[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Zippy

I hope you mods are gonna start leading by example with the swearing ban?

I dont think I have sworn on the main forum for a year or so now

(Waits for someone to prove me wrong)

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I dont think I have sworn on the main forum for a year or so now

(Waits for someone to prove me wrong)

it wasn't specifically aimed at you but we all that know mods swear on here. Which I don't have a problem with because I think its a legit part of expression...gives your point that extra oomph sometimes. But its not fair to impose rules on members that mods themselves don't abide by.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Zippy

it wasn't specifically aimed at you but we all that know mods swear on here. Which I don't have a problem with because I think its a legit part of expression...gives your point that extra oomph sometimes. But its not fair to impose rules on members that mods themselves don't abide by.

Well said man.

[Kerry]

But we can swear so long as it's not filtered? I know bastard and twat aren't though know you could argue that they are in the English dictionary

I think moderate use is fine. Just don't aim it as an insult at anyone and I wouldn't see a problem

For instance "Some twat wasp stung me today" - fine

"I think *member* is a total twat" - not so fine

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

But we can swear so long as it's not filtered? I know bastard and twat aren't though know you could argue that they are in the English dictionary

I think moderate use is fine. Just don't aim it as an insult at anyone and I wouldn't see a problem

For instance "Some twat wasp stung me today" - fine

"I think *member* is a total twat" - not so fine

Its not the actual swearing, its the breaking of the filter. Putting one letter in a word in italics so it doesnt get...as stu so nicely put it earlier...snowflaked

Though I think being called a twat is a lot worse than half the stuff that IS filtered :S

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Its not the actual swearing, its the breaking of the filter. Putting one letter in a word in italics so it doesnt get...as stu so nicely put it earlier...snowflaked

Though I think being called a twat is a lot worse than half the stuff that IS filtered :S

Ahhh get you. I wonded how a few words filtered actually got through. I'd seen itallics before but they'd actually appear as itallics

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Zippy

it wasn't specifically aimed at you but we all that know mods swear on here. Which I don't have a problem with because I think its a legit part of expression...gives your point that extra oomph sometimes. But its not fair to impose rules on members that mods themselves don't abide by.

Ah ok

And yeah, obviously its not fair to infract someone for doing something that you do yourself

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Zippy

it wasn't specifically aimed at you but we all that know mods swear on here. Which I don't have a problem with because I think its a legit part of expression...gives your point that extra oomph sometimes. But its not fair to impose rules on members that mods themselves don't abide by.

They don't break the swear filter though. Swearing is okay. It's having the letters displayed on screen is the problem.

Yeah, I know.