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Date Posted: 23:52:05 04/02/00 Sun
Author: Mf
Author Host/IP: spider-tk022.proxy.aol.com / 152.163.206.182
Subject: RE: MY LANGUAGE ON THIS BOARD
In reply to: LUXTON 's message, "RE: MY LANGUAGE ON THIS BOARD" on 22:44:15 04/02/00 Sun

Being like many of us a parent I had to also think about this one for a while and concluded that the comment about language was inappropriate as well as ungracious. I assume Mr. C has a creative reason for placing a few expletives here and there and I also do not think he should be responsible for raising our children for us. Assuming there are parents who don't bother to supervise their children on-line, they could be in a lot more danger than reading words which they already have heard their friends use...

> Upon first reading the posting from "cowardly parent"
> my emotions ran in several directions...initially I
> felt guilty for having offended anyone at all...after
> further introspection, my viewpoint has changed
> radically...I have ALWAYS tried to be articulate,
> interesting, and above all HONEST here, and I have
> come to the conclusion that "cowardlly parent" should
> damned well do the same...look cowardly, I'm NOT your
> children's role model...if you don't like what's here,
> then stay away...that means you and your whole
> family...I and the wonderful people here need a
> special place in the universe where we can come and
> talk openly, without feeling we're trapped in an
> English Boarding School or a Sunday School class in
> Victorian England...
> In a world polluted by ethnic cleansing, nuclear
> weapons, prejudice, greed, arrogance, germ warfare and
> general insanity, don't make ME your scapegoat because
> your child happened to say "fuck"...it is YOU,
> cowardly parent who are not living in the real world...
> My mother, bless her heart, was rather prudish
> during my upbringing, but she NEVER tried to blame
> other people for anything I ever did...that's the easy
> way out for one's own shortcomings..."cowardly", you
> really do have the right screen name...shame on you
> for trying to bully this wonderful forum into
> something your narrow little mind deems
> "acceptable"...
> Let's face it...the human race seems to be going to
> hell in a handbasket, if the six o'clock news every
> night is any indication...case in point, the Columbine
> incident...what kind of fucking horror must that have
> injected into those surviving school kids and their
> families...you'd probably be one of those who would
> blame Metallica or Judas Priest for all of that
> happening....
> If a few articulately placed expletives, all used
> in context I might add, have put a burr under your
> saddle, then stay away...it's not for people like you
> that I post here anyway...I'm searching for far more
> intelligent, well rounded friends in cyber space...I
> feel sorry for you in that you think the whole world
> stops at your front door...grow up...your kids will,
> WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR HELP...for now, I'm going to
> ignore your petty little posting entirely...and Deb,
> if you think I'm wrong, then just tell me...maybe I've
> made a mistake in trying to be honest and open, but I
> hope not...
> WHAT A WORLD WE LIVE IN...sorry folks, but everyone
> can't move to Salt Lake City all at once...besides,
> the state of Utah already has its full quota of
> squares and prudes...good thing it wasn't "cowardly
> parent" beside Jim Morrison that night on the piano
> bench...he would have let Jim drive himself from the
> party, and then Jim's life would probably have ended a
> year and a half before it did...
>
> Luck and Health (to all who don't think I'm Satan)
>
> BC

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[> Censorship -- FredH, 01:55:58 04/03/00 Mon [1] (2-vii.ciaccess.com/209.216.156.71)

> WHAT A WORLD WE LIVE IN...sorry folks, but everyone
> can't move to Salt Lake City all at once...besides,
> the state of Utah already has its full quota of
> squares and prudes...good thing it wasn't "cowardly
> parent" beside Jim Morrison that night on the piano
> bench...he would have let Jim drive himself from the
> party, and then Jim's life would probably have ended a
> year and a half before it did...
>
> Luck and Health (to all who don't think I'm Satan)
>
> BC
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