Krztalizer wrote:


I'd have to disagree: if there is no doubt what the word is, how are anyone's
presumably tender sensibilities being protected?


Because there are youngsters that visit newsgroups as well as us old pharts -
personally, I'd rather not be the one to add select words to their vocabulary.
Will they learn them? Most certainly. Hopefully, not from me.

Gordon, how many youngsters would you say visit this newsgroup? Aside from the
occasional adolescent, who usually doesn't stick around very long and who has
undoubtedly long-since learned these words (as they usually resort to them when
their wild claims are demolished by the regulars)? I'd say very few, and if
they're mature enough to find this newsgroup and understand the conversations, then
they've been exposed to far more swearing and adult language in their culture than
either you or I likely were at a similar age. I grew up watching "Leave it to
Beaver" re-runs, not the "Simpsons" or "South Park," and there weren't any 'gangsta
rappers on the radio (and no MTV) either. No TV beer commercials featuring dogs
biting men in the genitals, no ads for Viagra, Levitra, or incontinence products,
no Jerry Springer, etc. etc.

The way an English teacher once explained it, "F-words" are for people with
limited vocabularies - if thats the best word you know for a given situation,
it shows your lack of education." I probably thought , "What the #$^% does she
know??" at the time....

Didn't we all:-) See my reply to Ed for my reasoning as to when it's appropriate.

v/r
@#$%%# Gordon

Guy