Posted by zeugma on February 2, 2006, at 18:06:39
In reply to Re: One more thing.... » AuntieMel, posted by zeugma on February 2, 2006, at 17:36:48
for the sake of those who wouldn't want me to say anything that might hurt a tender-hearted person's feelings:
UNBELIEVABLY, President Bush’s head of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration walked out of a congressional hearing on mine safety this week. Acting MSHA chief David Dye and aides simply got up and left, even though senators had more questions for them. Their [uncivil word deleted] is particularly pointed when West Virginians are still grieving the loss of 14 miners in the last three weeks.
-The Charleston Gazette, Jan. 27, 2006.
Note how respectful I am not to provide a link to the material.
So much better to delete words, or put asterisks through them, even if they passed muster in a 'family newspaper.' Perhaps the natives of Charleston, W.Va., got carried away by an excess of local sentiment for miners blown unnecessarily to bits, and neglected the current guidelines on civil discourse as defined by a mental health professional-run board. I am happy that here we do not let our local concerns outweigh a commendable desire to blow potentially uncivil words to bits.
-z
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