Here's how I see it, Sleaze: Sexually explicit or misogynistic language in a public forum is like farting in the food line. Most folks will chalk some gas-passing up to the cost of hanging with a colorful, free-wheeling crowd, and good food. But what do we do with the guy standing there with the strained expression on his face, laughing outrageously every time he rips one? Forced farting in public is NOT OK. Another analogy you might appreciate is forgetting to crop the previous thread entries from your response versus the A-hole guy who does it only because you make a big issue of how it pisses you off so very much.
Lovingly, Andy Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D. 700 Billie Brooks Drive Driftwood, Texas 78619 (512) 799-1095 a...@gluesenkamp.com --- On Wed, 6/6/12, bmorgan...@aol.com <bmorgan...@aol.com> wrote: From: bmorgan...@aol.com <bmorgan...@aol.com> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Dirty old men To: mark.al...@l-3com.com, texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 2:08 PM In a message dated 6/6/2012 2:14:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mark.al...@l-3com.com writes: Ahh, I love romantic stories As do I! Which is why I agree with Katie's Suggestion for the Caver -- a new column "Tales (Tails?) from the Caver Campfire." write your war stories down for publication. We will all know they're fiction . . . Some are, some aren't, but they are all part of our rich shared history as cavers which is why none of this is off topic. I have sat around many a caver campfire and have heard many a tale, lots of which were bawdy and as welcome as a cold beer on a hot day in hell (which I presume resonates with texicans) As to those who choose to be offended by my humor, I would remind you that none of any of this has been directed toward you as a person. If you wish to be offended on the basis of gender or group affiliation, particularly of the religious or political sort, then you can kiss my sweet ass. As a previous pundit said, "Just get over it!" I do agree that we should exhibit better manners, so as Sr. Monjaras suggested lets avoid "single sentence back and fort (sic) responses". Style counts too, so you might even wish to try responding with coherent thoughts expressed as whole paragraphs with corrected spelling and punctuation. Some of you should be old enough to remember how to do that. And as I have often before suggested, please do not simply reply to the thread as that results in the same gibberish being repeated ad nauseam. Select only the item of interest as I have done above and reply to that. So the caver walks into the bar... (now you fill in the blank) SW
