Punki...oh poop!

It must be the brewskies.

I need to clarify to EVERYONE (see, I'm not singling out anyone here) that I can't read EVERY forum and Look at EVERY post so the only way I find out if something is potentially offensive is by someone alerting me to it.

I don't want to be a moderator and I am not the leader of this board and I never want to be.

JRF: I'm not trying to dictate policy over word usage here. As I wrote before, I'm just expressing one opinion, MY OPINION, and I'm not into censorship and I'm not into limiting what people have to say. No one here has to accept what I have to say (but I know at least one Flyertalker who stands by me.)

It's like what PremEx said best...
and I quote..

"The main reason I try to avoid slang here is because of consideration to others. Unlike when talking to friends or individuals, I have no idea who might be reading this forum, and therefore try to be more careful and selective in the way I write so as not to offend some who might find some words objectionable."

Well said PremEx.

I think that's what we should keep in mind when posting. It's an international forum. I try NOT to offend anyone on this board.

All I want is a clean and relatively flame free board. But more and more I'm feeling like my best buddy wanderlust: the board is rapidly becoming NOT the place for me.

FYI to PUNKI: there are some GIRLS who also have the toilet talk too. I went to school with some of them.

Punki: PremEx was referring to sheep poop, since they don't wear bathing suits.

Forgot to say: Rich G is right on the money and i"m even more sensitive on language (hense the debate about how to describe the naughty word George W. Bush used to describe the NY Times reporter!)

Thank you Rich. I'm saving your post and it's good to have another news dude who understands.

Make that at least TWO other "news dudes". I am a fully trained and accredited capital city daily newspaper journalist. I just find "selective profanity" based on who types it even stranger to understand and indeed justify and overlook. The clear and recent example I gave here has indeed not been explained yet.



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OOPS>.. I forgot two toher news dudes:

NJDavid, who is also a comptuer genius and a terrific brother and my Costco shopping partner.

Essxjay, the fine writer and philsopher and one of the best sisters I ever had.

SO it's nice to have a little news group on our boards.

Here's an old broadcasting rule (Not necessarily universally honored these days):

Never, Ever, EVER, curse in an announce booth. The microphone you think is off can just as easily be on a moment later!

Such topics that aim to proscribe behavior can themselves serve to piss some people off.

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Now WHAT American politican might have wished he read THAT posting a few days back??


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~ Glen ~

FQTV... I can see you don't care in the least whatever I write on here or whatever I try to suggest. But it's not surprising.

IF you are trying to be funny it's not.

"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation
that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."

--Ronald Reagan (August 11, 1984)

CATMAN- While I surely do NOT speak for FQTV, I believe that FQTV means absolutely nothing personal against you and perhaps actually thinks quite well of you personally- BUT FQTV is NOT particularly enamoured of cats, your CATCOP policing role or most importantly the fact that anyone should tell him or anyone else what to say or how to behave!

Perhaps a minority view? Nonetheless, hopefully something that you can simply accept too! Or just ignore!

Have a great day everyone!

I do not believe that is a minority view.

I agree that Randy/Inside Flyer should be the only one to police words or language. Similarly they should be the one policing these boards and act officially in any COP role.