Betty wrote:
> Aardvark wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:43:11 +0100, ~BD~ wrote:
>>
>>> Buffalo wrote:
>>>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>>>> From: "~BD~"<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> He just doesn't realise just how foolish and stupid it makes him look
>>>>>> to others.
>>>>> Please take you OWN advice.
>>>>>
>>>>> You do not realize just how foolish and stupid you look to others.
>>>>> Your continued foolish activity is the very reason you get that type
>>>>> of proportional response.
>>>> That is a fact. Buffalo
>>> But I don't give a sh*t! :-)
>>
>> The 'i' key on your keyboard is ****ed, ****. It prints an asterisk.
>>
>
> Do euphemistic asterisks change the meaning of words? Are they cleaner
> ... less offensive? Does it mean the asterisk user is not actually cursing?

No to all.

But I *do* find the use of foul language offensive, especially in the
written form and even *more* especially when it is the presence of ladies.

Aardvark shows disrespect to *all* users of the newsgroups in which he
posts by continuing to swear instead of discussing or debating matters
rationally. He's simply pig-ignorant. I must have been mad to offer him
the hand of friendship and meet him in real life on my narrowboat. He
didn't even buy *me* a beer!

Tell me, Betty - do the words surrounded by asterisks in *this* post
appear in BOLD print in your Thunderbird newsreader? I also note that
it's not the most current version. Version 7 is available here:-
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/