[anti-abuse-wg] Language on List

On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 08:53:07 +0000
Brian Nisbet <brian.nisbet at heanet.ie> wrote:
> Colleagues,
> While the Anti-Abuse WG welcomes a free exchange of ideas and
> opinions, it does not welcome personal abuse of any kind.
> This includes, but is absolutely not limited to, their ethnicity or
> religion.
> Please remember this as we all continue to work together to make the
> Internet a better place.
> 
I note the thread you created is: Language on List, but your post
contains no specifics about the Subject used?

Maybe if you spoke more plainly and openly and said what you mean to
say without the UN type diplomacy, where one has to spend too much time
to analize a single sentence and create ten different scenarios based
on projections and probabilities of what was meant or intended?

Anyway, my thoughts on that is that I am not sure specifically which
words give offense and to what degree and to discuss this ad infinitum
and to the absolute level of political correctness on a wg list where
many, like myself, are just techs, is limiting in terms of simply
communicating ideas.

If I speak French and use "merde"  it may be unacceptable, socially but
yet I have heard many English speakers use "merde" and then in
that society this is acceptable...

Anyway, my point is that we should choose not to take offense at
certain English words, I think maybe "crap" is such an example? as it
is in common and acceptable use in many places?

and imho, we should try to be much more tolerant more specifically where
there are so many different cultures on an open and free list....

then again, I may be very wrong - so help me out :)

Andre