The problem with the swear filter.

[Agathon]

Now I think it's reasonable to censor words like **** and ****, but the exclusion of one term is really getting pretty annoying.

And that is **** as in **** Cheney and **** Gephardt. Presumably the censoring of these men's names may lead one to think the worse of them.

Does anyone really call anyone else a **** anymore? AFAIK there are no five year olds posting on Apolyton. Calling someone a "Gephardt", in my view, would be to expose oneself to ridicule - as would be being offended by such a label.

So can we please have **** (as in Gephardt) back?

PS. Yes, I did just type out the asterisks.

[Nubclear]

****.

[Jaguar]

I can say bull**** without any autocensor workarounds, but not **** Gephardt.

[duke o' york]

Who is Dick Gephardt?

[DaShi]

Actually, it is F**k Gephardt.

[Agathon]

Yeah, it's really so funny when every couple of days we get the following exchange:

"....and **** Cheney said that the trade minister...."

followed by

**** Cheney

phhhhhtttttttt!!!!!!!


The filter should be changed, if only to prevent more occurrences of this silly joke.

[Skanky Burns]

I wouldn't mind Dick being de-filtered. If anyone is infantile enough to use it as an insult, well can't they just be punished for it?

People post articles about US politics, and anyone glancing at the thread will think the article is full of swearing.

[Stuie]

Maybe we should just call all the Dicks "Richard"...

or "John Thomas".

[Skanky Burns]

Doesn't help much with cut-n-paste articles though.

[Rasputin]

hmmmm well richard cheney seems like a much nicer name than *d*i*c*k cheney ...

[The Mad Monk]

That's all well and good, Rasputin, but what if we want to discuss literary greats like Charles Richardins and Emily Richardenson?

[duke o' york]

Bien dit!


Monk thinks Emily Dickenson's a literary great!

[Skanky Burns]

but what if we want to discuss literary greats

That part alone is worth

[ixnay]

HI

I CANNOT TALK ABOUT SCOOBY DOO BECAUSE '****' IS FILTERED

WHOOPS

LIKE HOW MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IS ****GY

OH CRAP

I know the owners have mentioned they're not going to unfilter it, but could they at least make it so shag is only filtered when used alone?

[Skanky Burns]

One of the posters here was named Shaggy. At least, until he got sick of his name being censored every time someone quoted him. I forget who he is now though.