On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 09:34:50 -0500 "Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net> wrote:
The universal rule of ladies and gentlemen is to avoid giving
I take very strong exception to this and on on this list. This type of sexual stereotyping is not only archaic but is extremely offensive to some people. Offensive comments has no place on an abuse workgroup and I demand an unqualified apology from jrace@post.harvard.edu Or, barring an apology, I would like jrace@post.harvard.edu to agree to self punish: Force yourself to watch two seasons of Bart Simpson (i suggest season 6 and maybe 9...) For the rest of his post, the writer has lost touch with reality and clearly has a higher regard for sensibilities than for communication and the free (OPEN) exchange of ideas. "Helping someone out" does not mean helping them from the side of the ditch into the actual ditch. It similarly does not mean that you should publish your bias and be as offensive as others have been. Then, your reply is pov (point of view - yours) your opinions are not facts... For example, someone else may have the opinion that: Expletives are useful, not only to display relationship and for communicative use but are fun to use! Offense is a choice and although I have understanding of your repressed humanity, a one word response to your post could simply have been "balls" And, speaking for myself, it is humorous when the boss farts by accident in a very formal meeting. What can I say, I am but a course obnoxious shitting and laughing brute. And I laugh at the thought of me, a killer (I eat meat) and my body processing that into energy (most of which is used by my brain) because the reality is so very freaky. I believe the British called my culture "Boors" because we seem so common, unsophisticated and, well "boorish" In truth we have so much ubuntu, so much compassion but we do not like bullshit. I hope that all helped you out (but probably not as Dinosaurs are as dinosaurs do...) Andre
offense. So one does not discuss or use references (unless in a professional context e.g. doctor) to excretion or sexual behavior. One avoids any negative references to other persons and to political or religious beliefs.
Those are good practices for this list. So excluding crap and merde which are offensive words.
Re: "generalised swearing. It's a part of modern language" -- that's a culture-specific interpretation. Such behavior doesn't occur in most of the world and it never occurred when I was growing up in 1950s America; then I went abroad for 45 years and coming back to America smutty language is indeed widespread. It's not 'modern': it's a degenerate phenomenon of certain cultures. It's unknown in much of the world. It's repugnant to refined sensibilities. Behaving this way doesn't betoken one's "modernity" -- it betoken's one's personal coarseness.
Jeffrey Race