Swearing...

**frogbeastegg** · 11-19-2006, 22:11

You quoted your answer when you copied over my words

We have a widely varied membership, consisting of many ages and cultures; many members have children. Therefore a PG language level is aimed at.

What offends one is harmless to another, and vice versa, all the more so when different cultures are meeting in the same place. M2TW may be rated 16, but RTW was only rated 12 in the UK. We have parents with young children who come and sit on their knee (or otherwise bother them) as they read our forums. We also aim for a courteous, mature atmosphere, and swearing spoils that.

I've never felt swearing to be any useful part of conversation anyway. There are so many more inventive ways of expressing those kinds of sentiments, and without dipping into crudity.

Interestingly, one of the stricter parts of the no swearing rule originated in the backroom, not one of the fluffy forums. That's the rule about blotting out the entire word with no letters left.

**ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88** · 11-19-2006, 22:43

Rated "T" Here, MTW2, for +13

Being 14, Almost 15 in a few months, I really don't mind Minior Swearing. With Minior, I mean Words like Hell (I am allowed to say that) and Dang. Poop is a rather strong word in my IMO,if you use it wrong, so is F.... and others. But minior swearing isn't bad when you use it in a Argument in a Civilised Way. Though You don't know if you got 8-10 year old kids reading these fourms with their Partents, it may be bad enough for the kids to ask their partents, about people shooting themselves in their nuts with a nailgun or something, and it worser for the kids to see the Letter F and MF all over the place..

**Beirut** · 11-20-2006, 00:59

There are a million forums on the net that allow swearing. The Org. is not one of them.

The non-swearing crowd are allowed their forums too.

**Kekvit Irae** · 11-20-2006, 01:24

One word: civility

**Banquo's Ghost** · 11-20-2006, 12:51

Originally Posted by Beirut

There are a million forums on the net that allow swearing. The Org. is not one of them.

The non-swearing crowd are allowed their forums too.

Precisely.

Swearing is offensive and unhelpful. I don't see that it has much to do with upsetting young people - it upsets me, and I'm ancient.

**Adrian II** · 11-20-2006, 01:24

Originally Posted by frogbeastegg

We also aim for a courteous, mature atmosphere, and swearing spoils that.

Voilà. The rule is sane and sensible in and of itself. Both young and adult members and visitors need to (learn to) be able to communicate without swearing, insults or rokxor interference because it makes this forum a much better place.

EDIT

.. and it improves one's spelling

**bamff** · 11-20-2006, 04:49

For what it is worth, I concur with the no swearing policy. As has already been said by members more articulate than myself, at the end of the day, the whole idea of this forum is to exchange ideas, suggestions, and experiences and not offend anyone in the process (or so it appeared to me).

Yes, it is true that swearing may not offend all - but it will offend some, and for that reason it should have no place here. In any case there's plenty of other ways to express one's views without stooping to swearing.

anyway that's just my crack brained view....