Should C*nt be Removed from Word Filter?

[Glori.B]

Pretty funny stuff but I didnt choose it, dear. It was given to me. But you knew that.

LOL honestly i didn't know, but i suspected as much... i just couldn't give up the opportunity for a good laugh!

 

[Ravi]

i never use that word, but i would never want to censor anyone either... it's nice when people stand up against the use of such vulgarity toward women, but ravi is right. and i agree with whoever said it only empowers the term to create a special protection against it. so i'm going to vote yes and then i'm still never going to use the word anyway... even with a "k"! lol

Stick around, Glori...Ravi is always right.

 

[dilloduck]

LOL honestly i didn't know, but i suspected as much... i just couldn't give up the opportunity for a good laugh!

Laughing is the best medicine. I see it as my duty to use humor from time to time lest we all take ourselves too seriously.

 

[Shattered]

Stick around, Glori...Ravi is always right.

Or at least frequently on crack often enough to believe her own delusions.

 

[Glori.B]

Stick around, Glori...Ravi is always right.

LOL







as if

 

[Glori.B]

Or at least frequently on crack often enough to believe her own delusions.

actually, for the record, she is very smart AND very humble.

 

[Shattered]

actually, for the record, she is very smart AND very humble.

Obviously, she's sharing.

 

[Glori.B]

Obviously, she's sharing.

yeah, i'm just teasing... i usually agree with her on just about everything...

 

[dilloduck]

yeah, i'm just teasing... we usually agree on just about everything...

Well stop it--it's boring !!

 

[Glori.B]

Obviously, she's sharing.

oh, did you mean she was sharing the crack?

i never do crack this early in the morning, silly.

 

[Glori.B]

Well stop it--it's boring !!

i could always disagree with you instead!

 

[dilloduck]

oh, did you mean she was sharing the crack?

i never do crack this early in the morning, silly.

And you thought Dildo duck was funny ? Sharing the crack is a bit out there too don't you think?

 

[Glori.B]

And you thought Dildo duck was funny ? Sharing the crack is a bit out there too don't you think?

thanks for the laugh!

have a good day...

 

[Gunny]

I say remove it, remove the entire word filter. People are just going to misspell their way around it and if we must have vulgarity, at least we don't have to be offended by atrocious spelling.

Censorship only serves to empower hate speech and to erode free speech.

As for the chivalrous and/or sexist men on board who wish to keep the the word banned, I appreciate your noble attitude towards women but I'd much prefer you let us have a president instead.

A couple of things ...

1. This is a privately owned message board. You have no right to freedom of speech. The privilege begins and ends with the site owner's desires.

2. Censorship, strictly defined for the purposes of this topic serves to REMOVE rather than empower hate speech. As previously mentioned, when enforced, the rule was any attempts at misspelling one's way around a censored word would get you banned.

3. Women don't deserve a President. Blacks don't deserve a President. "We the People" deserve a President rather than being forced to choose between Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee.

 

[manifold]

It's rather sad that it takes a sick fuck like you to understand.

Stop it Gunny, you're making me blush.

 

[manifold]

I don't disagree with people just because I don't like them...

Indeed. Rather, you dislike people simply because you disagree with them.

 

[Gunny]

Before anyone starts squealing "foul" (ahem - manifold) I was asked by a member to change their vote.

 

[dread]

Before anyone starts squealing "foul" (ahem - manifold) I was asked by a member to change their vote.

I'll cop to asking for my vote to being changed. I accidentally voted 'no' when I read the question incorrectly. I dont think the word is any different than all the other vile words out there.

 

[Abelian Sea]

I voted "no," it should not be removed from the filter.

I like how unfiltered this board is, but I find it strangely charming to have one off-limits word, kind of like finding a sliver of etiquette among a barbarian tribe, or an exception to a spelling rule.

And I think that word is a good candidate for this symbolic banning (and it really is only symbolic since the full "don't dance around the filter" rules aren't being enforced). I have heard nearly every vulgar/hateful word out there used in a friendly, joshing manner in some instances. Not that one, though; every single time I've heard it said to or about someone, it was clearly meant to be hurtful and/or hateful. Every time I've heard it used to refer the bit of anatomy that it actually denotes, it was clearly meant to be purely licentious and/or shockingly vulgar.

It epitomizes the kinds of words a civil message board proprietor would want to ban. It is an excellent effigy to toss to the filter.

 

[007]

Gold Member is based on a previous owners donations received.. There were different levels of membership. Quite a few of us have it, if we choose to get rid of our taglines.

At least you can. I don't know why, but that module to input your tag line is gone in my control panel. I asked Gunny about it a long time ago and he couldn't figure out why it was missing. Maybe the new owner can?

Back on topic, I voted yes. I don't c*nt is any worse than fuck. As a matter of fact, I don't think it's as bad. Just my opinion.