Posted by John Robinson on July 01, 1999 at 20:47:26:
In Reply to: Re: A message to all readers re behaviour on this board posted by David M. Rose on July 01, 1999 at 18:41:11:
David,
Sorry if I offended you. I thought f**k was the civil version of whatever word you thought I was using. And the full quote was "If you want to attack someone personally, then get the f**k off this board." Re Cugel/wowser - I didn't know Cugel had Australian roots. Learn something new every day. And would a true wowser use a word like f**k? I wouldn't think so!
To the rest of the board - this is my last post on this subject. If David wants to continue the discussion I'll reply off board and suggest he do the same.
John
: : Tim:
: : >I would like to ask ... that perhaps one rule should be introduced -
: : >and that is, any posting abusing any particular person here should be
: : >immediately deleted as spam.
: : Hmm... perhaps we can be a bit less stringent by requiring that personal
: : attacks be Vancian in style :-D
: : Suan
: Thanks for the suggestion, Suan, although the following could not possibly be construed as a personal attack:
: John Robinson wrote:
: "We discuss Vance here in a mostly civil manner."
: He then followed up his own post with this most civil thought:
: "get the f**k off this board."
: Well, if Cugel were on this board, I believe that he might well refer to Mr. Robinson as a "double-tongued old wowser."