Journal Chacham's Journal: Rant: front-page expletive 13
Well, solidus full-stop has done it again. A front-page story using an expletive. I should just foe Hemos and get it over with.
Well, solidus full-stop has done it again. A front-page story using an expletive. I should just foe Hemos and get it over with.
HOLY MACRO!
Whine whine whine (Score:1)
Re:Whine whine whine (Score:2)
Observation (Score:2)
If you hate it so much that you have to gripe about it endlessly, why don't you just run a proxy server that censors the vile language and optionally replaces it with something else. It's just a couple of regex's. There is probably some kind of browser plugin out there that actually does this for you. This is slashdot, right? Yo
Re:Observation (Score:1)
But then I got to thinking- what do most posts on slashdot have in common? Improper spelling! That might make the task a bit more difficult.
Re:Observation (Score:2)
Been thinking about that for a while. Problem is, i use Mozilla. Also, that'll only work on *this* computer. Less of a problem is stories. I get the daily email. The filter wouldn't help that.
So, i just haven't tries it yet. But, i guess i kind of want to.
Hmm... (Score:2)
I don't think the word "bullshit" qualifies as an expletive. I remember when I first heard it on TV in the 70s, I though, "can they say that on TV"? But I found out that although it contains the less acceptable "shit", it is not considered to actually be "foul language".
See here [die.net] for a definition.
Personally, I don't have a problem with profranity as long as it's usage is warranted. After all, there are times when you really would like to beat the d
Re:Hmm... (Score:2)
I don't fault Chacham for foeing people who use bad words. I agree with him that it's important to guard what enters your mind.
However, I think that the content of one's message "lowers the tone" of the discussion more than specific foul words. I mean, we could discuss the merits and glory of Nazism with pure, flowery language. We can use clean words to discuss such fa
Re:Hmm... (Score:2)
True.
However, the foul words can also be an indicator.
It's Hebrew for wise man.
Traditionally, that is spelled "chochom". This is more the S'phardic type.
Re:Hmm... (Score:2)
Is "chochom" Ashkenazic? Why do you imply that that is "traditional" when the Sephardic tradition is at least as old?
Re:Hmm... (Score:2)
As Ashkenazim use "Robby", S'phardim use "Chacham". To Ashkenazim it can denbote mysticism.
That's funny (Score:2)
You can sort of foe an editor (Score:2)
Re:You can sort of foe an editor (Score:2)
Anyway, I also have Jon Katz ignored.