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- From: morton@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Brent Morton)
- Subject: Re: Bleeps
- Organization: Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:58:08 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.235808.4833@julian.uwo.ca>
- References: <1993Jan20.204043.16463@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <biddy.047a@ping.actrix.gen.nz>
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- In article <biddy.047a@ping.actrix.gen.nz> biddy@ping.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- >> > > Hey, I was just thinking (and now I'm talking) that we have a bit (or
- >> > rather a
- >> > > lot) too much BLEEPS in this newsgroup. Do you feel the same?
- >> >
- >> > I agree with Bridget -- to many BLEEPS and to many bad words, too!
- >> >
- >> > The F word is not appropriate language.
- >> >
- >> > People use that word when they haven't got a clue as to what the
- >> > correct word should be!
- >> >
- >>
- >> First of all, what's a bleep. 2nd, you're an adult, aren't you?
- >> The "F word" is okay to say once in a while, as long as it's not every
- >> other word you say.
- >
- >Quit on the contrary! Bible says (I hope I'm not getting too religious for you to
- >handle) that foul talk is not acceptable. I think only people who feel they have
- >the need to use an unnecessary adjective use that language.
-
- This may come as a big surprise to you, but there are any number of ways to
- interpret the Bible. I also don't particularly enjoy seeing people dictate ways
- of preferred behaviour -- I feel a bit sorry for those who have every facet of
- their existence controlled by their faith.
-
- >And (my mum says in the back ground) because their vocubluary is so limited that
- >they don't know of anything else to say. A saying to think about:
-
- People who are of that point of view usually find it a hard sell because it
- really isn't true. Sure, I agree that there are people who swear all the time
- because they don't know what else to say. However, none of the people in this
- group are of that variety. I haven't used a 'naughty' word here because I
- haven't found it necessary yet, but if I did feel like using one, I would
- without hesitation. Why? Because this is an area where people can say what
- they like, plain and simple.
-
- Trying to convince people not to swear (especially teenagers) is a waste of
- your time. For those who just can't bear to see those terrible words, I suggest
- using a kill file.
-
- -- Brent
- morton@artifis.gaul.csd.uwo.ca
-
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