8 Apr
2007
8 Apr
'07
12:44 p.m.
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