Posted by NikkiT2 on January 7, 2007, at 8:03:55
In reply to Re: The No Offensive Language Rule » NikkiT2, posted by JeffSmith on January 6, 2007, at 18:20:37
ah, but the cat one has 5 letters ;)
I think, maybe, the T one I was thinking of is a british thing.. possibly.. and is actually my favourite put down *l* (the t is followed by a w... hmm)
Oh, and *l* means "laughing".. *lol* - "laughing out loud".. I think I'm a bit old school with my on line signifiers of emotion / action
I can' explain why, with that one word, I do find the one little asterix makes it easier to handle.. And, while I do appreciate that you could happily control yourself not to use it, unfortunately, histry shows, that not everyone would have that level of self control.
I simply do not like the use of it. Like I said, maybe you do have to own one as it were to understand quite how degrading it can be. Oh, its use in other ways is fine, and I have been known to rather like its use at certain times *grins*.. but its when it used in a way designed to cause offence, designed to be derogatory and nasty that I don't like it..
Ach, I'm not explaining myself well. But, that one little asterix ~does~ make a difference for ~me~ in the case of that one word. It truly is the only word that offends me.. and I think its because I don't like that part of me being used in ~such~ a derogatory way.
Nikki
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