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    Posted: June 16 2010 at 14:39
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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2010 at 15:11

And you still know what's being said.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2010 at 14:30
I think you at least should be able to say bollocks! Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2010 at 20:14

I'm surprised we can't say w**k.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2010 at 20:16
Originally posted by DT-PT DT-PT wrote:

I'm surprised we can't say w**k.



Or wrist**tch.  Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2010 at 20:18
Originally posted by DT-PT DT-PT wrote:

I'm surprised we can't say w**k.


I'm not.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2010 at 20:21
At least we can gratuitously say Belgium! 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2010 at 20:24
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

At least we can gratuitously say Belgium! 

That's true, the censor hasn't picked this one up yet.  Surprising, really. Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2010 at 22:10
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2010 at 23:03
More bad words on PA:

Phil Col**ns
Prog Rel**ed
Cros**ver
Metal**ca
Love B**ch
Nu **zz
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2010 at 23:32
P**k R**k Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2010 at 04:34
You could always swear in Kobaian.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2010 at 04:52
Originally posted by Atavachron 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


Yes, I've been meaning to fixt the t**tting Sweetwater, Pentwater, Pocketwatch thing for ages. Done now.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2010 at 05:24
wristwatch
 
 
It works!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2010 at 05:53
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2010 at 05:59
^ Or read Harry Potter and change all the D's to G's
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2010 at 06:58
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron 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


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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2010 at 08:01
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to mention a certain northern seaside town

What's Blackpool got to do with it?
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