 Posted Friday, October 28, 2005 8:08 PM
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Hi all,
When posting on the forums, please avoid using words and expressions that even border on being crude. This includes expressions like "that sucks" and "we went through hell." A couple of participants have used these kinds of expressions this week, so I thought it might be useful to remind everyone of my policy against even "soft" cursing and crudeness. Here's a message I posted on another thread that explains my reasoning:
I have a zero tolerance policy regarding swear words and the like. I do that because, if I didn't, people would start using marginal words and then I would have to keep a kind of vigil, evaluating whether the context in which the words were used was "appropriate enough" to make them acceptable. I don't have time for that, nor do I think I should be put in that kind of postion.
I know of a couple of other CS related discussion groups that were finally disbanded. My understanding is that people got really nasty with each other and that, on at least one of them, became rather crude. I don't want that to happen here, as incivility and crudeness could destroy this forum the way they distroyed the other forums. My zero tolerance policy is for the protection of the forum as well as for the protection of people who come here -- not to mention the fact that this forum is hosted by a Christian organization that doesn't appreciate coarse language.
Regardless of how emotionally charged our discussions become, we can all find ways to remain civil with each other and to use words that are clearly appropriate.
Thanks,
Linda (Moderator)
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