I've just been through this same debate on an HO list... So let me state that I, for one, appreciate Ted's comment, noting that we're all supposed to be adults, and gentlemen (and ladies if there are any) here... recognising that not everyone likes or appreciates "unnecessary," "off-color" expletives, and that there could be "younger" folk here. So, though I wouldn't necessarily say that the word "hell" is one of the worse words I've ever heard, I'd still like to see it and other like terms refrained from.
Asking nothing more than I practice, myself. John Degnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing : Seaboard Air Line's B-7 Box Cars In S Scale! http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/SALRoundRoofBoxCarProject.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ted Larson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Scale S" <[email protected]> Sent: July 25, 2005 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [S-Scale Modeling] Heck etc. > Dear Ted, > Maybe you could enlighten the members of our beloved S scale e-group > and let us know which words you consider to be profane and better help > us not to offend anyone in the future. > All ears, > Don > PS I wonder if Norwegian dairy farmers would have the same list? > > Ted Larson wrote: > > >For the record, my Heck note to Bill was intended to be private, as for any other infraction. My ooops in sending it to the list. There are other lists where infractions are discussed by the moderator on-list. I prefer to do so privately. Since my note went to the list, I'll provide the following to the list also. > > > > > > > >Why "no cussing"? This list is intended to be open to all hobbyists; any age, any sex, any religion. Profanity, vulgarity, cussing, etc. are offensive to some, and to the best of my knowledge do nothing to add to the usefulness of the list; therefore there is no benefit to using them. When they bring no benefit and are offensive to some, why use them? > > > > > >Each time the issue of profanity on the list is discussed, I get a few notes asking why I bother with the minor issues, and I get a few more thanking me for keeping to keep the list clean. When I ask that people keep profanity, etc. off the list, it is very difficult to be arbitrary and say that some "mild" words are ok and others not. As soon as an exception is made for one word, then somebody says that another word should be okay to use because it is only a little worse than the one that was just okayed. This is NOT hypothetical. It has happened. The simple rule of NO PROFANITY is intended to avoid uncertainty regarding what is ok and what is not. > > > > > >If there is a word that you question, feel free to ask me off list. > > > > > > > > > >Ted Larson > > > > > > > > > To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. > > Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
