Swear

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Originally posted by Somebody1234@15 April 2003 - 23:03
I can't see why we cannot communicate without swearing. That's being mature.

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C'mon man, break a rule once in a while. Now doesn't that feel good? :o :D

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

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

Exactly, people have the choice.

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.

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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.

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That&#39;s a bit H4r5h tinman.

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

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fuck that, here is the shit

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instead of

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I don&#39;t like that, I prefer this

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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

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:swear:

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instead - it&#39;s more friendly, it&#39;s less likely to offend and I for one find it :swear: ing endearing...

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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

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fuck that, here is the shit

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instead of

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I don&#39;t like that, I prefer this

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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

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:swear:

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instead - it&#39;s more friendly, it&#39;s less likely to offend and I for one find it :swear: ing endearing...

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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.

:blink: Did anybody else understand that?

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

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

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

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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.

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?

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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?

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What exactly is the current situation?

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What exactly is the current situation?

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The swear smilie is now invoked by

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:swear:

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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.

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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?

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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.

Schoolwork?

:swear: that... :lol:

watch your :swear: ing language you bar steward.

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:

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

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

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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.

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.

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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:

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Shame on you Lamsey, at least 2 weeks under moderation for you I&#39;d say. :angry:










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

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

Then I scrolled down...

Thank :swear: for that&#33;

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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;

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That was the purpose of it, but it wasn&#39;t my idea. :lol: :lol:

Hi Lamsey, you really need to watch your language.

Cheers my metallic friend.

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it wasn&#39;t my idea.

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hmmm. wonder who that was...


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

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

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it wasn&#39;t my idea.

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hmmm. wonder who that was...


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

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Just use this: :huh: for confusion. :lol:

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but it wasn&#39;t my idea

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Was it Blender&#39;s idea? :P

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

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

i just got here.

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

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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

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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

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

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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.

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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

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)

That&#39;s a bit h4r5h.

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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.

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;)

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)

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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.

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;) [/b][/quote]
:lol: Thats ok.....I am really a women. :lol:

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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'>

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Originally posted by -Curley@28 April 2003 - 15:42
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@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.

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;)

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:lol: Thats ok.....I am really a women. :lol: [/b][/quote]
hmmm, Turkish? :lol: :lol:

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

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Originally posted by -Curley@28 April 2003 - 15:42
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@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.

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;)

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: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