Well to further muddy the waters, I don't hear anyone saying they are mortally offended or recommending censorship over the "m" word joke. However, given that we don't know each other all that well, using racy language is premature and against good manners. You have to know your audience before such jokes are ok, and we don't know each other that well. Obviously people disagree about what is good manners, but I don't think expressing an opinion about etiquette amounts to "censorship". Just my $.02.
Thomas Adams Chilly in KC
-----Original Message----- From: OROBOYZ@aol.com <OROBOYZ@aol.com> To: rebour@hotmail.com <rebour@hotmail.com>; hetchinspete@hotmail.com <hetchinspete@hotmail.com>; paulieflt@yahoo.com <paulieflt@yahoo.com>; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Thursday, December 21, 2000 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [CR]bad words & a freewheel spacing question
>In a message dated 12/21/00 8:55:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>rebour@hotmail.com writes:
>
><< A "public" forum is the last place that I would want my first amendment
> rights violated, Peter. Think about it!! >>
>
>Hmmm.
>
>I cannot let that choice of phrase go by without comment.
>
>I hate to be this explicit, but I think it might be a needed clarification
at
>this time.
>
>This is not a public forum. All those members participating under that
>illusion should take heed. It is a private list, by invitation and under
>constraint of certain literal and aesthetic guidelines that the List Owner
>(only) determines. In effect, you are all sitting in my den, in my home,
>talking about cool old bicycles and their culture. If guests misbehave in
my
>home and disrupt the harmony of the gathering , I will quickly ask them to
>leave.
>
>Does anyone not understand?
>
>Thanks and MERRY Christmas and Happy New Year to all (May you stick around
>and enjoy!)
>Dale Brown
>List manager (owner)