Apolyton Censorship

[Bkeela]

I can understand words like "****" or "**** " being censored, but "D I C K" is a name for crying outloud.

Plus, there is a bit of inconsistency, for example Hydey got away with this little beauty:

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</font>We would be a republic but too many dickheads voted against it
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And yet tonic's innocent reference to D I C K Smith in this post was stung:

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</font>I don't know about the coolest invention but the warmest one might have been invented by our whizz-kid **** Smith before he made his fortune in the electronics business. It was a toilet-seat warmer working on the same principle as an electric blanket, making that room the place to be on a contemplative winter's morning. Now why didn;t it catch on?
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What is so offensive about the word D I C K anyway? Most of us here actually have a D I C K, penis, slong, John Thomas, Mr Happy, or whatever else you wish care to call it actually attached to our bodies. So what's the big deal?

Bkeela.
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[tonic]

Good on ya, Bkeela. I had originally brought attention to the even more absurb case of the four letters beginning a name like Dickens (which at that time appeared as ****ens). Since then this was resolved but the four letter root seems to remain verboten.

I notice that the ruder "piss" or "arse" pass the autocensor
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[Bkeela]

Yeah, it's quite funny. I'm sure Ming isn't bothered, but I can well imagine MarkG or Dan going beetroot red at the thought of such things.

Bkeela.

[Comrade Dan]

Hmmm....Brits aren't up yet.

I ****ing hate the stupid ****ing Australian censorship. ****ing fascists.

FOR INSTANCE; watching Channel V (a F*X Network channel) I watch the Wheatus 'Teenage Dirtbag' video - which censors 'gun' but not 'ass' (referring to person).

And more importantly, hydey knows how to get around the stupid s<fkjdggksgfkvhs>hitty censors anyway.

[UltraSonix]

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</font>FOR INSTANCE; watching Channel V (a F*X Network channel) I watch the Wheatus 'Teenage Dirtbag' video - which censors 'gun' but not 'ass' (referring to person).
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Actually, practically all versions of song everywhere has that. It's the part of the song that refers to bringing a gun to school, which in the US is a very sensitive issue. It's not just an Australian thing.

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[Iain Lindley]

Yeah, here in Britain they bleep out 'can full of gas and a box full of matches' from 'Guilty Conscience'. Daft... the people the censors are trying to 'protect' are the very same people that actually know what's being said anyway. Down with censorship. Wankers!

[Seneca]

Arse bugger bollocks wank tosser knob!

Wahay! We Brits can swear all we want cos our swearwords aren't censored

[Snapcase on Snapcase]

What's wrong with the traditional american ones? D<iplodocus>ick, F<ruitcake>uck, A<merican psycho>sshole, B<urn in hell all sinners>itch, S<o it came to pass that>hit!

[Ming]

Moved from the OTF to the Apolyton forum, where it belongs...

Thread moved!

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Ming
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Ming@Apolyton.net

[Iain Lindley]

Fu<balls>ck censorship!
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[johnmcd]

Oooh, this thread says where it came from!

Thanks Ming, now I know where to go to fulfill all my sweary needs, perhaps.