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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2011 at 10:54
No. I think they are unnecessary. 
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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

I hate to hear c*** under any circumstances and anyone who says it in my company gets a telling.

Thats cuz u admin. 
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2011 at 11:00
Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:


Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

I hate to hear c*** under any circumstances and anyone who says it in my company gets a telling.

Thats cuz u admin. 


I mean in real life.
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Points: 13382 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2011 at 11:02
Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:


Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

I hate to hear c*** under any circumstances and anyone who says it in my company gets a telling.

Thats cuz u admin. 


I mean in real life.

Yeah I know, I was just kidding. 


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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2011 at 11:05
Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

No. I think they are unnecessary. 


Good for you!
I know they are necessary.
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Originally posted by Anthony H. Anthony H. wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

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.


That's pretty much another way of saying that it's pointless. So, why can't it just be done away with?
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2011 at 11:12
Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

No. I think they are unnecessary. 


Good for you!
I know they are necessary.
The thread asks for an opinion so I gave it. 

You can't know it anyway... Tongue


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Points: 35951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2011 at 11:13
My daughter told me off for saying crap once.  I wish people would avoid swearing altogether at this site -- it's not uncommon for her to look at this site when I'm on it.  My daughter seeing that banner ad with the crude language was bad enough -- I realise that the admin have no control over those, except for if M@X pulled them altogether, which aint gonna happen.  I don't have adblock software on my iPod Touch, which I was browsing with at the time.
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^Really, man? This is a ROCK site. Where's your rebellious spirit? We're supposed to be fighting the man, remember?LOL
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Mr Stephen Fry series on language Importance of Swearing:
 
WWARNNING CONTAINS SWEARIING LOL
 
 
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This is a progressive rock site, and I always figured progressive rock was at least in part about rebelling against typically held rock stereotypes and conventions. I'm all about rock in opposition, man, being opposed to so much in the rock tradition, even though I lead a very rock and roll lifestyle on the sanctity of my own soundproof basement cum pleasure palace. ; Just kidding, I don't even have a basement.
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Originally posted by Deathrabbit Deathrabbit wrote:

^Really, man? This is a ROCK site. Where's your rebellious spirit? We're supposed to be fighting the man, remember?LOL
I can barely remember what I had for supper last night and the man has packed his bags, loaded them into the trunk of his battered BMW and is currently heading south in search of the American Dream, a fresh cup of coffee and a misplaced chord, but don't let that stop you, take up your keyboard and rise against greed and oppression, prise off the "8" key and flick that effing asterisk into the trash can of oblivion, reach for the unreachable, strive for the unstrivable, print for the unprintable, this is the here, the now, the never-ending tomorrow, the endless dot on the horizon where the thin lines marking sea and sand are smiling very peacefully and you can began to notice that we could be free, free I tell you, free from the man and his battered BMW, contents may vary, keep away from fire and small children, terms and conditions apply.

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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:


Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

I hate to hear c*** under any circumstances and anyone who says it in my company gets a telling.

Thats cuz u admin. 


I mean in real life.


But what if someone really is one?  Tongue
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Originally posted by Deathrabbit Deathrabbit wrote:

^Really, man? This is a ROCK site. Where's your rebellious spirit? We're supposed to be fighting the man, remember?LOL
 
The man can swear with impunity. You and I will get a warning and a ban if we continue to transgress. Talk about rubbing your nose in it.
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Points: 1601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2011 at 12:06
Especially when we have an add at the top of the screen that says F*** multiple times.
Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance.
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2011 at 12:20
Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

I hate to hear c*** under any circumstances and anyone who says it in my company gets a telling.

Well maybe the c word is going a bit too far. Sometimes though........

No.....I must stop saying it before it becomes a habit.
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I just got an ad at the top of the page for a "Free 8lb bag of Go F*** Yourself".

Is there nothing that can be done about the ads using the F word at the top?  Not that I find it offensive, but if the goal is a family-oriented site (one I agree with)  then surely something can be done by the site to stop those ads which use bad language. 
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2011 at 14:20
Can somebody get a screenshot please.

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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Can somebody get a screenshot please.



The free 8lb bag was a joke Tony.  Tongue

But I did keep seeing an ad with the F word yesterday.  For some album I think.  If I see it again, I will attempt a screen shot. 
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Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:


Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Can somebody get a screenshot please.

The free 8lb bag was a joke Tony.  TongueBut I did keep seeing an ad with the F word yesterday.  For some album I think.  If I see it again, I will attempt a screen shot. 


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