Robert,
I totally agree.
Thank you.
 
 
At 12:33 PM 10/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
>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: 
>>
>>
>>On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Sarab Nihal Singh wrote:
>>
>>> WHAT THE .....
>>>
>>>
>
>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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