Swear Censors... Really necessary?

I don't find swears offensive.  In fact, they can be helpful in accentuating a point.

I am fine with the censor.  I don't know why it's a big deal.  If you don't know what f**k is when you see it written this way, then you don't need to know.

How about we leave the swear censor the way it is, except on April Fool's it should replace ordinary words with swear words?

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Yes, I believe it's necesary to keep a certain level, and in my case, the only problem I had was with a band's name it was SWEATWATER, until I learned a trick, it looked like this SWEAT**TER, but it wasn't as ridiculous as the Genesis forum They changed the name Dick, for the word Thingy, so when I wrote about Iron Maiden, the post read "Bruce Thingyson"  Iván

Well, that's been fixed now and you don't need to use any tricks to get around it. So if you could remove the *trick* from your post so that it does not encourage the weak-willed and easily led to copy you that would be lovely.

Yes, I believe it's necesary to keep a certain level, and in my case, the only problem I had was with a band's name it was SWEATWATER, until I learned a trick, it looked like this SWEAT**TER, but it wasn't as ridiculous as the Genesis forum

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - October 20 2011 at 19:23

Ah, yeah, I see how it works now. I'm just glad it didn't apply retroactively...Although I kind of wanted to be a PA celebrity. ;-)

aginor wrote: one could stil use the unsensoured yet very profaned word bitch as in bitchslapp or Bitches Brew, and so on, i think that word should be censored since i find it offenceive (and i doubt i am the only one, i know of many ways to use it in ways in which could perma ban me, not that i aim for that, but i know how to make it sting)

Henry Plainview wrote: Dean, while I am honored to get my own word filter, could you please add a space? Without one it lacks a certain...je ne sais quoi. I hope the original text is not replaced on the server. :S

 Ah I see - no, that wasn't me this time. Now the giggle has passed, I've removed it.  

Edited by Dean - October 20 2011 at 18:17

Dean, while I am honored to get my own word filter, could you please add a space? Without one it lacks a certain...je ne sais quoi. I hope the original text is not replaced on the server. :S

Deathrabbit wrote: except with normal words, just to screw with ppl.

Yeah, that's really annoying and you shouldn't do it. I am opposed to word filters of any kind, although I understand why PA has it and why it won't change. It is too bad Dean's thread derailed because I think that would have been a better solution for the stance the administration takes, although it would also make me unable to swear at all without breaking the rules. :(


Edited by Henry Plainview - October 20 2011 at 18:04

Dean wrote: HottiePlainview wrote: Dean wrote: In case the message hasn't got through yet: over-reliance on the auto-censor will result in a warning. Then the auto-censor should censor to something that is not immediately recognizable as a particular word. I once proposed using nonsensical replacements of all the auto-censored words - needless to say this was taken completely the wrong way by absolutely everyone, humourless bunch that they are.

I remember that thread. I thought it was a good idea and I actually did that on my forum for a while as a result, except with normal words, just to screw with ppl.