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I just noticed that the word ***** gets censored now. interesting that the F word doesn't or even the hated R word.  any other words that get starred out and why 5 stars not 4? you could prob do a funny extranormal vid about the meeting where this was agreed, i ain't got the time unfortunately.

fwiw I sometimes read blonde on one screen while my daughter plays toontown on the other so this is a good thing imo but certainly not a big deal either way.

check...............?

not before time i hate passive play

I noticed that in you PXF leakfinder video ;)

lol............... yeah - not often!

trust me it gets worse on the bubble - just hoping AJK figures its the bubble or im in for super abuse!


i love the hang with the Q6hh at the end of part 2!

Scunthorpe

test

I was unaware there was a filter on.

News to me guv.

I blame Kinboshi

lol its been on 2 yrs plus

*****

I sent it in a PM the other day, it came up as ***** but when i checked my outbox it came out as, well you know...

Yeah, it came through as *****

 ;D

did it really? it looks like it should in my outbox...

*****  *****  ***** *****   *****  Ironside


just testing

What is the R word?

Thanks for clearing that up Guy.

That's pretty weird form of censorship.

The R word is censored but the N word isn't.

Who chose these? And why?

should be allowed to say retard especially for bad beat topics etc, this retard called me blah blah blah. nigger is always going to be abusive and nasty though.

yeah we call everyone retards. shortened to tards usually.

pleno its not acceptable in this country

if you want to use it move to the usa please

*****

moving in jan :)

untill then pls dont use the word

and even after then pls dont use the word on this forum

i know its common on the net and in poker as the USA have
many more players than the UK, and alot of people in the UK use it,
its not an acceptable word to use in the UK

Surprised the N bomb is still there,as for the R word it doesn't offend me but each to there own etc

yeah let's not have the retard argument again. been done to death. i personally think it's fine but try and refrain from using it on here as i know it can cause offense to some people here.

If the R word is banned then so should the N word the P word and several others.

I don't think the C word offends anyone does it?

We haven't gone through a whole host of words that might be deemed offensive.  Instead, it's been left to the mods to deal with when any offensive or abusive language is used.  A number of people had mentioned that they were uncomfortable with the use of *****, and Ironside has explained the problem with retard.

Part of the problem is context and usage.  Anyone using racially offensive terms will probably receive a suspension as we have zero-tolerance towards this.  When someone uses an offensive word to flame another member, then it steps over the line of what's allowed.  Sometimes words that can be offensive in one context are more acceptable in another situation.

On the whole, wide-scale censorship of certain words hasn't been required, blonde is a combination of being policed by individuals themselves or by their peers - and then if that doesn't work, the mods step in.  The censorship of ***** was done off the back of a number of members saying they weren't comfortable with its use.

Personally, I'm not offended by any words in isolation.  It's more the sentiment and intent that I can find offensive.  Others view the subject differently.  We have a wide range of members and I'm a member on some forums that don't allow any swearing, whereas on others it's completely open-season.  Blonde gets it pretty much right (imo), but I'm sure others will disagree. 

This is the sensible approach.  If I'm in the pub with mates, then swearing during conversation is usually fine and expected.  If I'm in front of a new client, I tend to refrain from swearing at all for obvious reasons.  Word usage changes over time and each generation treats words differently and finds different things offensive.  Some of the terms used by my Dad for example (who's 80 this year) I'd never use (generally considered racist terms now), whereas he finds other words that are now used on the radio and on TV before the watershed as offensive.

not in any rational way though

It was Ironside.

As Cf said, we've had this debate before.  The use of retard in American English as a derogatory comment aimed at someone doing something stupid appears to be acceptable, whereas it isn't seen as acceptable in British English - although it does seem to be acceptable to the younger generation in the UK (well, at least the younger ones on here - don't know about the population in general) who have been exposed to American English a lot more, probably due to the internetz.

except that it is. boring argument. we all know that like many, many words, most of which are not banned on here, retard is only offensive in context. banning a word because it's a bugbear of ironside's is laughable as everyone can see

Really?  Seems that many still think that the use of the word (in the context we're talking here) is unacceptable:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=retard+acceptable+use+in+british+english

"A BBC survey in 2003 ranked "retard" as the most offensive disability-related word, ahead of terms such as spastic (not considered offensive in America)"  That's back in 2003, so it's not quite current but not a million years ago.  (Unfortunately, the survey results are no longer on the BBC site).

lol. can we also ban the most offensive food-related word?

I've tried banning sprouts but have never been able to manage it.

FYP

The asterisks look like little sprouts and are clearly mocking me.

Diet???

I missed the retard debate, can we use lagtard and tagtarded?

Compounds obviously derived in part from the word retard. Obv pretty important poker words.

Either ban all offensive words or none please.

nah, pretty sure kendall told us all tard words were banned a couple of years back

WHO?

Why?