VANAGON archives -- July 1998, week 5 (#212)

Date:         Fri, 31 Jul 1998 11:33:40 -0700
Reply-To:     "Christopher M. Smith" <csmith@SDSC.EDU>
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From:         "Christopher M. Smith" <csmith@SDSC.EDU>
Subject:      Offensive Language: KILL THIS THREAD!
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O.K. Folks. This is going nowhere. Please kill this thread.

Chris
vanagon list co-admin

On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Reinhold, Matthias wrote:

> This is NOT funny.  Please stop the swearing and the ridiculing of list
> members who are (imho rightfully) offended by the language chosen.
> Thank You.
> Matthias Reinhold
> BTW: '87 GL Wolfsburg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ari Ollikainen [mailto:Ari@OLTECO.COM]
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 1998 13:36
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Offensive Language (F)
>
>
> At 11:27 PM 7/30/98, William Lund wrote:
> >Someone wrote:
> >$40,000 for that EV (endangered ((species))vehicle)!!!??..... Jesus
> >Christ!!!!!! With that much money I would rather plunk on a good used
> Vanagon,
> >
> >Do we really need to use someone name as a swear word on the list??
>
>         For the love of Mike[*]!
>
>         Repeat after me:
>
>         Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt
> me...
>         sticks and stones ...
> >
> >This is offensive to me and I think a lot of other folks out there.
> >
>
>        [*] Just a figure of speech :-)
>
>
>       OLTECO                         Ari Ollikainen
>       P.O. BOX 3688                  Networking Technology and
> Architecture
>       Stanford, CA                   Ari@OLTECO.com
>       94309-3688                     415.517.3519
>

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University of California - San Diego
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