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"The day Humour died"

23-09-02

Remember the date. This is the EXACT day when our thoughts have been strangled. The day a simple joke is interpreted as an all-out distasteless act of vileness. Some people on here say that "what about the average 10-year old who is reading it?". What, is this the same average 10-year old who finds fit these days to hang around in gangs, snarling at you if you walk past them? Oh, wait, maybe not, those people know what an outside life is. Just like YOU should. We complain about a border-line obscenity? I'm sure SR have better things to do than listen to miniscule arguments made by people feeling good about themselves at that particular moment.

And before you start I'm not saying all this because my name has been changed, I'm saying it because...quite frankly, you need to get a sense of humour. Don't whine about EVERYTHING, and if it doens't really offend anyone, then, again, don't complain.

Now, I'm finished, just like humour.

Someone's being a drama king.
Peace drama king.

Belldandy wrote:
> Swearing - fine, but what Snuggly has said extends to the arguments
> and insults that get chucked around here a bit. It's going to be down
> to individual SR staff members to decide if someone gets banned, which
> means it'll be inconsistent like it is at the moment. If they want
> clear rules, then make clear rules and stick them on the frontpage of
> ukchatforums.com.
>
> ~~Belldandy~~

Thats exactly what I was trying to say, but you put it so much better than I did.

Well...yes, you are correct.

Expletive Deleted wrote:
> Yea, but do you know how hard it is to be creative on a Saturday
> night? :D

Not too hard if it'll get you some lovin'

Goatboy wrote:

> What's the big deal?
> If anything, it forces you to be more creative in insults.

Yea, but do you know how hard it is to be creative on a Saturday night? :D

Swearing - fine, but what Snuggly has said extends to the arguments and insults that get chucked around here a bit. It's going to be down to individual SR staff members to decide if someone gets banned, which means it'll be inconsistent like it is at the moment. If they want clear rules, then make clear rules and stick them on the frontpage of ukchatforums.com.

~~Belldandy~~

No swearing.
Seems pretty simple, and we can all judge what would be suitable and what wouldn't.

What's the big deal?
If anything, it forces you to be more creative in insults.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> I had no problem with your name. As far as I'm concerned, you can't
> be the former without being the latter.

Twit for Tw@t?

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:

> How about "Expletive Deleted"?
>
> Or "Ex Del" for short.

That gets a 8.7/10 :D

Yep, we seem to have plenty of budding Mcarthy's on here at the moment....

Anyway, this is how I look at it, if you're going to ban swearing and ban people for having littel arguments, then what next ? Ban topics in life that are too adult ? What about pb's magic topic eh? Drugs topics ?

At the end of the day if someone is offended by a username or what someone says they can either; ignore it (after all it's someone you'l never see and don't care about) or say something back.

The whole thing is still flawed, look at Res, ges banned, come back, gets banned.......

Yeah, it's SR's forums, fair enough, but I don't think we should have to make it a kiddie zone. Why ? Children shouldn't be surfing the net alone, there are worse swear words on 12 rated films now, there is a heck of a lot worse kids can find on th net when left alone, and finally (as someone as pointed out already) most kids now are about as innocent as Sadam Hussein and can probably, if given the chance, outswear most of us straight.

~~Belldandy~~