[LAU] Foul Language

[Rob]

On Sunday 08 April 2007 03:51, David Baron wrote:
> Enjoy Zappa. This does not mean using cheap or foul language
> in a public forum about Linux and music which has members of
> all ideas and backgrounds, does it?

Don't try to equate "cheap" language, as you call it, with foul 
language.  It's bad enough that I have to double check what I 
write on lists like these to make sure I haven't dropped the 
F-bomb without thinking about it.  I'd have to censor the names 
of some of my own songs just to mention them here, if I had been 
all-Linux when I did them.  So if I want to say something sucks, 
especially if I have constructive suggestions for dealing with 
its suckiness, I damn well will.  Everyone else should feel free 
to do the same.  

I personally value the presence of people who may use "cheap" 
language more than the presence of those who object to it, so 
maybe you and the rest of the hand-wringers should update your 
NetNanny block list or something.  The reality is, while there 
may be a preponderance of CS types and academics here, there are 
also a lot of musicians, and we musicians tend to be both 
eccentric and "cheap".  

So now we have a meta thread about an off-topic thread.  Lovely.  
Can we get another meta thread going on top of this one?

Rob