[Tfug] Slightly OT but also funny as ?

[Malcolm Schmerl]

Robert, again well said. It amazes me that there are people out there 
that think their children are so frail that the word 'hell' would be 
destructive. OMG, it's just a word.

On 06/15/2010 12:45 AM, Robert Hunter wrote:
> This just keeps getting better, doesn't it?
>
> Just for the *hell* of it. let's try to dissect this nonsense.
>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Matthew Patenaude<mnglfiddle at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Chris, I understand your point. The deal is that Gmail tends to be much
>> easier used as webmail than anything else, therefore the emails don't get
>> filtered out.
>>      
> You can create Gmail filters with the web-based interface. They will
> then work, regardless of which client you use to check your mail. You
> can filter on any number of criteria, including headers, content,
> attachments, and the list goes on. RTFM to learn how to use filters.
> And you still haven't explained why you are not using separate
> accounts.
>
>    
>> I would rather not be forced to switch to opening a mail
>> client all the time just because grown-ups who should know better have so
>> little character that they get upset because someone simply asks that they
>> be more mature in their choice of words *in their subject lines*.
>>      
> Let the ad hominem attacks begin. So, everyone should "know better",
> and anyone who doesn't share your beliefs lacks "maturity". Is that
> it? Why don't you cite one reference which supports your claim that
> word 'hell' is inappropriate in a forum such as this?
>
> Please don't misunderstand my point: I'm not saying that I would
> personally use the word 'hell' without regard for the presence of
> young children. What I am saying is that in this forum, most of us do
> not expect that we will be addressing an audience of children.
>
> Conversely, I am not criticizing you for letting your kids read your
> TFUG email.  What you do with your kids in your house is your own damn
> business. But please don't use that as an excuse to try and censor the
> rest of us from using language which is, for most people at least, not
> considered offensive.
>
>    
>> like I asked them to modify their language even in their emails themselves,
>> but you would think I had asked them to repent and turn to Christ (from they
>> way they have responded), which I should have instead of wasting my time
>> asking them to just be a little considerate. A decent American used to would
>> have acknowledged such a simple request as mine... I guess the times, they
>> are a changin'!
>>      
> Oh, you had to use the J-bomb, didn't ya? Decent Americans, eh?
> Excuse me, I think I have to LOL for a bit.
>
>    
>> This is my final word on the subject and last request. I will simply try to
>> delete emails as quickly as the show up if their subject lines are not
>> clean. I wonder, however, how long the others will keep this up...
>>      
> ...Apparently, as long as we have nothing better to do than defend our
> first amendment rights.
>
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