The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #81128 Message #1484122
Posted By: Peace
13-May-05 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: Bawdy Song:-----has a Micro Pen*s (thread titles?)
Subject: RE: Bawdy Song:-----has a Micro Pen*s (thread titles?)
"That's nice, Brucie, but what would you suggest he should do? John is actually quite concerned, and he's looking for a solution. Until we come up with one, I've asked him to continue using the song titles in the thread titles."
There has to be another way that would satisfy taste and research requirements. Personally, I don't care. However, many people do for good reasons.
If I start a thread entitled "FUCK THE POPE", and if anyone complains based on religious, moral or other grounds, my fallback position is that I am quoting Sinead O'Connor. Maybe, I should entitle the thread something like "SINEAD'S REMARK ABOUT THE POPE".
I don't want to stifle John's research. Most of the material isn't to my taste, but the field is worthy of understanding and archiving if for no other reason than to trace and trac what people perceive to be 'dirty' or 'bawdy' or 'tawdry'. So, please understand that I am not anti-research, simply anti thread titles that are deemed offensive by many folk.
Bruce