Using strong language on the lists

[Barry Levine]

I am the "owner" of a Yahoo Group and part of our "welcome" message is 
a warning about offensive language and personal attacks. That welcome 
message was not suggested by Yahoo; I came up with it and enforce it by 
tossing members who disregard the warning. Up to now I've only had one 
individual I've had to ban. This is a list with over 500 members that 
generates about 900 messages per month. Civil people understand the 
advantages of available resources.

I don't think anyone on this list has a, shall we say, "delicate" 
enough constitution to find a problem with "ticked off" or "damn" if 
they're self-directed, as in: "Wow, am I ticked off about that damn 
programming mistake I made yesterday..."

However, we can surely draw the line somewhere; and I think we all know 
where that somewhere is without specificity.

I consider this list a most valuable resource which permits me to pick 
the brains of those who have already been through the mistakes I make. 
Accordingly, I try to treat everyone in the manner in which I hope to 
be treated when the day comes that I can provide such help to other 
novices.

Just in case I haven't mentioned it lately: Thank you to all who have 
provided resolutions/workarounds to the problems I have encountered (or 
caused myself) with Rev. Whatever its shortcomings, it's still the best 
IDE extant.

Regards,
Barry