'Tone of the list' discussion

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Thu, 07 May 2009 15:53:29 +0100
Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> racist - no, never acceptable under any circumstances in my opinion. 

Agreed, but is kicking someone out a solution?  Wouldn't educating them
be preferable?  I know I would rather see a person's racism 

> That (together with obscene language) should be grounds for
> moderation of the individual in question.

Obscenity is in the ear of the listener, nothing that can be strictly
defined as the objections to filtering on letter groups have proven.
An obscenity in one language is only sounds to those who don't
speak/understand that language.  We should grow up and get over that
thinking.  Words are just.. words.
By the same token, an obscenity is cultural and views on what is/isn't 
obscene may change with time.
"Knickers," is an example.  In my own youth this word was obscene.

OT:  why does my spellchecker disapprove of the word, "proven?"

Cybe R. Wizard
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