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Hi, this is Ali, back from my holiday and a bit worried about the state of the forums. There's been a few bannings, of which a few of you are upset about, but a few ground rules need to be set.
Swearing, in any form is not allowed. This is a family forum (believe it or not) and we don't want young people coming on here reading foul language, or indeed, parents coming on here and seeing the kind of language that some of you post. The swear filter is there for a reason, and that's not for you to try and beat it with s p a c e s or 'quote marks'. If we find any swearing, of any kind, it'll be deleted, and you may be banned.
Being offensive to one another is something we will also not tolerate. As you all know, someone was banned last week (in my absence, I might add) for calling someone a dirty homo, or something like that. This just ain't acceptable I'm afraid. Just as bad is topics like the one saying things like 'so and so likes hairy men' - it might have been a joke, but some people don't have the same sense of humour as you, and din't find it funny. We're not saying stop having fun, but topics like that serve only to annoy.
Some people have accused us of favouritism in the past ie. certain people get away with saying stuff without a warning, and some don't. From now on, there'll be no swearing at all, BY ANYBODY on the site, whether you've been here a day or 3 years. Posts with swearing or offensive writing in them will be deleted, and depending on the severity of the post, will be warned/banned. This means everyone.
This shouldn't be hard to do, the vast majority of you are adults, or at least are mature enough to behave like civilised people. These are our forums, and you'll post on here by our rules, whether you like it or not. If anyone has any problems with this, let me know, but I'd like this to be a new start for these forums, with no stupid slanging matches between users, no *starring out* offensive posts and no deliberately getting people annoyed. If you've got something you wanna get out of your system, do it someplace else.
I hope you can all agree to these rules.
Swearing, in any form is not allowed. This is a family forum (believe it or not) and we don't want young people coming on here reading foul language, or indeed, parents coming on here and seeing the kind of language that some of you post. The swear filter is there for a reason, and that's not for you to try and beat it with s p a c e s or 'quote marks'. If we find any swearing, of any kind, it'll be deleted, and you may be banned.
Being offensive to one another is something we will also not tolerate. As you all know, someone was banned last week (in my absence, I might add) for calling someone a dirty homo, or something like that. This just ain't acceptable I'm afraid. Just as bad is topics like the one saying things like 'so and so likes hairy men' - it might have been a joke, but some people don't have the same sense of humour as you, and din't find it funny. We're not saying stop having fun, but topics like that serve only to annoy.
Some people have accused us of favouritism in the past ie. certain people get away with saying stuff without a warning, and some don't. From now on, there'll be no swearing at all, BY ANYBODY on the site, whether you've been here a day or 3 years. Posts with swearing or offensive writing in them will be deleted, and depending on the severity of the post, will be warned/banned. This means everyone.
This shouldn't be hard to do, the vast majority of you are adults, or at least are mature enough to behave like civilised people. These are our forums, and you'll post on here by our rules, whether you like it or not. If anyone has any problems with this, let me know, but I'd like this to be a new start for these forums, with no stupid slanging matches between users, no *starring out* offensive posts and no deliberately getting people annoyed. If you've got something you wanna get out of your system, do it someplace else.
I hope you can all agree to these rules.
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dctionary.com's idea of tw@t:
1) Vulgar Slang. The vulva.
2) Offensive & Vulgar Slang. A woman or girl
So, it's either a vulgar way of referring to female genetalia, or a vulgar and offensive insult.
A word like that has no place on a family forum.
1) Vulgar Slang. The vulva.
2) Offensive & Vulgar Slang. A woman or girl
So, it's either a vulgar way of referring to female genetalia, or a vulgar and offensive insult.
A word like that has no place on a family forum.
No comment from Mr. Snuggly yet
Hybrid Valves wrote:
> I'll have a photo of that he he!
*******
I'm sure that can be arranged.
> I'll have a photo of that he he!
*******
I'm sure that can be arranged.
Mr. Happy wrote:
> Hybrid Valves wrote:
> I'll have a photo of that he he!
>
> Just out of interest... were you giggling like a girl ("hee
> hee") or wheeze-laughing like a muttley/sweaty-handed-man hybrid
> ("hey hey")?
--
I was giggling like the dirty old man that I am. And in any references to whether this is vulgar or not I say that this is no more or less harmfall then having to view that Carry on Camping scene with Barbra Windsor every darn Christmas!
> Hybrid Valves wrote:
> I'll have a photo of that he he!
>
> Just out of interest... were you giggling like a girl ("hee
> hee") or wheeze-laughing like a muttley/sweaty-handed-man hybrid
> ("hey hey")?
--
I was giggling like the dirty old man that I am. And in any references to whether this is vulgar or not I say that this is no more or less harmfall then having to view that Carry on Camping scene with Barbra Windsor every darn Christmas!
Mr. Happy wrote:
> However, If everyone embraced these words into common usage, they
> would become less offensive.
True. I mean, just take 'bastid' (deliberately mis-spelt). It is a perfectly legitimate word with a properly defined and non-offensive meaning, yet for some obscure reason has always been considered swearing.
That was once taboo, but now you can hear it in many TV shows, and it has become much more accepted. Eventually, F and C will be the same.
> However, If everyone embraced these words into common usage, they
> would become less offensive.
True. I mean, just take 'bastid' (deliberately mis-spelt). It is a perfectly legitimate word with a properly defined and non-offensive meaning, yet for some obscure reason has always been considered swearing.
That was once taboo, but now you can hear it in many TV shows, and it has become much more accepted. Eventually, F and C will be the same.
Rosalind wrote:
> No comment from Mr. Snuggly yet
*
He's probably gone back on holiday until all this dies down.
> No comment from Mr. Snuggly yet
*
He's probably gone back on holiday until all this dies down.
Mr. Happy wrote:
> Hybrid Valves wrote:
> I'll have a photo of that he he!
>
> Just out of interest... were you giggling like a girl ("hee
> hee")
******
Homer Giggle.
> Hybrid Valves wrote:
> I'll have a photo of that he he!
>
> Just out of interest... were you giggling like a girl ("hee
> hee")
******
Homer Giggle.
Mystique wrote:
> Mr. Happy wrote:
> Hybrid Valves wrote:
> I'll have a photo of that he he!
>
> Just out of interest... were you giggling like a girl ("hee
> hee")
> ******
> Homer Giggle.
*****
Thats what I thought it was, now I know its a pervy laugh I just feel violated(sp)
;)
> Mr. Happy wrote:
> Hybrid Valves wrote:
> I'll have a photo of that he he!
>
> Just out of interest... were you giggling like a girl ("hee
> hee")
> ******
> Homer Giggle.
*****
Thats what I thought it was, now I know its a pervy laugh I just feel violated(sp)
;)
*thinks a bit*
BANANA HAMMOCK
BANANA HAMMOCK
Rosalind wrote:
> No comment from Mr. Snuggly yet
*****
You're probably going to have better luck getting a responce from him in the thread he did in life or movies...this one has just turned into a farse.
You could email him but I don't know if that will annoy him even more or not.
*Feels guilty*
> No comment from Mr. Snuggly yet
*****
You're probably going to have better luck getting a responce from him in the thread he did in life or movies...this one has just turned into a farse.
You could email him but I don't know if that will annoy him even more or not.
*Feels guilty*
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