On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:54:01 -0000, Dog3
<dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:

> sf > poured a drink and posted
> :
>
> >
> > Hmmmm. The last time I looked Net Nanny was the name of a
> > parental control program. This is the first hit on Google:
> > http://www.netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=Net%20Nanny
>
> I'm well aware of the software. I've been using Usenet since 1980 or
> before. Net Nanny is a phrase coined by the old timers to indicate a
> poster would like to censor another poster. The software was introduced
> many, many years after the phrase was being used.
>

Thanks for your perdigree, but you still haven't cleared up
my confusion about your choice of terms. Why are you
calling the person who should be censored and needs a net
nanny, a net nanny? I still don't get it.



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