Do Not Swear

And I would urge you to do the same: I said a PERCEIVED violation of the terms of use.

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Originally Posted by The Unnamable

You see, that's not what happened - which is why I said your response was irrelevant. What was the violation? The mod simply directed a comment at me; there was no violation.
I politely urge that you actually read the posts before making such statements.

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Gosh, you make things more complicated than they already are (it's just a simple misunderstanding), and now you want to make things worser than they are by telling Robin that he's not reading the posts (do you know how horribly offensive that is?)

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Originally Posted by The Unnamable

Digital Crash, you say, “It appears that in a way you are saying that swearing isn't bad”. Firstly, so what if I am? Am I not allowed to think differently about the use of such words, while at the same time accepting that I won’t be using them? Are our thoughts to be controlled as well as our actions? That is a very dangerous precedent to set and one you can learn more about by reading Orwell’s ‘1984’, especially in the sections relating to the concept of ‘Thoughtcrime’. However, the vagueness in your statement (‘It appears’, ‘in a way’) should alert others to the possibility that this is not what I am saying. I am happy to answer for what I have said but not for what it would be most convenient for your argument to assume that I had said.

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You're right, swearing isn't bad... but that's not the point, she's not telling you that swearing isn't allowed here because she thinks you'll swear, but she's saying that even though swearing isn't bad it's still not allowed here.

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Originally Posted by DigitalCrash

You're right, swearing isn't bad... but that's not the point, she's not telling you that swearing isn't allowed here because she thinks you'll swear, but she's saying that even though swearing isn't bad it's still not allowed here.

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She doesn't need to tell me, I know. However, the original discussion is simply reduced to a stating of the rules, which certainly does not help explore or develop it in any way. I think it's an interesting topic and one that deserves more consideration than that.

BTW your interpretation is contrary to Robin's. He assumes a 'perceived' violation on the part of the mod. You say that she's NOT telling me that swearing isn't allowed because she thinks I will swear (which implies that she didn't think this). Robin assumed that she DID perceive a violation. Personally I DON'T think she perceived a violation, which is why I still think all that is irrelevant. Would the discussion have been interesting in any way if, once the topic had been started, a mod simply said, "It's not allowed - end of discussion, next topic please."?

Here's a novel idea--ask Scher for the reasoning behind the posting. That'll clear up any confusion. And this is not a debate thread, this is an administrative notice thread. The Admin authored it, and would have no reason to dismiss it.

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Originally Posted by RobinHood3000

Here's a novel idea--ask Scher for the reasoning behind the posting. That'll clear up any confusion. And this is not a debate thread, this is an administrative notice thread. The Admin authored it, and would have no reason to dismiss it.

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I'm sure that's something we can all agree on.

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Originally Posted by Pensive

I am strongly against swearing, especially in a public forum.
Well, I will say that when I was 12, I came to know what **** meant and it created a lot of confusions in me. Now, I feel in a matter of a year, I have grown up a lot but still, it does not allow me to use strong words like **** or even words like b***s***

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Nobody wants YOU to swear, Pensive. You're a girl and too young, both of which would make swearing unseemly in you. Boys and adults are a different matter.

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Originally Posted by starrwriter

Nobody wants YOU to swear, Pensive. You're a girl and too young, both of which would make swearing unseemly in you. Boys and adults are a different matter.

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That seems a little sexist :\ just because girls are girls doesn't mean that they shouldn't swear. If they want to swear it's alright with me... but everybody has their opinions, and that's just mine.

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Originally Posted by DigitalCrash

That seems a little sexist :\ just because girls are girls doesn't mean that they shouldn't swear.

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Certainly it does and I don't care if it's sexist to say so. Young girls with potty mouth are extremely unattractive. Pensive can wait until she grows up before she decides whether she wants to talk like a sailor.

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Originally Posted by DigitalCrash

just because girls are girls doesn't mean that they shouldn't swear.

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True - another example of how patriarchy constructs gender.

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Originally Posted by The Unnamable

True - another example of how patriarchy constructs gender.

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If you think we live in a patriarchy, you must not be in a relationship with a woman.

I think Robin hit the nail on the head, Unnamable:

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Originally Posted by RobinHood3000

And this is not a debate thread, this is an administrative notice thread.

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The reason you got the response you did, rather than an open debate on the cause of free speech, is because this particular thread is not the proper forum for debate. If you want that, you ought to start your own thread and propose a discussion on free speech and authority. Any replies to this thread are generally assumed to be commentary on the No-Swearing Rule, not on the subject of swearing in general.

Your discussion style is very combative, which may be why you feel the responses you get to be personal attacks. If someone misunderstands you, you might try to give them the benefit of the doubt and calmly re-explain yourself, rather than getting angry with them. I'm sure no one here meant to offend you. Remember, a person can't misunderstand you if they don't first make an honest attempt to understand. Rather than being offended by a misinterpretation of your words, be honored that someone took time to consider them.

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Originally Posted by starrwriter

potty mouth

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What an interesting phrase. It equates verbal obscenity with excrement, while maintaining an element of the child in its language. I'm sure Freud would have had something to say about it.

And please don't take that the wrong way, starrwriter, I'm not being my usual objectionable self. I genuinely find it interesting.

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Originally Posted by starrwriter

If you think we live in a patriarchy, you must not be in a relationship with a woman.

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Do you blame me? ;)

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Originally Posted by emily655321

Any replies to this thread are generally assumed to be commentary on the No-Swearing Rule, not on the subject of swearing in general.

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Surely the former is a direct consequence of the latter?

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Originally Posted by starrwriter

If you think we live in a patriarchy, you must not be in a relationship with a woman.

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Star - That is a quote for the ages. I will remember that forever. And I will use it as often as I can.

Dear All,

Now that we have reinvented the wheel and concluded that:

a) Swearing is not allowed on this Forum,

b) This is NOT a thread to discuss whether swearing is acceptable in general but an annoucement thread posted by the Admin himself,

Please let's move on.

If you would like to discuss any of the issues raised here (eg language and swearing), please feel free to start other threads.

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Dear All,

Now that we have reinvented the wheel and concluded that:

a) Swearing is not allowed on this Forum,

b) This is NOT a thread to discuss whether swearing is acceptable in general but an annoucement thread posted by the Admin himself,

Please let's move on.

If you would like to discuss any of the issues raised here (eg language and swearing), please feel free to start other threads.

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Couldn't have said it better myself.

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Originally Posted by The Unnamable

What an interesting phrase. It equates verbal obscenity with excrement, while maintaining an element of the child in its language. I'm sure Freud would have had something to say about it.

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Freud was a dirty old man. And excrement IS obscene. Just look in your commode the next time you finish taking care of business.

Happy holiday, Unnamable, from the Scatological Humorist (me).

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Now that we have reinvented the wheel ...

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*Starrwriter rolls reinvented wheel around his apartment*
Look, Scher. It's so much fun to play with.

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Originally Posted by starrwriter

*Starrwriter rolls reinvented wheel around his apartment*
Look, Scher. It's so much fun to play with.

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*knew Og the Caveman would enjoy the wheel*

Merry Christmas, Starr!

;)

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

*knew Og the Caveman would enjoy the wheel*
Merry Christmas, Starr!

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Og the caveman has carved his first poem into stone:

He's making an ingredient list
And checking it once
To bake Ex-Lax cookies
For the old dunce
Santa Claus is running tonight

Merry X-Mas, Scher. (And leave plenty of toilet paper out for Santa)

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Originally Posted by starrwriter

Nobody wants YOU to swear, Pensive. You're a girl and too young, both of which would make swearing unseemly in you. Boys and adults are a different matter.

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Ummm.....Sir, Forum rules are as necessary for you to follow as for me. :p

When some one reads your post, the person usually don't investigate your AGE or GENDER, as long as your post does not contains any unusual data.

By the way, by your posts, I did not have the slightest idea that you were between 50-70, instead I used to think that you were somewhere between 80-90. :p *hehe, sorry, I was off-topic, gotta control my this problem from today*

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Originally Posted by Pensive

By the way, by your posts, I did not have the slightest idea that you were between 50-70, instead I used to think that you were somewhere between 80-90.*hehe, sorry, I was off-topic, gotta control my this problem from today*

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Behave yourself or Starrwriter will spank.

If starrwriter spanks and Pensive gives the word, Robin shoots.

:brow: http://www.websmileys.com/sm/violent/sterb043.gif

Robin, Sir starrwriter is gonna spank himself.

gosh darn it all you wipper snappers and yer dang good fer cow fodder shenanigins. oh heck, now you mad me curse: may the flees of a thousand camels infect yer arpits!!!

ahh, now that I got all the vulgarity out of my system time to post. besides I just loathe all those @#$%&*% that @#@$% swear, damn sons o #$%#$%#!!! :D

Ihemmm, *raise eyebrow*

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Originally Posted by Nightshade

Ihemmm, *raise eyebrow*

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er...yesh??? :D

Manners, pulls out umberella and raps stans knuckles manners!
;)

garr, but I ba @#$@ blood thirsty #@$%%@# pirate! :D
Oh vell, even I are not that fowl. :D

fowl?!
http://www.rupert-fish.co.uk/photos/...uinea-fowl.JPG
:lol: ;)

indeed...with orange sauce...or maybe gravy... :D

who in the world is Barbosa. do you guys have a secret posting world Iam not privileged to enter? whaaaaaaaaa

pirates o the carribean, he is the mutineer who took over the black pearl.

oh aye so that's it is it.
well yo ho ho and a bottle of lite rum I be sneakin up to that cut throat and tyin him up and hoisting him up up up
then I be putting the black pearl in my purse and runnin like de wind so he don't get me. garr it be a beauteous black parl. mine all mine, that is unless you be wantin it dastardly stan to replace that tooth yer first mate shoved out?

garr, it be gold or nuthin fer me lass. :D

oh aye I fergot ye are a higher class pyrate. in that case I be keepin that black parl and makin me way over to a jewry shop. I be too tired to roam the seas as I must be back to make me scurvy family dinner. so I be stealin the best gold and bringin it to ya dastardly stan. oh and I be grateful if you kin visit me in jail afterwards. I need to keep up me rum.

Dear All,

This thread has been posted by the Admin as a reminder about Forum Rules and related discussions. Please post in other threads such as Live Chat for daily conversations.

Thank you! :)

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Dear All,

This thread has been posted by the Admin as a reminder about Forum Rules and related discussions. Please post in other threads such as Live Chat for daily conversations.

Thank you! :)

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sorry m'am. :D

aye lassie will do