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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.

If your going to allow Scouse Tw@t his user name then are we all allowed to go around saying that word?

Mystique wrote:
> er-yes wrote:
> Just don't swear.
> ******
> I'll try but its gonna be hard


*

Just have a bar of soap handy.

er-yes wrote:
> Just don't swear.

Define swear for me please

er-yes wrote:
Just don't swear.
******
I'll try but its gonna be hard

i'll say Rosalind said it would be OK.
:0)

well, as long as Snuggers is OK with it.. :-D

HálloHowArtThou wrote:
> would you mind if i keep it?

Personally I don't care, I have never reported anything as offensive before, but what if some n00b (hope thats not offensive) girl sees it and gets all PC an you?

I agree with you on that one Rosalind and Mr R - that name should not be allowed.

On the bit about posts being offensive - it is tough ground because what is offensive to one person isn't neccessarily so to somebody else - I had this argument with SHEEPY and a few others a few weeks back when he posted a topic which to me was extremely offensive but others were laughing about. I said my piece (without swearing) and didn't push the report this post button.

As Snuggy said - it comes down to using common sense in the end. There is a difference between posting something which can be seen as on offensive personal attack and something that is potentially offensive against somebody elses beliefs or sentimentalities.

er-yes wrote:
> Oh.. come on Mystique.. You know I am always trying to have a go with
> you.

*****
I know, its just so unfair!
*Crys*
;op

Mystique wrote:
> I bet Ali is smacking his head against the desk right now.
> *Pats Ali on the head*
> Aww

Exactly what I was trying to say.
But really. Just don't swear.

I don't mean to be causing loads of hassle.
I just don't want to get banned
and I do find that user name offensive