From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 15:11:48 EDT
GOOD POINT..!
additionally, my birds are offended everytime i cook chicken wings for dinner...
they all grumble about "poor cousin cluck" and just how horrible i am being to
their sensibilities..
and the older birds also tend to want to shield the young girlbird, the baby 2
year old umbrella cockatoo..
George Yanos wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Randal Whittle wrote:
> >At 02:22 AM 9/7/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >>At 01:00 PM 09/07/2000 +0700, Dr. Jeffrey Race wrote:
> >> >On Thu, 07 Sep 2000 03:30:07 -0100 (EET), Dimitris 'sehh' Michelinakis
> >> >wrote:
> >> >>Or the driver guys at xircom suck.
> >> >
> >> >In observance of netiquette, and in consideration of others not yet
> >> >coarsened (like my daughters), could we please avoid obscene
> >> >language on this list?
> >>
> >>Odd, I do not associate the word, "suck," with other much more colorful
> >>words normally associated with cursing and obscene word choices. Of course
> >>coupled with other choice words, the word, "suck," could take on a whole
> >>new meaning.
> >
> > I'm still trying to figure out where his daughters fit into the
> >picture. Do they subscribe to the list too?
> >
> > I for one, while agreeing in general with the sentiment, also
> >believe people need to make a choice not to be easily offended. A word
> >like "suck" isn't something anyone should get concerned over.
>
> Real offense requires, I think, an intent on the part of the offender.
> That is, offense isn't something to be taken but rather to be given.
> I'm sure the Xircom Critic (Dimitris?) meant no offense to anybody save
> Xircom.
>
> Having a recently adolescent daughter myself, Dr Race is likely out of
> touch with his daughters' sensibilities, or at the very least with the
> sensibilities of nearly all of his daughters' peers.
>
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