Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!pacbell.com!decwrl!shelby!eos!data.nas.nasa.gov!news From: prabhu@nas.nasa.gov Newsgroups: soc.religion.eastern Subject: Censorship and soc.religion.eastern - Opinions(4) Message-ID: <1990Nov10.095646.6070@nas.nasa.gov> Date: 10 Nov 90 09:56:46 GMT References: <1990Oct24.074140.20304@nas.nasa.gov> Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov Organization: NAS Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Lines: 47 Approved: prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov From: jimt@yeats.intel.com Well, after all . . . one of the patriarchs is remembered to have said, "The Buddha is a shit stick." Jim Travers jimt@yeats.intel.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moskowit@paul.rutgers.edu (Len Moskowitz) I can't think of many words that would offend me. Let 'em through. Len M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Schoonover I personally feel no problem with "colorful" language in nearly any context. However, if you would prefer to reject uses of such language in cases where you can see no possible purpose that it might serve, that would be fine with me as well. Though I do think that "colorful" language is sometimes employed to good use by some of the more modern spiritual masters and even the older and more traditional spiritual literature may contain, at least, the occasional "colorful" story. I'd sort of hate to see these things unconditionally banned from the group. -Jim Schoonover ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbarber%pravda@gatech.edu (John R. Barber) I agree with this solution. For it to work, however, there must be generally published guidelines and consensus that the guidelines are reasonable. I do not feel that it is necessary to use crude language to communicate effectively in this news group. Anything that can be stated in a crude way can also be stated in a less offensive way that maintains proper respect for oneself and for one's audience. John R. Barber AI Group, College of Computing, Georgia Tech -------------------------------------------------------------------------------