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Valkura
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 Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| AaronPPC wrote: |
As far as protecting minors: I'm pretty sure they when they come here they already know the language before they come here. I doubt they are actually reading anything new. We can't childproof the world and if we did the world would be a boring place. |
Yup, we already knew it. You hit it spot on. (I am a minor, btw.)
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Not Derrich
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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What?!?
People using naughty words on the internet?
For shame!
Can't the government step in and regulate this kind of nonsense?
Honestly, give people the ability to say what they please and just LOOK what they do with it ...
(I really don't care what words people choose to use, but if you're unable to express yourself without resorting to profanities then you're not worth listening to)
(Also, "fuck".)
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geta
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Filtering out nicknames purely by names or name components is definitely the wrong way. There may be different perceptions to the same word.
What if anyone has a nickname called "mybitch" and by that is refering to the female dog? Do we know if this person has a female dog or not? Or how should a Brit react to "fanny" while the american (so I heard) uses this word for something not refering to the female sexual organ? The purely american moderator/admin would probably not understand why someone is complaining about the offensiveness of the word "fanny".
Wikipedia just confirmed that "fanny" is a "a socially acceptable term in print, in the United States at least" (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttocks). And in the same article: "However, in British English fanny refers to the female genitals and is considered vulgar.". So there you go, just lucky because most Brits aren't offended by sexual expressions in the nicknames.
Even Hump would need to be banned: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hump. Yes, that word is naughty and isn't naughty at the same time.
So, I'd say filtering names is a no-go area, apart from the obviously insulting names. "You-are-a-whatever" would be one such species of nicknames.
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leahcim
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| Flammie wrote: | I think it's also rude to advocate use of alcohol on public forum that might be viewed by minors 
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The chairman of the "minors? Sheesh you old goats aren't going to get away with that in a hurry" society, prefers the term "younger perhaps, but nevertheless just as significant as you, you antique. We're not minor at all so don't you oppress me you imperalist bully"
Although if that's a bit long, especially after a few pints, you could always call him 'Bill'
| Quote: | | Seriously, this kind of language is very common by sociolect around any general internet chat fora, so it can't even be considered very offensive anymore. |
Millions of people are starving in the world, if they all said "f**k me backwards, I'm starving" those extra unnecessary obscene words would be a waste of energy...how many more people have to die before we ban swearing in Linux? The starving nations version of windows doesn't have it. Not sure about the Mac. It sounds a bit offensive to give someone who has nothing to eat a big picture of a piece of fruit though. |
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