RE: ScanMail Message: To Sender, sensitive content found and action t aken.

John Earl wrote:

> I'd like to agree whole heartedly - but I have this nagging
> conundrum to
> grapple with.   Does "your" ownership of the language permit
> you to use it
> however or whenever you please?   More specifically, Is your
> sense of what
> is "good" or "bad" English persistant enough to apply equally
> to the pub and
> to the kindergarten playground?

Fair point.  I have small children, and of course I try to use
appropriate language around them.  But work (and hence work email) is
for adults.

> "Good" or "bad" words are contextual (and this is where the software
> screening attempts fall down).  There are precious few words
> in the English
> language that I would not use - in the proper context.  But
> not all words
> are appropriate for all audiences.  There are some words that
> you may not
> consider "bad", but would be quite disconcerting to hear come
> out of your
> pre-schooler's mouth.

Indeed.

> And of course, in the case of email, words that someone
> _else_ considers
> "bad" could affect you in a lawsuit.  :(

More true in the US than the UK, I think (so far), but a fair point too.

And now I suppose we should drop this seriously off-topic thread (or
take it to NonTech).

Cheers,

Martin.

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