> Travis Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snippage> > it still does not downplay in the least, the > fact that SOME people find swearing offensive...
I find the use of common swear-words unimaginative and quite unimpressive...and a couple _are_ offensive to me, such that I simply deleted several posts without reading. :P > For either people are for > the most part ignoring this topic because they do > not either care, or ... Perhaps > they just want to avoid > all this rather childish infighting... Puerile. Junior-high schoolyard-ish. [Note that there is a difference between reflexively typing f*** or a******, and coming up with scurrilous insults that semi-fit the typer's conception of the insultee. At least in my book. Besides, let's face it: without eliminatory orifices we'd all be full of feces, and without sexual reproduction we'd none of us be here at all! ;) ] So *I* propose that "All insults of a personal nature must be just that - personal. Furthermore, primary insult words of less than 3 syllables are disqualified, unless they reflect the theme of the particular insult. Themes can be built around the insulter or insultee's hobbies, sports, or profession, etc.." Example: Last week somebody trolled big-time; while I ignored it on-line (as did 'most everyone, except for a few noting "troll!"), I *thought* "What a remarkable case of cranio-rectal dystocia!" ;} The possibilities are endless...golf insults, baseball slurs, computer weenies, hair-ball pukers... :) Debbi I'll See Your Parallel Prance, And Raise You A Kick Threat Maru U U ;) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
