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Posted by flashman on Mon May 3rd at 2:16am 2004

cocky?? (See US/Coalition thread)

Why not "cocky"?

"cocky" is a perfectly innocuous word meaning "self confident" or something similar, and not synonymous with "knob-like" as is implied by the use of asterisks.

This kind of thing makes me livid - feeling we have to pander to the over sensitive. Who, in God's name, could be offended by the word "cocky"? And if anybody is, why should we care?

I'm all for polite speech, good manners and so on, but when it all boils down there are only two "proper" swear words in English that can shock, and one of those doesn't...much. Besides which, "f*ck" would probably offend the easily offended every bit as much as it would if it was spelled out in full.

Or am I over reacting?





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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Mon May 3rd at 2:23am 2004

The filter isn't context sensitive. To it, you're not saying "c**ky," you're saying "c**k" with a y running into it.

c**kgreasdfyyrerasy isn't a word, but the same thing applies there. [addsig]



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Posted by Skeletor on Mon May 3rd at 2:41am 2004

peac**k [addsig]



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Posted by flashman on Mon May 3rd at 2:52am 2004

Oops! So I see.

Why edit, though. If the edited version conveys the same thought as the unedited version, what difference has it made?

Editor test

Where is Sc**thorpe?





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Posted by fraggard on Mon May 3rd at 2:56am 2004

Probably for the kids around who don't know what it could mean? (Word Censoring always turns out strange in the end).



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Posted by Cassius on Mon May 3rd at 2:58am 2004

Suck my twelve inch c**k.

Nah, it works.





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Posted by flashman on Mon May 3rd at 3:01am 2004

? posted by Cassius

Suck my twelve inch c**k.

You have a midget cook?



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Mon May 3rd at 3:10am 2004

Gee Lep, ever heard of freedom of speech? You f**ker.





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Posted by Jinx on Mon May 3rd at 4:23am 2004

[meh i'll not be an ass for once]





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Posted by Cassius on Mon May 3rd at 4:39am 2004

? posted by flashman
? posted by Cassius

Suck my twelve inch c**k.

You have a midget cook?

Peac**k that is.





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Posted by Kain on Mon May 3rd at 6:14am 2004

Talking without swearing, that's so (f**king) constipated. Fortunately the swearing filter doesn't erase all the word. So it's not very hard to guess what word starts with "f" and ends with "k-e-r"



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Mon May 3rd at 6:30am 2004

? posted by Jinx

[meh i'll not be an ass for once]

I want to know what you were going to say! Something mean no doubt.





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Posted by Leperous on Mon May 3rd at 10:11am 2004

cockpit works fine though you'll be pleased to know



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Posted by Orpheus on Mon May 3rd at 10:38am 2004

? posted by Leperous
cockpit works fine though you'll be pleased to know

did you chose that to be? or is it some randomized thing?

cockpit, although a reference to a planes control area, could be construed as a perverted mesh of penis and snarkpit.

anywhos, it has always been my opinion, that any word that has been substituted for another, becomes that word, with all of its connotations, so darn, equals damn, and pee is the same as piss,as well as gosh darn is as bad as god dammit..

placing astrix in place of letters, dilutes them not one iota.

in all fairness though. i would care little to see endless juvenile profanities, so its truly a no win situation..

[addsig]



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Posted by $loth on Mon May 3rd at 10:45am 2004

Orph, you always confuse me , but i think i sorta know what he's going on about. its just being childish, you don't have to swear when posting a messege. [addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Mon May 3rd at 11:00am 2004

Ok now I am going to tell you to shut up again



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Posted by scary_jeff on Mon May 3rd at 11:46am 2004

? quote:
placing astrix in place of letters, dilutes them not one iota.


The idea is that if you already know the word, you can still read the sentance the word is in, but if you are a kid who doesn't know the word, you can't be taught it by this site. If you have never heard the word f**k, then there are loads of different things that f-*-*-k could be.



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Posted by Leperous on Mon May 3rd at 12:16pm 2004

The point is more to stop over-use of such words...



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Posted by Orpheus on Wed May 5th at 2:06pm 2004

? posted by Leperous
Ok now I am going to tell you to shut up again

i may have taken the scenic route in asking, but it was a serious inquirey..

what sort of process is involved with corralling cuss-words out of a post?

i mean, its not picky, asshole slips right thru, and its far and away worse than cocky..

i was just curious, it was not intended as an inflammatory reply.

[addsig]



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Posted by Biological Component on Wed May 5th at 6:28pm 2004

----> <----This one doesn't get any asterisks...






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