Matt, Here's a new concept for you: If you want people to respect you, then try to respect them. If you don't respect others, you deserve what you get. It's your choice.
In public, people normally follow a code of rules called 'ethics'. In private you can do whatever you like. I think THIS is fair. Thank you, Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Chorman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 November 2003 17:49 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wine'ing some games (OT) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 08 November 2003 08:12 am, Chris Carter wrote: > > > There are children on this list (as well as others). As a > father of 2 > > girls, I don't want them reading this kind of language. > > Then teach your children what to say and what not to say. > Don't try to enforce > that on other people. Hearing a word or seeing a word will > not damage them - > they will be reading Huck Finn soon enough. > > > The community on this list really does help out! Some people get > > frustrated (heh, we all do!) and use ill-sounding words to better > > express their frustration, which must be respected. Others find > > certain words to be unacceptable if used in public (That > must also be > > respected). > > People on this list ARE helpful. But there are rule-mongers as well. > > Once again, these words - are they ill-sounding to you? To > him? To me? Based > on whose values? If you find these words to be unacceptable > in public, don't > say them in public - but don't force a morality on me. I > choose my own choice > of words to use. Until the great censor-adepts of the list > come to smite me > down for protecting someone's use of a curse, I will > continute to protect > that choice for myself and others. > > You can say whatever you want. In return, I can say whatever > I want. It seems > fair enough to me. It's your choice whether or not you swear, > and whether or > not you shelter your children from it. But don't force that > choice on me or > others. (Filter those words from yours/their system. That's > not too hard to > accomplish, and you're taking responsibility for your own > actions as opposed > to others.) > > - -- > Matt http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7D81740A > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/rR6RZosHVX2BdAoRAjt8AJ9pbVz8O2VPGoBpTUH/igINKR7P/gCdG4Px > Ccc6SIfxtG60NlSTGWVGf5w= > =LS5G > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
