I am told that Starbucks and various other public wi-fi providers have put the LA Blog in the same category as hard core pornography. This is almost certainly due to the free use by some of our writers of words like f**k, c**t, s**t – and, more recently, n****r.
This is to be regretted. If people cannot read our material over a cup of coffee, I am disappointed. But I am very concerned that many schools and public libraries may have put us on the same blacklist.
There may be little we can do about our classification at our present address. However, we are considering a move from free to paid on WordPress, and this will involve a change of domain. If this happens, we shall need to become more editorially strict to maintain our newly unsullied reputation. Therefore, I will ask our various writers, from this day forward, to be a little less colloquial in their use of the English language. Past offenders against our new rule include Ian B and Paul Marks – though I suspect that several quotations from the works of Mr Blake have not been entirely pure of naughty words.
I cannot give a complete listing of the words that should now be avoided. I will only ask that people should think before posting whether they would be happy for their words to be read by their wives and servants.
