[rwfromkansas]

In response to one person using the word pussy, that was not an attack on you.

It was harsh language no doubt.....but is rough language (in addition to cursing) now banned with your addition to the forum?

I don't believe so, but if so, I am in trouble and I personally think it would be wrong to ask us to tone down the language as long as it is not a direct personal attack or cussing.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Well said, RW.

You've proven yourself to be a young man who knows the value of the well-chosen word.

[Sidebar Moderator]

I didn't take it as an attack on me. I actually read fairly well, most of the time. :)

I've spent most of the last two days letting all you folks "check me out", as it were. Every now and then I take the notion to check out one of you. I imagine lockeliberty is away from the forum now, which is why I've heard from so many others in his stead. That's not a problem, either.

At the time I read the post, the sudden appearance of the word at the end of things caught me unawares. Obviously I could have phrased my comments in a more congenial tone (hmm... maybe some of you are having a greater effect on me than I am having on you...), but all I really wanted to know was why that word was chosen when so many others would have conveyed the same information.

On the other hand, I doubt very much that I am the only denizen of Free Republic who might take offense at the word in question; in fact, I know I'm not. It's a word featured in infrequent abuse reports.