Re: Language

[rwifall@opus.nmsu.edu (Richard J Wifall)]

Scott Weierich (scottw@pro-ict.cts.com) wrote:
: This is directed to Tero Sand in Helsinki.

[Stuff about children nuked.  Children shouldn't be let on internet IMO]

: young grade school ages, but here in the midwest (USA) metropolitan areas,
: the only children and parents I have noticed using profanity on a regular
: basis are the lower middle class and below that have below average
: education and/or grades. There are exceptions of course, but this is the
: trend I have observed.

	Oh, this is cute.. Trying to imply that people who swear
are somehow below average.  I have found that people who place large
importance in the meanings of words as opposed to the words that are
used are more likely to swear then people who place a large importance
on the words that are used.  (Regardless of their educational background)

:                         I don't think the average parent wants their
: children at this age to experience this type of language anywhere, anymore
: than they have to. I leave you with only two questions. Is profanity REALLY
: necessary in our public posting? Couldn't everyone TRY to restrict their
: profanity to e-mail when they deem it necessary to be used? Thanks for your
: time and I hope you take this as contructive criticism not as hate mail.

	Children are more likely to learn profanity at school then
they are from reading usenet (IMO).  If you don't want your kid
exposed to profanity then why would you ever even dream of letting
them use internet where you can get pornographic GIFs, stories, and
learn about any number of social deviant types of behavior.

If you don't like swearing then set up your kill file so that articles
with swearing get killed.

You can kill articles with the word "fuck" in them from inside trn
by doing this:

type "=" to turn off the thread selector, then type /fuck/a
then hit "J" to junk them... bingo, no more articles with "fuck" in them.

(Thanks to Brian for how to do that one.)

	Learn about your newsread, set it up to kill the files
automatically and then everyone is happy.

: Scott
	Richard
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