The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72785 Message #1260480
Posted By: Ron Davies
31-Aug-04 - 04:14 AM
Thread Name: BS: Poll - Stop Flaming and Abusive posting
Subject: RE: BS: Poll - Stop Flaming and Abusive posting
Joe--
Hoping to avoid a locker room atmosphere ( since I had seen several threads deteriorate into this) and thereby perhaps hear from some more women on the topic, since they, understandably are not fond of such language), I did ask all participants on the thread I started (To Nader Supporters), to voluntarily forswear vulgar language so we could have a relatively intellectual debate on the issue. All complied except "Martin". Obviously having no power over him but the possibility of shaming him into this reasonable request, I ridiculed him (not difficult).
Was my request to avoid vulgarisms not reasonable?