Help Us End the R-Word

[3894]

Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

Incidentally, why are swear words censored on LOT? Since it clear that circumventing the censor is allowed, why even censor?

I always assumed that it has to do with LoTers reading from work.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

Incidentally, why are swear words censored on LOT? Since it clear that circumventing the censor is allowed, why even censor?

I believe it's to get around censors that may be in place at LoTer's places of business. We generally don't give a fücking sh¡t about cursing, but sometimes Big Brother does. I'm sure an admin will correct or elaborate.

[Alex]

Because swear words look naughtier when censored.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I went through this a short while back with "That's so gay."

In one of my morphing novel/screenplay thingies, one of my characters makes the point that much of the evil that men do would disappear if it were stigmatized as gay. E.g., "The president wants to invade Iraq? What a fag."

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

"The president wants to invade Iraq? What a fag."

No thanks, we don't want him.

[3894]

And so my kind - nay, noble! - request ends with a mind picture of GW Bush bending over to pick up the soap.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by 3894

And so my kind - nay, noble! - request ends with a mind picture of GW Bush bending over to pick up the soap.

Not with a bang but with a whimper, eh?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

a visual snowclone

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

Because swear words look naughtier when censored.

That's true: I don't notice them when written normally, but put in a couple of asterisks, and they stick out like a sore thumb

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

That's true: I don't notice them when written normally, but put in a couple of ****, and they stick out like a sore *****

That's so true.