It was indeed half fun and half truth. Said with a silly smirk on my face, completely kneejerk oneliner style. Apologies again to anyone offended. It was supposed to be sympathetic and funny at the same time. G On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 07:48 -0700, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Lew Bloch wrote: > > > > I was not in the least offended by G's use of the word "bitch" - it was > > funny, sympathetic and entirely appropriate. > > I just assumed he was being facetious. It's a long standing fact that it's > somewhat hard to convey understated humor via email, and that those who > are inclined to take things literally probably will. > > > > (It was also one-sided - maybe > > the guy was a real jerkwad and deserved to be dumped. Insufficient evidece.) > > It was not necessary to call in the Thought Police on this one. > > > > If we get too uptight about every little seeming transgression - "That was > > off-topic!" "Ooh, Mommy, he said a bad word!" "Oh, my poor delicate ears!" > > "Hey, you could possibly interpret that to mean that he says I'm an asshole!" > > (You know who you are.) "Suzy stepped over on *my* side of the line!" - then > > we're going to need Mary Poppins to step in and show us how to be children > > again. > > > > Do not make me have to consult a lawyer to post on this forum. > > > > For Chrissake, and I don't mean that in any religious or reverent way, > > lighten up! > > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting joelja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2 >
