Swear

[kAb]

Come on, the majority of this forum are mature enough to handle swear words. Do we REALLY need to edit them out? can we at least replace them with something like f*ck instead of the stupid :swear: thing?

[Jibbler]

Personally, I could give a shit about a curse word here or there. I didn't know that curse words werent allowed. Either way, this site is comprised of users who condone piracy. Filesharing is the reason we are all here. I doubt anyone on these forums is being offended by the creative uses of the word F*U*C*K* throughout these forums. :huh: :o :o :o :)

I can say all of this, because I feel that we, as an online community, police ourselves. We don't need anyone to do it for us. :) ;)

[Somebody1234]

I can't see why we cannot communicate without swearing. That's being mature.

[RPerry]

I always thought that there wasn't supposed to be excessive swearing, don't think there is a problem with a word here and there :huh:

[VB]

That was just a test ... ;)

fuck

[MagicNakor]

I like the little fuck guy. ;)

:ninja:

[RPerry]

lol, well, thats alot better than :rtfm:

[Curley]

I don't think people should be given permission to swear. So far I havn't seen much of it but once (certain) people know they can do it, then they'll be more of it around. There are quite a few youngsters on this board that we have to think about.

[RPerry]

well, then someone will have to figure out how to age proof the lounge :P

[Curley]

Unfortunately, that is impossible as it is too easy to lie on the internet. Hell, most people on here think i'm a 26 year old female when infact i'm a 53 year old man!

Oh, and i'd be gratefull if you would keep that to yourself!

[CornerPocket]

Originally posted by kAb@15 April 2003 - 22:37
Come on, the majority of this forum are mature enough to handle swear words. Do we REALLY need to edit them out? can we at least replace them with something like f*ck instead of the stupid :swear: thing?
Whether mature or not, the site is not about swearing on a constant basis. Minimal swearing is no issue. It's those who choose to add them to every other sentence or every post that gets annoying. Some don't mind, some do, that's the purpose of the board rules. Meant as a guideline so to speak and as most of us know it indicates no excessive use, not no use whatsoever. So if we are mature enough to want to swear, we should be mature enough to at least take the rules into consideration when doing so.

emoticons are not a bad idea for replacement.

peace,
"CP" B)

[zolaisugly]

just to add my tuppence. i dont really mind swearing on this board..at times it is the easy thing to say but that said to use it to much is wrong.......

and like somebody said to swear shows how little you know of your own language to express yourself......

swear if needed but dont over do it B)

[Fatal Error]

Originally posted by Curley@16 April 2003 - 08:41
Unfortunately, that is impossible as it is too easy to lie on the internet. Hell, most people on here think i'm a 26 year old female when infact i'm a 53 year old man!

Oh, and i'd be gratefull if you would keep that to yourself!
* Suddenly doesnt think that 'lil miss naughty is so HOT anymore.. runs and hides under computer table.* :(

Personally, I felt that the context in which the word was used was even more offensive than the word itself, as I feel that this was particularly disrespectful to the members of the board. Sure why not just insult the people you are requesting help from.. I guess some people aren't the brightest bulbs in the garden.

Edit: added my two cents.

[Skweeky]

Originally posted by Curley@16 April 2003 - 13:41
Unfortunately, that is impossible as it is too easy to lie on the internet. Hell, most people on here think i'm a 26 year old female when infact i'm a 53 year old man!

Oh, and i'd be gratefull if you would keep that to yourself!
I knew it all along!!!

And I'm sure FC did too :lol: :lol: :lol:

serious: I don't mind someone saying sh*t or f*ck once in a while, as long as it isn't a message FULL of those things.....
But it's true, once it is allowed, there will be people who take disadvantages of it.....sad but true......aah, fuck it :lol:


peace

[Curley]

I'm being picked on :(

fuck!

[J'Pol]

Fuck that, I don't like emoticons

[Curley]

:huh: How you do that :huh:

[J'Pol]

Who, what, where, when, actus reus, mens rea.

[Curley]

Originally posted by JmiF@16 April 2003 - 23:20
Who, what, where, when, actus reus, mens rea.
Indeed, but you still have not answered my question!

[stoi]

fuck fuck fuck fuck, there you go

[Curley]

fuck?

Edit: humffffffff

[Petri]

Just uncheck "Do you wish to enable emoticons for this post?"...

[Curley]

Fook

Edit: I've edited cause its rude!

Thanks Petri!

[stoi]

ok untick the "do you wish to enable emoticons in this post?" box at the bottom of your message and you can say anything you want, it mens you cnt use any though, so fuck to all that shit lol

[Curley]

Too late Stoi!

[The Wise Man]

Originally posted by kAb@16 April 2003 - 04:37
Come on, the majority of this forum are mature enough to handle swear words. Do we REALLY need to edit them out? can we at least replace them with something like f*ck instead of the stupid :swear: thing?
Now, imagine someone keeps repeating swearing words in their answers, can't type, misspells words, grammar errors, and acts like a child who doesn’t know any better. I think this combination would be horrible. :ph34r: :blink: :lol: I think the new icon is pretty good for you people who like to swear so much for some reason. :P

[kAb]

i see. but when it replaces it, it replaces it with :swear: and not the icon.. any way around this?

[The Wise Man]

If you click show all, it shows now that the word is different. It seems to work with that word, I tested it by previewing.

[Amarjit]

I think a moderate use of foul language on this board is acceptable. When it leads to extreme usage it ought to be censored but not so much so such as on the Skinzaa board; somebody posted "gay" in their post and it was edited by a moderator and replaced with "happy". Now, that&#39;s just too low ... <_<

[RPerry]

whats next? replace S**T with #2 :P

[MusicWorld]

;) I think you sinners need to watch the cussing and the posting of all them pics of men in the lounge.Nothing but sinful I tell ya.Come to MusicWorld.....good...clean...fun. :)

[Got_brains?]

2. There will be no excessive use of profanity. Please keep all foul language to a minimum.


There you go.

[j2k4]

The propriety of any of the questionable words is (should be) determined by it&#39;s timing/context-an admonition to "not use to excess" should be sufficient. ;)

[MagicNakor]

Which is exactly what Rule 2 states.. <_<

:ninja:

["The Avatar Man"]

Originally posted by MagicNakor@17 April 2003 - 13:50
Which is exactly what Rule 2 states..&nbsp; <_<

:ninja:
true but what about this
F*CK
is that allowed?
how about F***?
what exactly is it that we are allowed to use freely and without restrictions?

[The Knife Thrower]

This is fucking ridiculous. Swearing isn&#39;t the worst thing on this board. We need to deal with the pictures in peoples sigs.

[namzuf9]

Originally posted by The Knife Thrower@17 April 2003 - 14:25
This is fucking ridiculous. Swearing isn&#39;t the worst thing on this board. We need to deal with the pictures in peoples sigs.
Such as?

[Curley]

Originally posted by The Knife Thrower@17 April 2003 - 15:25
This is fucking ridiculous. Swearing isn&#39;t the worst thing on this board. We need to deal with the pictures in peoples sigs.
Bit harsh aint it?

[KinkoStinky]

I mostly never swear... This is all I say
Sh*t
B*tch
Phuck

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by Curley+17 April 2003 - 18:38--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Curley @ 17 April 2003 - 18:38)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--The Knife Thrower@17 April 2003 - 15:25
This is fucking ridiculous. Swearing isn&#39;t the worst thing on this board. We need to deal with the pictures in peoples sigs.
Bit harsh aint it? [/b][/quote]
Hoi &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[Curley]

:huh: :unsure: :blink:

[Jibbler]

Originally posted by Somebody1234@15 April 2003 - 23:03
I can&#39;t see why we cannot communicate without swearing. That&#39;s being mature.
C&#39;mon man, break a rule once in a while. Now doesn&#39;t that feel good? :o :D

[kAb]

there ARE some sigs that could be debatable. <_<

[The Knife Thrower]

I remember I once turned off the ability to view sigs because they were getting so annoying.

[J'Pol]

Exactly, people have the choice.

[Bender]

fuck

Look, it&#39;s back to normal again. :D
Personally I never saw any use for this :swear: smiley, as I don&#39;t think people swear too much on this forum.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by Bender@21 April 2003 - 16:58
fuck

Look, it&#39;s back to normal again. :D
Personally I never saw any use for this :swear: smiley, as I don&#39;t think people swear too much on this forum.
That&#39;s a bit H4r5h tinman.

[Lamsey]

Wow, only just came across this thread.

OK, time to own up... :swear: was my idea. It was even me who made the smilie.

I just suggested it as a light-hearted way to reduce the profanity on the board - there is a bit too much in some threads (I&#39;m not naming anybody though). There are kids here, and a lot of adults are offended by excessive profanity too. And it irritates any reasonable-minded person to see
fuck that, here is the shit
instead of
I don&#39;t like that, I prefer this


So anyway... the idea of autocensorship has been thrown out, VB was just experimenting with the idea. The swear smilie will remain, however.

My two cents: if you want to use a swearword in your post, type
&#58;swear&#58; instead - it&#39;s more friendly, it&#39;s less likely to offend and I for one find it :swear: ing endearing...

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by Lamsey@21 April 2003 - 17:30
Wow, only just came across this thread.

OK, time to own up... :swear: was my idea. It was even me who made the smilie.

I just suggested it as a light-hearted way to reduce the profanity on the board - there is a bit too much in some threads (I&#39;m not naming anybody though). There are kids here, and a lot of adults are offended by excessive profanity too. And it irritates any reasonable-minded person to see
fuck that, here is the shit
instead of
I don&#39;t like that, I prefer this


So anyway... the idea of autocensorship has been thrown out, VB was just experimenting with the idea. The swear smilie will remain, however.

My two cents: if you want to use a swearword in your post, type
&#58;swear&#58; instead - it&#39;s more friendly, it&#39;s less likely to offend and I for one find it :swear: ing endearing...
If it was really you, that&#39;s convenient as we don&#39;t live too far apart.

Let me know a reasonable central location and I will deliver my books there as presumably you wish to burn them.

I&#39;ll say it plain I wish the bastards dead - we can start with Richard III as Shakespeare is obviously not suitable for polite society.

Probably get away with most Kurt Vonnegut as well. No need to check each one, just burn them all.

[Lamsey]

:blink: Did anybody else understand that?

And yes it was me, just ask the mods...

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by Lamsey@21 April 2003 - 17:54
:blink: Did anybody else understand that?

And yes it was me, just ask the mods...
If you wish to censor the written word, which this is, the natural extention of that is to censor books.

You are I assume aware of book burning in the USA when they didn&#39;t approve of the content. I believe it was also done in nazi Germany and other places.

Shakespeare, Kurt Vonnegut and many other great authors have used words you deem innapropriate.

If you wish to maintain your freedom of expression you cannot at the same time justify curtailing the same right for others.

There is much on this board which I disagree with. There is much in life which I disagree with. However I must uphold other peoples right to say what they want. In that way I support my own right to do the same.

[Lamsey]

And yet in another thread you flamed the :swear: out of Master YodaX (now the Avatar Man) for something you disagreed with...

Be consistent :P


And in any case, I was trying to enhance the board because I though people would like the smilie. Evidently I was wrong, which is why the idea has not been implemented.

I think the current situation works well - can we agree on that?

[clocker]

Originally posted by Lamsey@21 April 2003 - 11:14



And in any case, I was trying to enhance the board because I though people would like the smilie. Evidently I was wrong, which is why the idea has not been implemented.

I think the current situation works well - can we agree on that?
What exactly is the current situation?

[Lamsey]

What exactly is the current situation?
The swear smilie is now invoked by
&#58;swear&#58;
That way it only appears if you actually want to use it - it is just like any other smilie.


It is at the bottom of the &#39;show all smilies&#39; window.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by Lamsey@21 April 2003 - 18:14
And yet in another thread you flamed the :swear: out of Master YodaX (now the Avatar Man) for something you disagreed with...

Be consistent :P


And in any case, I was trying to enhance the board because I though people would like the smilie. Evidently I was wrong, which is why the idea has not been implemented.

I think the current situation works well - can we agree on that?
I am being consistant. I support his right to say what he wants. That gives me the right to reply in any way I want. That&#39;s what I said.

Your idea was to disallow people from doing something, which was censorship of expression.

In fact I think you will agree I don&#39;t swear very often at all. Other than in this thread which was more to make the point than anything else. I may sometimes be a bit h4r5h, but not usually through using foul language. However I support other peoples right to do it, if that is how they prefer to express themselves.

We agree on most things I think. I may actually have been you 60 or so years ago. I think the smiley being available enhances the board. That way people who don&#39;t really want to swear can use that as an alternative.

Now :swear: of and get some work done. You&#39;ve still got those exams coming up you know.

[Lamsey]

Schoolwork?

:swear: that... :lol:

[J'Pol]

watch your :swear: ing language you bar steward.

[Lamsey]

Swear, me?

Not :swear: ing likely...



My dad is an archaeologist and used to work with a Youth Opportunity Scheme, which basically meant that school dropouts were paid to dig on his site.
They were working in an urban site once, right in the middle of a residential area.

One day, a wee old lady came to complain to my father (the supervisor) about the language being used by some of the youths, as she was playing with her grandchildren in the garden and didn&#39;t want the kids hearing any profanity.
So, my dad went and rounded up the workers and said to them "Listen, guys, you&#39;ll have to cut down the swearing - the locals are getting offended."

They all looked shocked and one of them said in an affronted tone of voice:

"Whut? Nae cunt here&#39;s fucking swearing&#33;"


Some people just use swearing as :swear: ing punctuation... :rolleyes:

Half the :swear: ing time they :swear: ing don&#39;t even :swear: ing realise it&#33; :lol:

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by Lamsey@21 April 2003 - 18:37

"Whut? Nae cunt here&#39;s fucking swearing&#33;"

That&#39;s just outrageous. This is the worst example of profanity I have seen on this board.

How could you, there are young children reading this you know. This surely must call for a weeks ban.

For goodness sake mods, can&#39;t something be done about this.

[Lamsey]

I hope you&#39;re joking.

It was a quote intended to make a point - ie. swearing is inappropriate when it does not add meaning to the sentence. It should be a learning experience for young children, as it is clear that people look down on this kind of thing.

[Bender]

Originally posted by Lamsey@21 April 2003 - 19:37
"Whut? Nae cunt here&#39;s fucking swearing&#33;"


Some people just use swearing as :swear: ing punctuation... :rolleyes:

Half the :swear: ing time they :swear: ing don&#39;t even :swear: ing realise it&#33; :lol:
Shame on you Lamsey, at least 2 weeks under moderation for you I&#39;d say. :angry:










You :swear: er&#33; :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Lamsey]

:ph34r: I thought you weren&#39;t joking there... :ph34r:

Then I scrolled down...

Thank :swear: for that&#33;

[Bender]

Originally posted by Lamsey@21 April 2003 - 21:52
:ph34r: I thought you weren&#39;t joking there... :ph34r:

Then I scrolled down...

Thank :swear: for that&#33;
That was the purpose of it, but it wasn&#39;t my idea. :lol: :lol:

[J'Pol]

Hi Lamsey, you really need to watch your language.

Cheers my metallic friend.

[Lamsey]

it wasn&#39;t my idea.
hmmm. wonder who that was...


:blink: We need a &#39;one eyebrow raised&#39; smilie...
Will look into this.

[The Wise Man]

Originally posted by Lamsey@21 April 2003 - 21:02

it wasn&#39;t my idea.
hmmm. wonder who that was...


:blink: We need a &#39;one eyebrow raised&#39; smilie...
Will look into this.
Just use this: :huh: for confusion. :lol:


but it wasn&#39;t my idea
Was it Blender&#39;s idea? :P

[Lamsey]

I didn&#39;t want it for implying confusion - I wanted it to show that I was being sarcastic...

[kAb]

i also think we need a better &#39;wink&#39; smiley. the current one lookes deranged... ;)

[Z]

i just got here.

so have you guys tested which words are blocked? wheres the list? :D

[Bender]

Originally posted by Z@22 April 2003 - 07:36
i just got here.

so have you guys tested which words are blocked? wheres the list?&nbsp; :D
There&#39;s no list, every word you type will be posted as is.
And no - you&#39;re not allowed to test it. :D

[hawkeye18]

It is in my firm belief that if people cannot handle the vulgarities experienced in the course of modern speech, they should feel it upon themselves to vacate the area. Nobody is forcing them to stay there, and they (anti-swearing people) could be much more effective and much less disruptive by simply leaving than by sitting there and complaining about it all the time. When somebody proves to me that somebody is indeed holding a gun to their head and forcing them to endure the word &#39;fuck&#39;, I will change my opinion. But until that fateful day arrives, I simply say, "Leave&#33; And do not come back."

I am not by this post saying that I am supporting the excessive use of vulgarities, and nor am I saying that people who don&#39;t like it don&#39;t have a valid argument; modern discourse is quite without the need of obscenities. I am, however, saying that there are many better ways to deal with it. Perhaps asking blatant offenders to quit, and failing that, having them kicked/banned? Simply leaving the chat room? With all due respect, if the swearing is so bad that you have to leave, there is nothing in the room that you would miss.

ATAN Hartberger, United States Navy

a.k.a. hawkeye18

[brotherdoobie]

Originally posted by Somebody1234@15 April 2003 - 23:03
I can&#39;t see why we cannot communicate without swearing. That&#39;s being mature.
Swearing is a form of expression.
It is over used sometimes,but to edit is is totaly the opposite of what the Net has meant to me over the years.

Again I see uptight control freaks all over that can&#39;t live with other people&#39;s
eccentricities and discretions.
Here on the Net it&#39;s cool to say what you feel, We can all discuss it and rag on each other and be all pissed off and five minutes later joining together to overthrow the evil Ketchup haters......LOL

That&#39;s what being mature is ;)

brotherdoobie

[TRshady]

lol, this thread is initially stupid but I&#39;ve learnt alot. Curley is a man&#33; :o , doesn&#39;t effect me but your appearance is misleading.

"the avatar man" is yoda?, hey.
I was wondering were it went (he,she, you can&#39;t be sure anymore), good to know your still here :)

As for the swearing on the topic, I think it&#39;s childish to edit it out (like kids saying "oh, you said the f word). Concern is only needed if the swearing is at someone or to cause offense.

oh, and for the people who have no reply to "stop swearing" try:

"Want me to tone it down?, suck my fucking dick you faggot you happy now?"

or

"you wan&#39;t me to watch my mouth?, how?, take my fucking eyeballs out and turn &#39;em around?"

It&#39;s qouted, so I never said that :P

btw, JIMIF (you nutter)

[J'Pol]

That&#39;s a bit h4r5h.

[Curley]

Originally posted by TRshady@28 April 2003 - 20:30
lol, this thread is initially stupid but I&#39;ve learnt alot. Curley is a man&#33; :o , doesn&#39;t effect me but your appearance is misleading.
;)

[jetje]

Have an idea, who&#39;s gonna count the swear/curse words...

we have to define a blacklist,

the controller will count every curse/swear word he sees, and in december 2003 you have to pay up a dollar/euro for every cursed word you wrote.... Think we have an idea for paying the server then to.... :)


Who wanna be the controller and which words do we need to put on the list... ? B)

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

Originally posted by Curley+28 April 2003 - 15:42--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Curley @ 28 April 2003 - 15:42)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--TRshady@28 April 2003 - 20:30
lol, this thread is initially stupid but I&#39;ve learnt alot. Curley is a man&#33;&nbsp; :o , doesn&#39;t effect me but your appearance is misleading.
;) [/b][/quote]
:lol: Thats ok.....I am really a women. :lol:

[Skweeky]

Originally posted by FuNkY CaPrIcOrN [R.I.P]+29 April 2003 - 00:15--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FuNkY CaPrIcOrN [R.I.P] @ 29 April 2003 - 00:15)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -Curley@28 April 2003 - 15:42
<!--QuoteBegin--TRshady@28 April 2003 - 20:30
lol, this thread is initially stupid but I&#39;ve learnt alot. Curley is a man&#33; :o , doesn&#39;t effect me but your appearance is misleading.
;)
:lol: Thats ok.....I am really a women. :lol: [/b][/quote]
hmmm, Turkish? :lol: :lol:

[Jibbler]

If I donate to this website, can my dollar go into a swear jar? :huh:

[Curley]

Originally posted by FuNkY CaPrIcOrN [R.I.P]+29 April 2003 - 00:15--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FuNkY CaPrIcOrN [R.I.P] @ 29 April 2003 - 00:15)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -Curley@28 April 2003 - 15:42
<!--QuoteBegin--TRshady@28 April 2003 - 20:30
lol, this thread is initially stupid but I&#39;ve learnt alot. Curley is a man&#33; :o , doesn&#39;t effect me but your appearance is misleading.
;)
:lol: Thats ok.....I am really a women. :lol: [/b][/quote]
Yay&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; I was right all along&#33; :P

[ugluk]

fuck&#33; FC&#39;s a girl&#33; a bloody ugly girl i might add. just look at her picture&#33; oh well. at least she has long hair.

(HAHAHAHAH&#33; i said fuck&#33; :swear: )

[Skweeky]

incredible, FC comes back and every post turns into a SPAM post......µ


/me hugs FC



MUHAHAHAA, 201

[Curley]

He was probably away cause he had maternity leave :lol: :lol: :lol:

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

Originally posted by Curley@28 April 2003 - 18:42
He was probably away cause he had maternity leave :lol: :lol: :lol:
:P :P :P

[Rat Faced]

OK Guys, get it all outa your system, and then I&#39;ll move it back when you start making sense again ;)

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

:huh: The man is learning.Good job on moving the threads there buddy. :D

[Curley]

I didn&#39;t spam the topic&#33;

/me looks around innocently :-"

[kAb]

ohmygosh. my thread sent to the lounge? is the world coming to an end&#33;?&#33;? :o


:P

[lunatacs]

Come on, the majority of this forum are mature enough to handle swear words. Do we REALLY need to edit them out? can we at least replace them with something like f*ck instead of the stupid :swear: thing?


If you can&#39;t control yourself using normal words to get your words/meaning across to other people, you shouldn&#39;t be allowed to speak. simple as that, if you feel you need to swear, take a moment and step away from your pc and count to 10. <_<

[Skillian]

If you can&#39;t control yourself using normal words to get your words/meaning across to other people, you shouldn&#39;t be allowed to speak. simple as that, if you feel you need to swear, take a moment and step away from your pc and count to 10.&nbsp; <_<

Too fuckin&#39; right mate.

[kAb]

Originally posted by lunatacs@28 April 2003 - 18:01

Come on, the majority of this forum are mature enough to handle swear words. Do we REALLY need to edit them out? can we at least replace them with something like f*ck instead of the stupid :swear: thing?


If you can&#39;t control yourself using normal words to get your words/meaning across to other people, you shouldn&#39;t be allowed to speak. simple as that, if you feel you need to swear, take a moment and step away from your pc and count to 10. <_<
sometimes i use swear words to get a point across.

if you can&#39;t handle it, skip the words. take a deep breath, and count to ten.

i consider swear words to be normal words... how are they different?

[Schmiggy_JK23]

Originally posted by JmiF+21 April 2003 - 12:48--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JmiF @ 21 April 2003 - 12:48)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Lamsey@21 April 2003 - 18:37

"Whut? Nae cunt here&#39;s fucking swearing&#33;"

That&#39;s just outrageous. This is the worst example of profanity I have seen on this board.

How could you, there are young children reading this you know. This surely must call for a weeks ban.

For goodness sake mods, can&#39;t something be done about this. [/b][/quote]
ROFLMAO&#33;

:lol: :lol: :lol:

HOLY :swear:&#33;

btw, i hated that smiley, good idea, bad original use... i like it much better in its current form... freedom of expression is at its last hurrah, with help via the internet... we start censorship here, its all over...

[Jibbler]

Originally posted by Schmiggy_JK23@29 April 2003 - 00:51
freedom of expression is at its last hurrah, with help via the internet... we start censorship here, its all over...
Agreed. The internet remains one of the few true places where freedom of speech is recognized outside of US bounderies. In this community, everyone has a voice.

If I have to suffer thru broken english and spammers, then you can suffer thru the occasional F*U*C*K.

But seriously, this community can police itself. We don&#39;t need anyone to do it for us. :huh:

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by lunatacs@29 April 2003 - 03:01

Come on, the majority of this forum are mature enough to handle swear words. Do we REALLY need to edit them out? can we at least replace them with something like f*ck instead of the stupid :swear: thing?


If you can&#39;t control yourself using normal words to get your words/meaning across to other people, you shouldn&#39;t be allowed to speak. simple as that, if you feel you need to swear, take a moment and step away from your pc and count to 10. <_<
"You shouldn&#39;t be allowed to speak."

Where do you live. Don&#39;t you think that&#39;s taking censorship to it&#39;s extreme. If you don&#39;t express yourself in a way I feel appropriate then you have no voice.

[jetje]

well i think the curse/swear words are used way to easy...

Sometimes if you think about what you use instead of them you get a more constructive post...


Fuck you....
That&#39;s not true


i don&#39;t agree with you,
i think it&#39;s different

In a way saying the same..... sounds a lot different though, think where the 1st one will put the original poster in an agressive defense, the 2nd one will start dialog...
So start thinking about using other words in stead of the curse ones :rolleyes:

just my opinion................

[Schmiggy_JK23]

Opinions are like (_o_)&#39;s... everybodys got one... :lol: :lol:

j/k jet je, i just really wanted to post a an ass on the forum, lol.

But u are true, some people tend to go overboard, i know i myself have let a few extras slip that werent maybe neccessary, but thank goodness i have the ability too, when need be, free speech, is not only key for expression, but integral the ability to have a free society.