"Morgans" wrote:
"Jay Beckman" wrote

You're taking a pretty good leap of faith that "Emily" is even a
female...

This is Usenet after all.

Since the gender of the person making an argument is not relevant to its
validity, this amounts to an ad hominem.

It does not matter, now. I already had my finger hovering over the
I was tired of what seemed to be a willingness to
argue, just for the sake of argument.

Since not all of Emily's posts have been argumentative, I think you're
seeing something that isn't there. I've been reading Usenet since 1988 and
I hate to say this, since you may vehemently disagree, but Emily appears to
be no more argumentative than you. And IMHO neither of you seem to qualify
for that special group of genuinely argumentative Usenetters.

The foul mouth kicked me over the edge.

Then unless you've plonked Skywise and Matt Barrow, I think you're engaging
in a case of special pleading. Consider this sampling found via Google's
archives:

"I act like this because I DON'T WANT OT ****ING DIE BECAUSE OF SOME ****
HEAD THAT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE." -- Skywise

"Grow the **** up, America!!" -- Matt Barrow

"I HATE the idea of mandatory military duty. **** that." -- Emily

All seem to be using language to make their feelings known. I see nothing
wrong with that per se. She wrote "**** that," not "**** you." In my very
humble opinion that's mild compared to what Matt and Skywise have written.
YMMV.