
obscenities in your face all the time?
Obviously you never ridden in MTA subways in NYC at rush hour, or gone
to any major league sporting event. Hell, what am I talking about,
there is more cursing and screaming at sporting events involving
children than just about any place that I've ever been.
Would you listen to it
without commenting?
If it is directed at me, I tend to either ignore the BS or embrace it,
but I'd never show that some "vile language" disturbed me in the least.
By showing that it does affect you, you only encourage more of it.
Of course you wouldn't.... If these idiots tried
that sort of thing face to face I'm pretty sure they'd quickly learn
exactly what goes on in the ER...
See, no words can provoke me to perpetrate violent acts.
Sure, you flame people if you want... but resorting to vile language
is the last resort of a feeble mind...
To me, the people with the feeble minds are those that show that they
are affected by "vile language."
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