Quote:It's also about practicality, common sense, and how far down the rabbit hole do you wish to go?

 

Well it's about principle as well.  Me personally, I really don't care what someone has to say or how they say it.  My point is that the rules should apply to everyone.  In the case of this very thread, a member got a warning and/or suspension for breaking a rule.  The fact of the matter is that the justification for the rule is only applied in certain cases.  The justification is that this is a "family friendly" message board, yet as I outlined before there is discussion (openly) about using an illegal substance by not only members, but mod/admins as well.  How is that "family friendly"?

 

The discussion then focuses on the profanity filters and/or the "veiled profanity" rule.  A term is thrown around not only by our foreign members, but the foreign mod/admin as well.  A simple google search of the term brings up exactly what the "meaning" of it is which is a derogatory term.  It would be considered "profanity" in our version of the English language, yet it's not filtered and the use doesn't draw a "warning".

 

I could use terms in a different language that mean something derogatory, yet literally they translate to something that wouldn't be.  This is supposed to be a "family friendly" message board, but the term "family friendly" seems to be very selective and subjective.  You can't use a common term that describes flatulence, but you can use a term that is derogatory towards women as long as it's in a different language.

 

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