On Dec 29, 7:26*pm, Giles wrote:

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that I'm not about to
express the majority view,

I hope not, but I suspect what I say is not the majority view either.
There was a time not long ago when there were things not said in the
presence of ladies or children, both which are certainly on the
Internet. I'd argue that these things shouldn't be said at all, but at
least those who desired to do so had the cultural restraint to keep it
in whatever man-circles they hung around in. Now we bow down to the
idol of free speech and think there should be no restraint whatsoever,
and we are a lesser people because of it.

That's my personal, probably very minority, view anyways. My own rule
is to not write on ROFF anything I wouldn't want my (wife, children,
mother, boss, pastor, etc.) to read.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

Jon.