Those Crazy CeNsOrEd

[JoeDude]

Just a message to let ya'll know. I will be moving out of my residence and into a hotle for the next 5 days. I will then Board a plane in Incheon, go to Seattle (where We'll be layed over for 4 hours), and then to Minneapolis / St Paul, then to Kansas City where we will be picked up by my parents and I will officially be out of the Army. We will spend 6 weeks with my parents and then off to Birmingham UK via KCI to Newark to Birmingham. So you may not see much of me over the next few days. In case we get jacked or something unpredictable happens, Take care all and hope I see you soon!

[X11]

You could give us flight numbers and such so if somthing does happen we can cancel the return party and turn it into a funeral.

Hopefully that wont happen, one of my rather close internet friends has already killed himself this year.

All sarcasm aside (apart from the suiside comment)
Good luck with the flight!

[JoeDude]

I made it and live in England now...

[Calum]

careful! those english don't like americans much (in fact they aren't keen on anybody really)

[JoeDude]

I've actually had a great time so far...though it might just be that English urge to be polite...hmmmmmmmmm

[Calum]

well, i neve experienced any of that when i was living in england, but that may have been a london only thing.

by the way, and this is kind of a question for void main, how come people are allowed to say "CeNsOrEd" in their usernames and in the titles of profiles? i would have thought that's a pretty shocking swear word!

edit: and in the body of their posts too!

[Void Main]

by the way, and this is kind of a question for void main, how come people are allowed to say "CeNsOrEd" in their usernames and in the titles of profiles? i would have thought that's a pretty shocking swear word!

edit: and in the body of their posts too!

I figured you would find the word "American" more offensive. Just kidding. :) Actually, where I come from this is borderline and I am not sure it would actually qualify as a swear word. If it is offensive to you or you believe it would be to people in your area I will certainly take care of it and ask that it be changed. I want to be as fair as possible. It's much easier when someone is completely over the line than it is when people like to walk right down the line, especially when it's nearly impossible to make the line sharp and narrow. Again, if it is offensive in your parts of the world I have no problem asking that it be changed.

[JoeDude]

If you're offended, I could just as easily change to Joedude. To me a CeNsOrEd is just a fatherless son. To use it in the context of American CeNsOrEd is my way of conforming to many's belief about Americans in particular. It is meant more sarcastic than reality.

[Void Main]

Personally, I do not find this one offensive (although I am sure grade school teachers would prefer that their students not use this term so...). Now if it were prefaced with "f'in'" then that certainly would be over the line. But like I said, things that are offensive in one part of the world might not be offensive in another part. If it really is offensive in other parts then I appreciate your willingness to change it. Wait for Calum's call though. I think he's just making a point about the word censor though. :)

[JoeDude]

LOL!!! I wonder if he looked at the date on this post???

To be completely honest, I never made this name to offend. If you can imagine, I served in the military for 15 years. CeNsOrEd was not by any deffinition, considered a swear word. I certainly din't make it with the intention of being borderline. It actually never occurred to me as it was my login on many other forums, yahoo messenger, msn messenger and AIM. It is also the name on many of my email addresses, with the excetion being my professional email. If anything, It was kind of an adjective

I was just curious though. Although I have been inactive here for quite a while, I am no new member to your forum. Why ask this question now? Although the potential for it to be offensive is obvious.

[Void Main]

I was just curious though. Although I have been inactive here for quite a while, I am no new member to your forum. Why ask this question now? Although the potential for it to be offensive is obvious.

The last few messages in this thread are how it became an issue:
viewtopic.php?t=1783

Calum happened to say a few words that were caught by the phpBB built-in word censor and was curious why CeNsOrEd wasn't in there. I think it's not in there because if you look it up it says nothing about it being a vulgar word:

http://www.answers.com/CeNsOrEd&r=67

Yet if you look up a word that I believe is on the innocent side of swearing (in my part of the world) it is listed as a vulgar word and caught by the word censor:

http://www.answers.com/oops

So like I said, I don't have a problem with it but if the word does happen to be vulgar in other parts of the world and is offensive to people that may visit then it might be an issue. I don't really believe that to be the case though. As I said, I think Calum was just trying to make a point.

[JoeDude]

ahhhh I see now!

[Calum]

well, i actually expected you to say that, although i haven't been to north or south america, and have less idea of current culture than residents would. yes, though i have to let you know that in britain, CeNsOrEd is right up there with oops, CeNsOrEd, CeNsOrEd and CeNsOrEd. i wasn't just making a point about the swear filter, i was genuinely surprised that CeNsOrEd is notable by its omission at being censored. also, i don't think american CeNsOrEd should have to change the name himself, i think the swear filter should do it for him.

for example, my msn login name has a swear word in it (yes i know there is a lot wrong with that statement, but not all of my friends have non msn chat accounts, and anyway how is siding with AOL or yahoo any better than using msn anyway?) and on another forum (where i am a moderator!) the forums actually put asterisks into my msn name in my profile! those intrusive CeNsOrEd!

i actually did think that CeNsOrEd is an ok word to use in your living room void main, because to get to your living room i would have to fly right into your territory, same as by flying into australia you are virtually flying into a country where you are expected to swear while exchanging pleasantries (from my experience).

as to the date, the reason i never mentioned it before is because i myself personally don't actually care about swearing. now i am very conscious that i have hijacked not one but two threads that were about totally unrelated things to swearing, so i am really sorry about that and i do want to stress that for me, it's a huge non-issue but just to let you know void main, yes people who may get your site in their english living rooms will probably be highly offended by the word CeNsOrEd (no word of a lie), though in my opinion life is too short. this is probably true of a lot of words though, which is why i think you are facing a losing battle. for example i heard that in some parts of the US crap is offensive! that is ridiculous! here it's considered about as offensive as the word pants.

while i do try not to offend people with my language and i am completely capable of not swearing, my personal opinion of people who take things like this to heart (without devoting any of their attention to real problems like poverty, bigotry, fascism and corruption) is... fsck 'em all!

and i'm sorry if i offended anyone by saying it!

edit: fscking hell voidmain! i just noticed that some of the swear words i use as examples in this post don't get flagged by your swear filter! i didn't expect that, but i will leave them in because this way you can see which words might cause an issue in the future. also, i suspect the possibility of impressionable young minds visiting this forum in the next couple of hours before you read this is slim.

[Void Main]

yes, though i have to let you know that in britain, CeNsOrEd is right up there with oops, CeNsOrEd, CeNsOrEd and CeNsOrEd.

I did not know that and thanks for pointing it out! As you can see I added a lot more words to the word censor. :) It certainly doesn't catch everything and it's easily gotten around by changing the spelling but I will just ban people who change the spelling to get around the word censor. After all, it's in the signup rules. If you see anything else that it missed let me know and I'll add the words. I guess now that I know in britain CeNsOrEd is offensive I need to ask American CeNsOrEd to change his name. I'm usually not the type to get overly sensitive about this kind of thing but I really do want this to be a place that GNU/Linux people of all ages and all parts of the world can come and not get offended. I know that's an impossible task but I can try.

P.S. I am not *nearly* this politically correct in real life.

[JoeDude]

Awwwww I thought it would be kewl if I saw American CeNsOrEd. If I change over to Joedude, can you exchange my account credentials???