Inappropriate tone on this mailing list and requirement for governance

[russell cook]

Barry Smith wrote:
> Hi, Lorenzo, and other ubuntu-users members.
>
> I am mostly a lurker and an archive scanner by practice, in that I
> don't post that often.
>
> I had to look up Godwin's Law, but I read this whole thread.
>
> Comments --
> While I am not a "list-responder" or "expert on Ubuntu", I am a Ubuntu
> "power user",
> doing admin installs and coding, etc.
>
> I am the type of person who will post from another workstation because
> I have hosed up menu.lst , and can't figure out how to get back to
> Ubuntu or Windows, and my original post may use EVERY word on Carlin's
> list of words that can't be said on TV.
>
> These words should be listed somewhere (in ?CoC?), and "substring"
> filtering should be used.  "head" is not on the list, but the
> non-hyphenated word before "head" may be on the list.
>
>
>    
So according to this we couldn't talk about Dick Tracey??? Or anyone who 
name was Richard??

Considering the list is international it would be damn near impossible 
to filter for all offensive concepts and words so why bother?

Russ