Does my signature, or the 'S word' offend anybody here?

**Stig** · 11-22-2006, 18:18

Aye if I use this word f***, you know what I mean. If I call you a c*** you know what I mean. This is just as offensive as anything else, personally I prefer swearing to be censored into this: %$#@

**Kekvit Irae** · 11-22-2006, 18:38

Partially censored words are still a no-no in the Guides forums.

Originally Posted by frogbeastegg

The org has a strict no swearing policy, and it will be enforced here with an iron fist. We have a widely varied membership, consisting of many ages and cultures; many members have children. Therefore a PG language level is aimed at. If *s are used they must blot out the entire word with not a single letter left, or they will be treated the same as an uncensored word.

Enter the Guides forum and swear at your own risk. I WILL be watching.

**rory_20_uk** · 11-22-2006, 18:58

That is the most beautiful picture I've seen in a long time - so sweet!!!

[Topic was dull and self evident]

**MSB** · 11-22-2006, 19:30

Read this

**Martok** · 11-22-2006, 20:46

I'm personally not bothered by swear words, but the simple fact is that we do have kids that visit the forum. Now while I'm sure that most (if not all) of them are well aware of "naughty" words, there's no reason why they should be exposed to them more than necessary....and it's certainly not necessary in a game forum.

In addition, the less swearing there is, the more civil and pleasant this place remains. The Org is easily one of the nicest and most genteel forums I've ever come across; and I, for one, would prefer to keep it that way.

**ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88** · 11-22-2006, 21:19

If you break the rules, you get punished. Like me, I swore several times, and I got warnings. Although, I said s***, and I didn't say the whole word, and I still got warned,and I fought with Mith about it, makes no sense, but still Dave.

**Mount Suribachi** · 11-22-2006, 22:26

The Org has, since before I joined, had a certain culture. That culture was based in large part around mature, respectful and intelligent posting. Posts were meant to be articulate and readable. Lack of grammar, poor spelling, incorrect capitalisation, ignoring of punctuation, these were all things that were against the culture of this forum. The release of RTW saw an influx of new patrons who went against this culture, but the ones who've stuck around have kinda been assimilated by the collective

Swearing comes under the heading of "Against the culture of The Org". Swearing does not promote reasoned, intelligent, articulate discussion. No-one thinks you are big or clever for swearing.

FWIW, I have had one post edited for (very mild) swearing. But you know what? I didn't post a big wah about how terribly I'd been treated, the mods are evil, yadda yadda yadda. I accepted what the mod had done, accepted that, by a rigorous, exact interpretation of the forum rules I had over-stepped the mark, and got on with life.