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PlayStation Home censors choice offensive terms
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article published on 29 December, 2008
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sony PlayStation Home virtual world uses a severe filter that censors choice "offensive" words.
The problem however is that some of the words that are filtered don't make much sense. A few of the censored words include "Jew", "Christ", "gay", "lesbian", "bisexual" and most other terms relating to homosexuality.
At its most ridiculous, the ... [ read the full article ]
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Globe08
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31. December 2008 @ 18:59 |
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unfortunatly for the religous folk there are nuts like Jack thompson out there in the public eye running their mouth saying stupid stuff like "god is waiting to punish take-two"
[url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/208475/jack-thompson-god-is-punishing-gta-distributor-take-two/][/url]
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DRokKer
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1. January 2009 @ 14:23 |
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yes this is a forum, and yes religion can kiss my shiney metal ass!
dude dont be that provocating, there are religious people like me that are disturbed by these kind of comments(im catholic).
dude, if my comments disturb you dont read them, i will say what i think in a public forum. i care not if you are catholic or a jedi or an atheist. dont try to censor people.
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1. January 2009 @ 14:46 |
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Originally posted by DRokKer:
i will say what i think in a public forum. i care not if you are catholic or a jedi or an atheist. dont try to censor people.
Saying what you think doesn't mean anything goes. If you need censoring then you will be censored.
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1. January 2009 @ 14:58 |
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Originally posted by DRokKer:
yes this is a forum, and yes religion can kiss my shiney metal ass!
dude dont be that provocating, there are religious people like me that are disturbed by these kind of comments(im catholic).
dude, if my comments disturb you dont read them, i will say what i think in a public forum. i care not if you are catholic or a jedi or an atheist. dont try to censor people.
Ture, if a person dose not have a think skin to brush off most of the absurdity of life they might as well be a child because they act as one.
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1. January 2009 @ 15:01 |
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Originally posted by DRokKer:
i will say what i think in a public forum. i care not if you are catholic or a jedi or an atheist. dont try to censor people.
Saying what you think doesn't mean anything goes. If you need censoring then you will be censored.
Without a doubt but what about the whining that comes from neither bad nor highly annoying statements?
I guess it all falls under the guise of trying not to go off topic.
And yes I know I am in the OT gutter....why do I always wind up in teh gutter =0-o=
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1. January 2009 @ 19:35 |
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Originally posted by Paladore:
Well, in not for censorship but come on, it is needed. There are alot of children who play games and when im playing xbox live almost every time i play there is some jerk on there droping f bombs or other insults to someone else. I don't think i've ever hard the word fag or gay so much in my life than when im playing halo3.
I hate to burst your bubble but most the games that those children are playing online are usually rated 17+.
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1. January 2009 @ 19:52 |
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Originally posted by Paladore:
Well, in not for censorship but come on, it is needed. There are alot of children who play games and when im playing xbox live almost every time i play there is some jerk on there droping f bombs or other insults to someone else. I don't think i've ever hard the word fag or gay so much in my life than when im playing halo3.
I hate to burst your bubble but most the games that those children are playing online are usually rated 17+.
Kids have been talking sht amongst each other since forever.
Now its just more annoying than ever....
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1. January 2009 @ 21:12 |
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yeah this gives them a larger megaphone
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Globe08
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5. January 2009 @ 09:33 |
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Originally posted by spiesfan:
yeah this gives them a larger megaphone
Im guessing from a kids perspective they hear the stuff online think its cool and use it. Also keep in mind its a way for kids to be defiant and have no consequences,im not condoning it just saying.That way they can tell somebody twice their age to "suck it" or what have you and the only thing the recipient can do is ignore it or get pissed and go back and forth with the kid which i think is the desired response.
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9. January 2009 @ 18:45 |
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Originally posted by Globe08:
...... or get pissed and go back and forth with the kid which i think is the desired response.
exactly
which is why ignore and report for banning is the only acceptable response
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as to the "censoring of religion", it should be as offensive to a Christian (someone who looks to Christ to save them)to see a Catholic (someone who looks to Mary to save them) or a Muslim (someone who looks to Alla to save them) being censored as it is to be censored themselves (AND VICE-VERSA)
There has always been "fanatics" in what ever group is formed, be it religious, political, or even sports (Have you been to a hockey or soccer game lately?) the most extreme of which results in deaths of themselves and/or others (even sports riots have resulted in deaths)
censoring shouldn't be done to "what" is said, but rather HOW it is said. The bible tells us to build up, not to tear down so censor anything said to tear down to encourage the building up of others.
so you should be trying to say "Go TEAM" not trying to goad the other team.... you catch more flies with honey than vinegar, so too, you will attract more followers by gently pointing out flaws of current beliefs than by blowing yourself up because you want 77 virgins
just make sure that, whatever group you align yourself with, they don't censor what you are allowed consider.... because that is the definition of brainwashing, preventing contrary ideas to insure a result
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good day, and don't forget to read your Bible
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9. January 2009 @ 19:08 |
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forgot to mention
any system that censors by blacklist can be defeated by just going ALPHA-BRAVO... the old radio words used to ensure a message was recieved exactly as planned not some homophone equivalent
since many words have similar sounding words the static on radio made it hard to be sure what was intended to be said.... the radio alphabet, ...Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Foxtrot, X-ray, Zulu etc.... was used to spell the intended word, insuring an exact transmission
now days I often use DOT COMercial to tell others about a web page on a site that zaps off site addresses so "afterdawn.com" becomes "afterdawn DOT COMercial" and the same can be done for the vulgarity
only way to stop it is to limit the phrases to be transmitted, like toontown does, but even there you could spell what you want to say using initials of the phrases, assuming the other person understands you are using initials to spell
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