Thread: Swearing

Originally Posted by dogmatix

Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Me So Horny - YouTube

The quotes in that clip are modern classics

Originally Posted by gimp

People should be smart and mature enough to censor themselves.

You place too much faith in people Perhaps some guidelines?

if you wouldnt say it in front of your mum or grandma or son daughter nephew, why put it in a post , esp the title

Originally Posted by ANTSMAN

if you wouldnt say it in front of your mum or grandma or son daughter nephew, why put it in a post , esp the title

I swear like a trooper (work at sea ) and have no issues with reading it - but I agree with the above

Originally Posted by Spanners

I swear like a trooper (work at sea ) and have no issues with reading it - but I agree with the above

Same here or used to anyway

That full metal jacket clip was gold,havent seen that in years

gimp and Antsman have it I reckon.
Doesn't read any near as well as when spoken.

No issues with swearing at all and voted to keep it out of titles but i fear that all that will happen now is people will open threads with swearing in them and once again be offended, then what? maybe another poll!!
Just maybe there does need to be a smiley with an x over its mouth to warn the sensitive.

I got to the party late...

My 0.2c - I quite like the relaxed, colloquial nature of the forum thus far. It is a welcome departure from some of the cry baby hurt feelings stuff I have observed on the other forum, where there was a double standard in moderation. Personally, I'm not offended at all by swearing and I don't think we should gag people to appease some member of the public - if you don't like it, don't look. There are many forums on the internet with much, much lower standards, but as long as the bad words aren't directed at other forum members in an offensive manner, then I say no worries. We are all big boys after all and no matter what we do there will always be the "sandle wearing" element hating on us. YMMV