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Warpy

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Wed Mar-04-09 12:08 AM
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5. I don't particularly like the word, but it's far less objectionable

than the language police. Those have ruined more than one discussion board by hijacking the discussion and turning it to which pejoratives were to be approved and which were not and by discouraging posters with good ideas who happened to offend some group or other.

There are a lot of words that offend me on this board. However, I'd rather read the ideas and risk the occasional offense than have it all sanitized into blandness.

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