Why no swearing or flaming? Because I (or anyone else here, for that matter) don't want to have to scroll through endless pages of insults and offensive language.
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Why no swearing or flaming? Because I (or anyone else here, for that matter) don't want to have to scroll through endless pages of insults and offensive language.
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Anyway, what could swearing achieve that you can't do with normal words? It hardly takes any effort.
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I'll just second this as my two cents on this subject.Originally Posted by Marcellus
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It would be different if people could be relied upon to swear creatively ...
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Vulgarity is a sign of poor vocabulary and a lack of maturity. We all are tempted from time to time, but vulgarity used frequently is a waste of time and boring as well.
When someone swears at you the first reaction is to respond in kind and I have gone through forums where there are post after post of this silliness.
Bear in mind that most people when they post, are not in a screaming frenzy of outrage. They choose to use vulgarity as an alternative to actually thinking and that in and of itself is enough IMO (In My Opinion) to justify the policy. If your entire range of expression consists of using vulgarity then how exactly do you express degrees of upset at someone? Its lazy and boring.
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Re: Why this policies on flaming and swearing?
We have a no swearing policy because it's about as conducive to good discussion as a frontal lobotomy. Aside from that we are also a PG-13 board,which is the rationale behind several of our other policies; the ladies in the Babe thread are substantially less naked than they could be for example.
As for why patrons aren't allowed to flame each other-this is a discussion board, not CS. If you really want to give someone a piece of your mind, talk to them on ICQ, rather than harrassing people who wish to post constructively.
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I agree with the policy of no swearing, etc.
Swearing should be reserved for the "vocal" outburst when angry at someone you are looking at, and then it is still not right.
Once you are actually typing, it loses it's impact and better reasoned words should be used.
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Ok i see that nobody answered my other question, but if the reaction will be like this, then well close the topic.
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