[Tfug] Slightly OT but also funny as ?

Tue Jun 15 08:13:47 MST 2010

Jeff.  Thanks.  You really made me LOL my a$$ off.

Respectfully,
Liz, Programmer/Analyst
BE Aerospace, Tucson

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Re: [Tfug] Slightly OT but also funny as ?

I don't think it was the word hell itself.  They use the word hell in 
church all the time.  I think it is that the word hell was used as an 
example of something funny/humorous.

I also believe that if you're going to subscribe to a *nix list you should 
expect things like this to crop up.  *nix has a long history of dark 
humor.  Get used to it, or at least make some minimal effort to avoid the 
problem. 

I'm reminded of how my former CEO reacted when I asked her what she would 
like to show up when someone fingered her  

But anyway, I made a label called tfug and use the following simple filter 
in gmail:

      Matches: subject:([Tfug])
      Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "tfug"

Now it doesn't show up in my inbox.  It goes off to a label on the side I 
can read separately from my regular mail, and I can click back to my inbox 
when I'm done reading my tfug email.  Now it's sort of "out of the way".  
I 

Personally, I would be using separate mailboxes and close my client if I 
were worried as well, but the above should at least help.  

Or one could just setup a filter that automatically gets rid of messages 
that have key words.. gmail filtering system is pretty good and it only 
takes a few seconds to setup a new rule.

Having said that, could we move on?

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Malcolm Schmerl <mjs355 at comcast.net> 
wrote:
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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