Warning labels

Murthy Yenamandra yenamand at cs.umn.edu
Wed Mar 19 10:15:50 CST 1997


Tom Stanton writes:
> A disclaimer?!...."as a member of p-list you will be flamed
> with direct foul language, indirect foul language, and an assort-
> ment of puns, double-entendres, and "bon-mots" that will have
> several layers of meaning. You agree to discuss and/or flame in
> kind when called on, to invoke your cultural, ethnic or religious 
> biases on an as-needed basis (see 4.5.6. below), and to use
> obscure and/or pornographic references when a standard insult
> will do..."

"And anything you _don't_ say can and will be used against you". I think
we'll put a warning in the welcome message when the next edition of _GR_
with the PG sticker comes out.

And to those folks worried about corrupting Andrew (not that Andrew, but
the new young'un), rest assured - he lasted only 3 hours on the list. We
just chew 'em up and spit 'em out.

Murthy

-- 
Murthy Yenamandra, Dept of CompSci, U of Minnesota. mailto:yenamand at cs.umn.edu
    "I'm stubborn as those garbage bags that time can not decay
     I'm junk, but I'm holding up this little wild bouquet
     Democracy is coming to the USA" - Leonard Cohen



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