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On May 28, 6:49=A0pm, Tom Crispin  wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 2009 18:17:06 +0100, Mark McNeill > > > >  wrote: > >Response to Tom Crispin: > > >> Maybe it's the teacher in me, but some people feel uncomfortable with > >> gratuitous swearing, and I feel uncomfortable using such language. > > >> An example might be: > >> "Yesterday this f***ing c*** in a white van cut me up just as I was > >> coming up to some parked cars." > >> From someone already on the white list I would expect a moderator to > >> send a warning saying that while they can accept their anger at the > >> situation, such language on a moderated public group is unnecessary > >> and if it happens again their posts will be manually moderated for the > >> next number of days/weeks. > > >That is rather the sort of thing I'm afraid of with a moderated group. > >Of course you're right that some people feel uncomfortable with > >swearing, gratuitous or not; that in itself is no reason to accommodate > >them. I don't *think* I swear excessively online [I certainly do at > >work, where the culture allows], but I would certainly take exception > >at a moderator threatening me with the naughty step if I occasionally > >did. =A0Do other moderated groups really have this sort of policy? > > I can see your point, but anyone reading this group would be aware > that moderate swearing is acceptable, but gratuitous swearing is not. > The only person guilty of such language is Nuxy, but he'd have been > black listed long ago for a list of other offences.

Well, the group wasn't moderated then. In any moderated group/forum I would, and have, taken more care.