I have been on many listservs for several years, and this kind of thing happens with some degree of regularity. In fact, all kinds of miscommunications occur on listservs. The Internet is a conjfusing medium, and in many ways is a hybrid of what we often refer to as the public and the pricate sphere. As a result, sometimes privately styled communications make it onto the list. So too, spelling errors, syntax problems--and these are overlooked because of the medium. And the problems remain small. Something in the general level of a group discourse serves as its own buffer. And besides, didn't Catullus, one of Pound's heroes, use such language to shock the urbane and cultured of his own day? Should we respond to such questions and comments which contain objectionable material by censoring? I would hope not. 
 
>>> lorraine <[log in to unmask]> 10/19 11:54 AM >>>
With reference to this: 
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>On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Sarab Nihal Singh wrote:
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I am surprised that the list server allows questionable words (such as our
recent happenstance) to be published on the listserv?  Does this list
server support any text filters?  To whom should I speak about perhaps
initiating something of the like?
 
Lorraine (a newbie on this list - so please forgive me if this question has
already been answered)
 
 
        	
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