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• about 1 year, 6 months ago, john said: sorry, I'm totally going to bed noú
• about 1 year, 6 months ago, thebighenry said: New baby daughter keeping you awake, John? I vaguely recall all that (it happened to me about 39 years ago). Take heart; it will pass.
  
  Best,
  Henry
• about 1 year, 6 months ago, john said: Yeah, you're right, I could have left that threat out. An ambiguous one at that -- I was threatening to be annoying, nothing more nefarious.
  
  You don't have to delete anything (they'll live on as orphans in any case), and I'm not scared of words, or think anyone here needs to be protected against them.
  
  But I'm very, very protective of Wordie and the community, and want it to be a civil, friendly place where all feel welcome. I ignored the first few rounds of cunt words, but when it was clear that it was a pattern, I came down, perhaps too hard. If it helps explain anything, I didn't sleep much last night, and am wearing my cranky pants.
  
  Repairing to the Verbal Arms is always a good idea. Also, free speech seems like a good place to discuss individual rights vs. community mores, public vs. private spaces and the hybrid zone Wordie occupies, my latent dictatorial nature, etc.
  
  
• about 1 year, 6 months ago, thebighenry said: Hello John,
  
  I had no idea that I was annoying you; it was not my intention to do so. I will delete those words that are offensive to you.
  
  You might simply have told me all this. There was no need to issue a threat along with it.
  
  Best,
  Henry
• about 1 year, 6 months ago, gangerh said: TBH. John's right. Words are words and Wordies record them, discuss them, enjoy them. Playing with them is more delicate and needs more appreciation of community feeling. His very simple words of advice to me when I queried something on first joining in was 'just don't be a jerk'. Few of us would claim to getting it right all the time, so no need to leave. Just strive to know where wordplay doesn't offend.
  Come over to the Verbal Arms and put a tune or two on the jukebox. Mine's a bloody fbharjy. What's yours?
• about 1 year, 6 months ago, john said: Hello TBH. I'm far too tired to mince words right now, so I'm letting you know once that if you add one more "cunt" related word, I'm going to delete your account, and make every effort to find you elsewhere online and annoy you as much as you're annoying me, something I'm very capable of doing.
  
  I value free speech as much as anyone, but Wordie isn't a public space, it's a private web site run by me, and I have no problem whatsoever policing it forcefully if you keep fucking around.
  
  That said, I value your non-sexist contributions, and would much, much prefer that you stick around and join the rest of us in polite conversation, rather than playing the troll.
  
  Best,
  John