On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:55:24 -0400, "Brian K. White" <brian@aljex.com> wrote:
Perhaps they are both distasteful and technically valueless and even that is useful as a negative example to refer to once in a while.
There are limits to that. For instance such language in court will get you fined very quickly. And where is the border between profanity and harassment?
Perhaps it's better to have a little profanity
Where do you draw the line?
"MATSHITA UJ892AS" into "MAT[* profanity *]A UJ892AS
Of cause that's stupid and you know that.
It's perhaps not _necessary_ to swear, but it's actually _counter-productive_ to care about merely seeing it.
No, it's again a question of abiding to the rules of the medium you've chosen to use! It's your choice to not follow them but then you have to accept that others will kick you out. This is a mainling list with a clear topic and rules, not speakers corner in Hyde park. For now roughly 20 years I'm using email and am yet again astonished how the indirect way of communication makes people use wordings and behaviour that most wouldn't dare in direct personal communication ... Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org