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Conor Fynes 
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 Topic: Swear Censors... Really necessary?
Posted: June 16 2010 at 14:39 |
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I'm not trying to advocate that this forum become likened to a sailor's bar, but is a forced language censor really necessary? We're all (mostly) mature people here, and it's not like we have the Concerned Parents Of America Council to report to!
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Dean
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 15:00 |
This site was set up to be accessible to everyone and "family friendly" - that means no profanity or swearing.
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What?
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The Truth
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 15:11 |
And you still know what's being said.
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: June 17 2010 at 14:30 |
I think you at least should be able to say bollocks! 
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DisgruntledPorcupine
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Posted: June 17 2010 at 20:14 |
I'm surprised we can't say w**k.
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Posted: June 17 2010 at 20:16 |
 DT-PT wrote:
I'm surprised we can't say w**k. |
Or wrist**tch. 
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A Person
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Posted: June 17 2010 at 20:18 |
DT-PT wrote:
I'm surprised we can't say w**k. |
I'm not.
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Posted: June 17 2010 at 20:21 |
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At least we can gratuitously say Belgium!
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Posted: June 17 2010 at 20:24 |
Logan wrote:
At least we can gratuitously say Belgium!
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That's true, the censor hasn't picked this one up yet. Surprising, really.
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 17 2010 at 22:10 |
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sh*t yeah we need a swear censor, are you f**king kidding?
though it is a shame about Pent**ter .. ah well
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Easy Money
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Posted: June 17 2010 at 23:03 |
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More bad words on PA:
Phil Col**ns
Prog Rel**ed
Cros**ver
Metal**ca
Love B**ch
Nu **zz
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The Truth
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Posted: June 17 2010 at 23:32 |
P**k R**k 
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Falx
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Posted: June 18 2010 at 04:34 |
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You could always swear in Kobaian.
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Dean
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Posted: June 18 2010 at 04:52 |
Atavachron wrote:
sh*t yeah we need a swear censor, are you f**king kidding?
though it is a shame about Pent**ter .. ah well
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Yes, I've been meaning to fixt the t**tting Sweetwater, Pentwater, Pocketwatch thing for ages. Done now.
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What?
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: June 18 2010 at 05:24 |
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CPicard
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Posted: June 18 2010 at 05:53 |
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Oh, you know, you can say horrible and disguting things without using any profanity or "dirty" word. All of the worst sexual perversions can be named with a "scientifical" term - and it won't be filtered by any censoring system if the said system is only calibred for profanities and swearing.
No, I won't make any example.
It reminds a funny literary game: type any text, "censor" some words, hop! It becomes a hidden obscenity.
Example: Shakespeare, Hamlet:
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the m*** to su****
The slings and a***** of outrageous f******,
Or to take t*** against a sea of t*******.
But I think we could find better examples.
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Dean
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Posted: June 18 2010 at 05:59 |
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^ Or read Harry Potter and change all the D's to G's
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chopper
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Posted: June 18 2010 at 06:58 |
Dean wrote:
Atavachron wrote:
sh*t yeah we need a swear censor, are you f**king kidding?
though it is a shame about Pent**ter .. ah well
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Yes, I've been meaning to fixt the t**tting Sweetwater, Pentwater, Pocketwatch thing for ages. Done now. |
What about Sc**thorpe?
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Posted: June 18 2010 at 07:19 |
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to mention a certain northern seaside town 
Speaking as an admin/moderator though, the auto-censor saves me a lot of f**king work 
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chopper
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Posted: June 18 2010 at 08:01 |
Jim Garten wrote:
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to mention a certain northern seaside town
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What's Blackpool got to do with it?
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