I don't find taffer particularly offensive, though if I had never played a Thief game (which luckily I've played the first one and a bit of the second), and english was not my first language, I may miscontrue what is being posted and understand it as an insult. The problem with using **** etc , etc when frustrated is that it shows a general lack of any converstation skills. I'm sure that if I can post a reasonable paragraph, without resorting to this type of inflammatory posting, then anyone can. There are many more articulate ways to show frustration and other emotions.

As a side note I'm sure you're allowed to use @#%$^! etc, because I've seen this mentioned somewhere. And there is a smiley available that displays this text: