10 reasons why Progarchives is best site online

Reason 1:  Someone Somewhere always manages to make me laugh.

 

 

 

However, there are limits, and this kind of offensive post manages to destroy all that good feeling.  Where are the moderators when you need thm?  Hmm? Probably on some porn site. 

I agree, people feel emboldened to say things online that they wouldn't want to face to face because they would be afraid of offending the other person.  That is why abuse in the name of freedom of speech doesn't really cut ice with me.

 

We all know what f**k and b*****d means even when they're auto-censored.

 

If we switched off the auto-censor their use here would still be "against the rules" and you would have to censor them yourself.

 

If we switched off the auto-censor and allowed their use here, then you still wouldn't be allowed to call someone a stupid f* or thick b*st*rd.

 

If we permitted people to insult each other here, then how does anyone differentiate between "just joshing around between friends" and an actual targeted personal attack.

 

If we decide we don't really care because that's only a problem for the two people concerned then how does anyone mediate in that process when both parties lodge official complaints against the other.

 

So that really questions how far are you prepared to go in your quest for a non-authoritarian anti-censorship ideology in what is in reality just an indulgent little forum on an indulgent little website dedicated to what is the most indulgent form of popular music in the history of popular culture. Because behind all the bravado and indulgent little screen names and avatars, are real people with real feelings and emotions - little or none of which can ever be expressed in, or interpreted from, a series of short post on an internet forum.

 

It would strike me as "ironic" that the people who b*tch about the auto-censor could get their boxers into a knot because some else referred to something they did as idiotic or said they were ignorant of some fact or facts - mark that ... not called an idiot, or an idiotic person, or an ignoramus or an ignorant person,  which would be a personal attack and defamatory, but referring to something that person did as being idiotic, or remarked that lack of a piece of knowledge was being in ignorance of a particular fact - neither of which is a personal attack nor are they defamatory. Here there would be demands that simple figures of speech required "moderation" and "censuring" by someone in an authoritative role, even though no offense had been intended beyond basic plain speaking.

 

In this case "censoring" is merely preemptive "moderation" and "censuring" - sure that's restrictive on the potential protagonist, but a lot easier on the intended victim.

 

Yes, Dean exactly! Good points here definitely. If the autocensor goes so will many here and I could be first in line - I find it difficult to tolerate the mindless ramblings of puerile comments I am forced to endure on Imdb, Youtube and MMA. Sorry, but the foul language on those sites is unpleasant and really common. It lowers the standard and makes it look like a bunch of morons are online rather than intellects with something important to say. Swearing is cheap and I am slowly getting tired of people doing it just to act tough when they come across as idiots.

Moview with tons of swearing are also really hard to watch - Watchmen was ruined, Wanted was over indulgent with F bombs, and The Departed had too much swearing to enjoy.

I was very disappointed with a DVD I bought for my wife for Christmas. It was Adele Live at Royal Albert - Despite not really into her style of music I was appalled at her language - she dropped the F bomb in between just about every song - and my kids had to leave the room. Thats just ignorant and totally unnecesary. And then she says in an interview she likes to swear. Stupid goose!