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gear79
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15. January 2006 @ 10:36 |
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i see gwendolin has gotten a lot more back up by getting this thread re-opened.
see gwen, we support you !! lol
anyway, the members that are not mods can help out the mods in various ways. after all, at any given moment, how many mods do you think are online and at the same time?
we as members come to the aide and serve as mini-mods (so to speak)
ok, enough babbling...
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15. January 2006 @ 12:01 |
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Weazel200 said: How could anyone ban you Bruce. Your one of the oldest dudes here.
BTW, who are those 2 people in your sig.
Lethal_B is correct. They are 2 of my granddaughters. The one on the right turned 5 years old, yesterday.
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gear79
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15. January 2006 @ 12:48 |
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wooohooo... happy b-day to her then !!!
got some beer over there, i'm on my way !!
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15. January 2006 @ 12:53 |
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hi gear79 i see ye need some beer.............
 
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andmerr
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15. January 2006 @ 14:58 |
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well i guess some of us cant control our selves where the expletives are concerned and as its such a common thing these days does any one really wonder that it is becoming a more common occurence within the posts.
The filter is probably the best solution for the short term but there has to be a more long term solution put in place as it really shows a lot of us in a bad light for condoning such language .
@doggy_bot: i see you havent learnt from your last visit here.Guess your not 12 yet and would have a slightly more mature outlook on things......o'well maybe in yourt next incarnation doggy_bot3
@ every one else who see's this kind of language as appropriate, think you all need to go and wash your mouths out with soap and water.We really do need to have a bit more constraint with how we deal with each other...........
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15. January 2006 @ 15:14 |
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@ every one else who see's this kind of language as appropriate, think you all need to go and wash your mouths out with soap and water.We really do need to have a bit more constraint with how we deal with each other...........
Hehe, sounds like something my nan would say. But at the same time, dead right. We don't need to swear in the forums; We just post in these forums - we don't own them, the finnish Admin team do. And they have laid down the rules -
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6. No foul language, insults, personal attacks or otherwise rude messages.
So, really, nobody has the right to swear, not at all. But it generally gets let off. The reason is, If everyone was banned for swearing, there'd be half the members currently active because people feel they have the right to abuse set rules. Games forums is worst for swearing and personal attackt. With the exception of a few, it is pretty much a nursery (kindergarden) in there...
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15. January 2006 @ 15:50 |
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Definition
There has always been great difficulty in defining profanity. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission, in response to complaints about a 1973 broadcast comedy routine by George Carlin, called: Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television, ruled that such language could not be broadcast at times of day when there is a reasonable risk that children may be in the audience. The Supreme Court of the United States upheld this act of censorship in 438 U.S. 726 (1978). Despite this definition, people from every race, class and level of education swear. Seventy-two percent of American men and fifty-eight percent of American women swear in public. Most researchers consider these numbers to be in line with other populations; swearing is not restricted to Americans.
Profane words with multiple meanings
Some words are profane or vulgar in one context but completely acceptable in another. Some examples of this might be the word ?damn?, a relatively mild swear word that often in a religious sense is completely acceptable. Likewise, the word "b@@tard" can be a mildly profane insult, but was formally used as a term for a legal status, and is presently used for odd-sized machine parts; the latter two uses are acceptable. Or, the words ?a@@? and ?b@@ch? can also be considered profane swear words, meaning: ?a fool? and ?a lewd woman?, or the meaning of the word ?a@@? as that of a donkey, and the meaning of the word ?b@@ch? as a female canine.
History
Terms of profanity have historically been taboo words, while others, primarily racial or ethnic epithets that can be considered part of hate speech, have become increasingly taboo. Psycholinguistic studies have demonstrated that profanity and other taboo words produce physical effects in people who read or hear them, such as an elevated heart rate. The offensiveness or perceived intensity or vulgarity of the various profanities can change over time, with certain words becoming more or less offensive as time goes on.
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15. January 2006 @ 22:03 |
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im gonna have to support gwen side on this one, i myself used to use foul language (not too often though) and many people find it offensive, the use of language in the forum, it is one thing to use some sorts of words such as a$$ but its another to use F***.
not only is it offensive to people, they do not like to have to read through swearing for whatever their reasons may be... i myself think that the moderators are doing a fine job keeping the swearing to minimal, but they cant do it without your support, so please keep the potty mouth for your friends outside the forum or in the pms or something but not in the public eye please...
just adding my 2cents...
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andmerr
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15. January 2006 @ 22:33 |
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i think we have all had our say and this threads going no where...
Isnt it time some one took thast fateful step and shut this one down before it gets uglier that what it is now
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15. January 2006 @ 22:38 |
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i guess so...
Doggy_Bot, i'll say one last thing, i've not been harsh with you, even in private chats with mods i've been constructive about you, but i shouldn't have wasted my breath.
And to anyone that thinks it's ok to use foul language in threads... I'll be back :)
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