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From: barry@n0atp.UUCP (Barry S. Berg)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: The death of USENET
Keywords: More on Obscenity
Message-ID: <15@n0atp.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 88 18:46:42 GMT
References: <7475@swan.ulowell.edu> <2645@rpp386.UUCP> <91@carpet.WLK.COM>
Reply-To: barry@n0atp.UUCP (Barry S. Berg)
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In article <91@carpet.WLK.COM> bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) writes:
>[...stuff deleted..] I am
>upset and offended by the decline in use of common courtesy and decent
>language on the net.  Before you hit the button, I spent ten years in the
>military, so no stranger to foul language, nor am I squeamish about it when
>it serves a purpose.  I think AT&T said 'nuff is enough.  If the net was as
>fascinating as it once was, then maybe their withdrawal of pass-thru mail and
>news might have been delayed, but it was inevitable.
>
>Is anyone else concerned about the steady decline in decorum?  Am I just
>imagining this?  Regardless, I know that little can be done, but it doesn't
>seem to be related to moon phase or anything else that makes people go a
>little strange from time to time.  Just wondering...

Hear! Hear! Bill.  I can not think of any reason why a person who has had
some education, and is smarter than a pumpkin seed must resort to foul
langauge.  True the shock value to one's parents has some merit if you are
a pre-teenager, but if you are older than 12 it adds little to the content.

e. e. cummings and Lenny Bruce used profanity well, but that was 30 years
ago, and their points have been absorbed by society.  If you can not
make a point using well reasoned and logical arguments calling someone
alot of four letter names won't score you points either.  Say what you
have to say, and give the other person the respect that common decency
demands.  You may not think much of the other preson, but when you post
on the net, you are addressing others who deserve respect.

Think about it, what does the addition of that language really add to
your posting??  
-- 
Barry S. Berg                  	  DOMAIN: barry@n0atp.N0ATP.MN.ORG
N0ATP Packet Radio Gateway        UUCP: {...}amdahl!bungia!n0atp!barry
"Speech is civilization itself--it is silence which isolates." --Thomas Mann
"Moderation in all things, most especially moderation." --Author as yet unknown.