Re: CHAT: mental masturbation

On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Tom Wier wrote:

> Brian Betty wrote:
>
> > "This is NOT the place to discuss this."
> >
> > Don't get uppity. Sorry that we can make a joke about something unless it's
> > about sex, in which case everyone panics.
>
> It's not that it's sex:  it's that it's explicitly offtopic, way offtopic.
> As we respect your right to think whatever you want about
> the subject, we can only ask you that you respect the stated
> rules of the forum, and the obvious *possibility* that you might
> cause offense by your statements.  I think I may speak for all
> in saying that's not a lot to ask of you, and everyone else,
> including me.
*nods*  Indeed.  It's a matter of bare civility.  Would you, in a crowded
cocktail party at which you know only a few people, suddenly pop up with a
vulgar joke?  I hope not.