From the litigious society, I would have said. T> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:46:09 -0500> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> From: jshields@indy.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Yahoo and Latin> > From scientific illiteracy, like most of America.> > Jim Shields> > At 01:32 PM 2/11/2008 -0800, you wrote:> >Does Yahoo suffer from backward thinking or just backward technology? Or> >both?> >> >On Feb 11, 2008 11:15 AM, Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com> wrote:> >> > > PBS uses Latin names, and Yahoo blushes. Well, just North American> > > Yahoo. The Yahoos in Japan, Taiwan and the U.K. either didn't> > > notice, or are more sophisticated.> > >> > > A message from PBS contained the Latin name of that giant aroid.> > > Yahoo noticed that part of that name was a term for a body part.> > > Rather a high-class term, but nevertheless, Yahoo in North America> > > blocked its members from receiving PBS messages. .......> > *************************************************> Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd.> P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/> Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA> Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA> > > _______________________________________________> pbs mailing list> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/