Thread:BluesDriver/@comment-35829463-20200201233614/@comment-44414607-20200202171357

my point of view, for what it's worth: When listening to a record (Vinyl!!-whoo who!, for some-'Record? What's a record?') or watching a television broadcast of the greats of comedy - some now gone, some still pushing that fuzzy edge of the envelope - my expectation is that I will hear and see 'stuff' that I consider very vulgar. In the context given by the comedians, my sides hurt from intense laughter. I am the one who decided to listen and watch in the privacy of my home - No one else made that decision for me. Perhaps that is the distinction I am attempting, here. On the wiki my expectations are, I admit, skewed - Skewed to being more sensitive to others. The 'others' are unknown to all of us. I do not know their numbers, do not know the maturation ages of the audience, do not know their sensitivities, standards, upbringing, etc.

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At home - my choice, an audience of one. On wiki - an audience of many, with a range of sensibilities.

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I was offended, BD, because I felt it unexpected Here. And it did offend some others(we are not privy to whom may have contacted admin/mods), and it could offend some others. Nirvana works. paradise, seems fine... however, some might react negatively to the word ecstasy. This is not a website for Kindergarteners-though I sometimes act like one. This is not a website of middle school-aged youngsters-many of which experiment with 'shock and awe' levels of abusive vulgar language.

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=>Know and respect your audience.

I did finally find this on a   Fandom_Community_Guidelines page in the Community Category: "...But even casual "I didn't mean it offensively" language can be offensive, so don't do it..." That statement, well, that is open to individual interpretations, is it not??

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Tonight, I will be watching a violent game of American Football, hoping to see a display of the gifts and talents of two young quarterbacks. Sure to be me-spewing strings of cuss words at the screen when disgusted with a particular play call, upset by some type of unnecessariness by someone, and hopefully entertained by a few great commercials. !

Dee

Dee