From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Dec 29 03:31:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA19825 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 03:31:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gw.caamora.com.au (jonath5.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.41.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA19816 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 03:31:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jon@gw.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by gw.caamora.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA03316; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:28:58 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jon) Message-ID: <19981229222858.B3239@caamora.com.au> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:28:58 +1100 From: jonathan michaels To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) Mail-Followup-To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <4.1.19981225180656.05a34790@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19981225190800.058aee00@mail.lariat.org> <36852104.F849F0E5@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981226110528.05881580@mail.lariat.org> <19981227080030.58332@welearn.com.au> <4.1.19981226141941.058890f0@mail.lariat.org> <19981227085040.45844@welearn.com.au> <4.1.19981226145152.0581f5c0@mail.lariat.org> <19981229114023.B1976@caamora.com.au> <19981228170417.B15135@orcrist.mediacity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19981228170417.B15135@orcrist.mediacity.com>; from Gregory Sutter on Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 05:04:17PM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD gw.caamora.com.au 2.2.7-RELEASE i386 X-Mood: i'm alive, if it counts Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 05:04:17PM -0800, Gregory Sutter wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 11:40:23AM +1100, jonathan michaels wrote: > > > > so its ok to use vulgarities when they are teh topic of conversation ? > > > > or just as long as it don't offend my crowd ? > > > > a vulgarity is a vulgarity, either you respect the people you are conversing > > with or you don't, tain't be put simpler than that. > > _Someone_, somewhere, thinks that any given thing is vulgar. Therefore, > either say nothing and be content in the knowledge that you've pleased > people by not being vulgar[1], or fuck all that and say whatever kind > of shit you want with no fucking regard to whether or not you've > pissed off those pansy-ass mother fuckers. well said, i was going to say something of that order od simplicity, but my mean guilt streak sort of had other ideas. > > Greg, goddammit. > > [1] Naturally, since any given thing is vulgar, silence is of course > a vulgarity as well. Ever hear the expression "you can please some > of the people some of the time..."? this is what i was alluding too, somehow it didn't, er, sort of come out. cheers jonathan, pondering the silance off a vulgar disposition. -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia =========================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message