Re: <offensive term removed> again
"Watson, Paul" wrote: > > > Certain swear words have a different amount of severity > > dependent on the > > Country and Culture they are used in. The particular work > > used is considered > > What work were you referring to? Personally I find all work > vulgar and disgusting > > > extremely vulgar and disgusting in England and as such I took > > exception to > > it's use. I'd hate to have to consider leaving a technical > > news list because > > certain individuals cannot curb their language when sending > > stuff to the > > International Community. All I'm asking is for common > > courtesy. Oh I forget > > some of you are Americans and probably don't know what courtesy is. > > FOADSIPLTBYA could be a well considered response, but I couldn't spell > it. > > I wonder what the regulars will make of your attitude? Over > to the Clown perhaps???? I'm still waiting for the offensive post to come through...., or has it been and gone. I was dying to see what word could offend someone who works in the IT industry. Besides, it's always just a jumble of letters. Have you seen what the French Connection have called their UK company? Or what First Consultants UK have called their web site? Are they more offensive that the word cuff? Personally I find the term "aio vp confusion" extremely offensive. It's against my religion. I've now seen it 31 times on this thread alone! Oops, 32! Oh, and by the way, :-)..... Unless it's offensive to smile in your coun.... place of residence. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |This email will self-destruct in |/// / ////| | |10 sec. If you received this email |// / /////| | |in error, sorry about the mess. |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+
> > > International Community. All I'm asking is for common > > > courtesy. Oh I forget > > > some of you are Americans and probably don't know what courtesy is. Just wanted to thank the person who wrote this comment...Oh wait! I'm discourteous, nevermind, I don't want to thank you! Wynne
The views I expressed on the use of "foul language in a posting" are my own personal views and not those of the company I work for. It would seem that the whole discussion was taken out of context and blown out of proportion by a minority of individuals. My apologies to those Americans who took offence at my comments there was certainly none intended. Yours -- Earle A Long (Senior Informix DBA) SINGLEPOINT UK LTD "Wynne Linden" <wlinden@stritch.edu> wrote in message news:94sd0h$f2fi9$1@ID-51564.news.dfncis.de... > > > > > International Community. All I'm asking is for common > > > > courtesy. Oh I forget > > > > some of you are Americans and probably don't know what courtesy is. > > Just wanted to thank the person who wrote this comment...Oh wait! I'm > discourteous, nevermind, I don't want to thank you! > Wynne > > >
In the year of Our Lord Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:48:27 -0000, "Earle A Long" <earle@btclick.com> spake, saying: >The views I expressed on the use of "foul language in a posting" are my own >personal views and not those of the company I work for. > >It would seem that the whole discussion was taken out of context and blown >out of proportion by a minority of individuals. My apologies to those >Americans who took offence at my comments there was certainly none intended. Jeez, that's rich. I certainly wouldn't be offended if you said that I didn't know what courtesy was. And taken out of context would probably be difficult to justify in a court of law. And how about apologising to me, for making English people look like a bunch of xenophobes? >"Wynne Linden" <wlinden@stritch.edu> wrote in message >news:94sd0h$f2fi9$1@ID-51564.news.dfncis.de... >> >> > > > International Community. All I'm asking is for common >> > > > courtesy. Oh I forget >> > > > some of you are Americans and probably don't know what courtesy is. >> >> Just wanted to thank the person who wrote this comment...Oh wait! I'm >> discourteous, nevermind, I don't want to thank you! >> Wynne >> >> >> > >