Re: Profanity versus Professionalism

Julie Locascio (julie.cpc@mhs.unc.edu)
Fri, 18 Aug 1995 12:09:51

>In the interests of promoting harmonious discussion, I therefore propose that
>you post a list of these "dirty words", profanities and offensive phrases,
>so we all know which ones to avoid.

>Pete Tranter.

I hope you are joking. The problem is not people who inadvertently offend
somebody--the problem is people who deliberately use foul language to shock
people and vent their rages. Printing a list will only help them make their
postings become even uglier than before.