Rules? Rules, you ask? I'll give you the rules!

[Karl Larsen]

On 08/23/2010 04:48 PM, Res wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>
>    
>> "Bad."  That must mean there aren't such words.  While I may agree that
>> recognized profanity (recognized, though, by whom?) has no place here, a
>>      
> The only recognised word that I feel is wrong to use on any medium where
> you dont know people is the  "see"  word (you know what I mean), anything
> else if pretty much fair game since all bar that "see" word, is used in
> primetime TV on public access channels, and at anytime on cable TV.
>
> But yes, it comes down to as you said, "by whom", the courts recently
> here threw out a case of a person arrested for swearing, using the "F"
> word repeatedly in public, and again at the arresting officer, times
> change, 10 years ago he would have been fined a few hundred bucks for
> that, now, its acceptable everyday language, attributed to hollywood
> I dare say as well.
>
> There will of course be those who are still offended, as the world is a
> large place, but just as we would be offended by some of their actions in
> their country, we all have to co-exist, afterall, no one can say one law
> is right, another is wrong, the laws and cultures are simply "different",
> and we must all accept that.
>
>    
>> This is an ongoing and interesting question.  Where does the line lie
>> between freedom of speech and offending the odd singleton/group of
>>      
> Many/most countries do not have the "right of free speech"
>
>    
>> read this list  should be capable of withstanding the word, "rape," in
>> all its terrible connotations in view of the fact that it is /just a
>> word/.
>>      
> I agree, however, one must be mindful of others sensitivity to such a
> thing, it may be rather personal to them, and some things are best kept
> off this list, I know, thats a contradiction to what I ranted about above,
> but rape is rape in ANY langauge/culture and even though he did not
> advocate it, it is in very poor taste that he choose to use that example.
>
>
> --
> Res
>
> "Why would you watch the comedy channel when you have the ubuntu users mailing list" - Robert Day
>
>    
         This message contains no questions or answers about the Ubuntu 
Operating system. It should not be on this list. Please stop doing this. 
Thank you.



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