AutoCept Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 censoring, cost 5$ a word. Banning, cost 15$ a person. Having a mod that sticks around to do both priceless, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Sinn Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 Censorship prevented Bob Updike from releasing one of the greatest inventions of all time, one that would have revolutionized the way we interact online. What was it you say? No one will ever know... Censorship sucks. BTW, for those of you youngsters that don't know, Tipper Gore is public enemy #1 in the realm of censored music. Know her. Hate her. Its a good feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AutoCept Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 Flanders did you steal that avatar from a guy named RaSiN_HeCk or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiRtY $oUtH™ Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 I try not to post profanity but I'd rather not find out what would happen if I did.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 Okay, I have no problem with profanity. Doesn't bother me in the least. Reality states that not everyone shares my feelings, therfore.......... I stick to the Farscape swears like Dreck and Frill (also frillin). For those that don't watch Farscape..... Dreck=Crap and S#!t Frill=The bad bad F-bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiRtY $oUtH™ Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 *YOINK* i'll admit it, I censored it... whachagonnado? badboysbadboysbadboys... SPY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShockV1.89 Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 I always get a little disturbed when people begin swearing in sci-fi language.... Anyway, I dont like censorship at all. I mean honestly, go walk into a middle school locker room. Do they censor that? CAN they censor that? No, of course not. Censoring isnt going to shelter your kid from anything that they're not gonna find in the real world. It's a waste of time. As for swears in the forums, I guess it's all up to the admins, but personally, I dont mind seeing swears. After all, it's a word. A simple word, nothing more. I eve consider the N-word just a simple word now (cmon, it's used so much in hiphop it cant be considered that horrific anymore). If a curse should be seen for anything special, it's that it can be used to add emphasis. ex. "I hate cheaters." or "I ****ing hate cheaters." The second one really, really hits hard, doesnt it? As for "offensive," why, exactly, are they offensive? It's just a damn word. I dont use them in certain company because I know people will freak, but if someone swears around me I dont get my panties up in a bunch. They have their own origins and historys just like any other word, like "spoon" or "spam" . As for that "say something about" thread... nobody was "censoring" anything there. It turned into a two person chatroom with the occasional third person poking their head in. PMs and instant messengers are far better and more convenient than a thread, and doesnt annoy other people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 we were TRYING to keep it up so other people would notice it and jump in on it. UNFORTUNANTLY, the forum is goin downhill *as they all do* with power happy admin's that you'll get ban cause they dont like your name. I know for a fact that the thread got closed because i insulted the administrator who said something as ignorant as what he did. censorship ruins things for everyone. if we didnt have censors, people would be so damn use to every word that it wouldnt be offensive anymore. because of censorship, ozzy, eminem, korn, rob zombie, marilyn manson, and everyone else comes under fire because they sing about killin people and whatnot, whereas if you read the **** in a poem, it'd be art, and the fat bitches council...er that group that made them put that ugly ass black and white sticker on a cd cover wouldn't have anything to bitch about because its 'art'. why is it art? cause its been around for goddamn long. and people can CHOOSE not to read it, just like they can CHOOSE to be offended by WORDS. a group of po'd admins are gonna hafta put a damn sticker on me sooner or later, and censorship will win yet again, and i'll be gone for 5 minutes until i decide to make another forum name. edit - living proof the admin's use their biased opinions rather than judgement. the thread 'Star Wars Sucks' by star wars hater. his first post, and he's banned already. tryin to let his opinion be heard, an he gets banned for it. cant wait till that same admin reads my posts. specially this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShockV1.89 Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 I read that thread. You didnt really insult him, but nor did he say something ignorant. If the thread is going to die, let it die. No point in keeping it afloat for two peope when everyone else has left it. It got dry and dead, woopy. basically, you two were wasting time and space with your back-and-forth antics. I support his decision to close it. And it wasnt censorship... Whatever. This isnt the place for this. If you wanna go at it, learn to use the PM system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Solar Posted January 9, 2003 Author Share Posted January 9, 2003 Oh! I just remembered one great thing about censoring! You know that *beep* you always hear when someone is cursing on tv? --> The way f.ex. South Park jokes around with those *beep*'s is absolutely hilarious!! It really makes you wonder what exactly those little guys say, since the "basic" dirty-words are not censored. Other than that censoring is like having your own private security guard stalking you 24/7 just to make sure you won't steal anything. I don't need to be controlled or watched over. I have a brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPY_jmr1 Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 I find it highly ironic that censoring was needed in a thread about censoring... carry on... and BUMP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJackal Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 The word you mentioned in your original posts are mostly walking on a thin line. "The S word" (i feel like a kid when i say it like that, so I'll call it Shiztnit) About 2 months ago the administrators and moderators had a big and long discussion as of which words should be blocked and which shouldnt be blocked. We decided that since we're a General audience forum we decided to think like TV. Go on a television series around ... 4pm (on an American Broadcaster). The words that are cencored by the network are cencored on this independant privately own volunteer network. Now for the words in which you refeer to the race of other people and religion of other people. That is quite simple. Those words are used a degenerative words (i hope i spelled that right). The whole 20th century people are using these small words. Words like gay, jew, nigger, koon, kraut, etc. These words are normal words that were used quite often. However, culture.... mostly American culture has made those words into insults. So calling someone gay or jew or koon or kraut or nigger is an insult because it is ment in a bad way. Judism is one of the oldest religion, but mostly because of the antisemetic feeling which arised during the 20th century people started using this word as an insult. If you ask me its just plain stupidy. Its a RELIGION! Whats wrong with your religion? Christian, Judism, Islam, Budism, etc. They are all the same. But ignorance in cultures has cause some people to fear or hate an other one. Because of uneducation. Uneducated people will hate them for no reason. Hence calling someone a jew, christ killer, etc. You name it and it was said. There's also the other gramatical word used for black people. Nigger. This term was used in a HUGE wide spread during the slavery years in America, and is still used because of poor education. Its a touchy subject, and if you started calling someone nigger in a mean way, it's viewed as you supporting segregation and slavery. So just dont use it, even if you mean it wrong. If your educated you SHOULD know well enough that going insulting people by race is just plain dumb and your asking to get beat up by everybody else. The 'newest fab in insults" in the word is Gay. Because homosexual people have been becoming more open lately mostly because the world has become much more liberal. However, people are homophobes. Just like people were scared of blacks during slavery or scared of jews and etc. Poeple are IGNORANT and UNEDUCATED. SO. People who use these words as insults are the dumbest people i know. Final. If I have insulted someone here by calling you a moron for using those words as insult, so be it. Tell me and I will ask for forgiveness. But if you do ask me to say I'm sorry for insulting you, i think you need to go back to school, look at history, look at the news, talk to those people who are jewish, black and gay. Find out they are just like you and then YOU come back here and say YOU are sorry to everybody on this forums. if this causes too much of a stir and flamming I will close this thread. I voiced my opinion because I am a strong opposer of these insults. I get involved in a lot of things in my community, mostly politics, but also in minority rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJackal Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 BTW, i changed your poll to good/bad because if you want to make a serious thread, dont use "1337" talk since a lot of people dont understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShockV1.89 Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 Oh, I dont use the word nigger at all, I'd get beat up constantly. I just dont think it holds the same meaning that it once did, which is a good thing, imo. (I just wish there wasnt such a hypocrisy on the part of certain members of the black community in insisting that white people not use the word in the same way they use it, but hey, diff. subject...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerfYoda Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 One of the problems of dealing with freedom of speech is having to hear things you dont want to hear? If we all want to keep the freedoms that we love we need thicker skin. It's that simple. I am quite against censorship. I should be able to say whatever the f*ck I want, and so should ya'll, even if I don't like what you're saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Glorfindel Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I think a good clean forum is a great way to attract people of all age groups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Solar Posted January 10, 2003 Author Share Posted January 10, 2003 I'm off to work now so I'll be brief. Thanks for editing the poll & typos, guys. Just one point: We live in different countries and cultures. Try going to Thailand, demanding the attention of all and start spitting on and ripping apart a picture of their Royal Family. Try doing the same with a Bush-picture amongst palestinians. My point? You figure it out. I'm already sooo late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunatic Jedi Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 The problem with the particular form of censoring used on LF is that it doesn't actually accomplish its purpose. Observe. **** you, you piece of ****. See, you know exactly what the words were that were edited out (it was f*ck and $hit, in case you somehow can't tell). I don't actually know how one might repair this, but I think it would help to point it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Solar Posted January 10, 2003 Author Share Posted January 10, 2003 Originally posted by Lunatic Jedi The problem with the particular form of censoring used on LF is that it doesn't actually accomplish its purpose. Observe. **** you, you piece of ****. See, you know exactly what the words were that were edited out (it was f*ck and $hit, in case you somehow can't tell). I don't actually know how one might repair this, but I think it would help to point it out. Oh FFS! Why don't you STFU and STFD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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