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Unofficial Mac Genius
Now that Admin has eliminated the word "suck" from the filtered words list, let me say a little bit in defense of him. No, I'm not "switching sides", but I'm just trying to clarify my position and why I brought up this topic.
NOWHERE in my argument did I use the "U.S. Constitution" to support why I think that the two words should be uncensored. In my opinion, the U.S. Constitution really has no place here on the boards because it IS Admin's board. And to be honest, without trying to offend anyone, I think it's a little ridiculous to hide behind an idealistic document.
The argument I was using was common sense, nothing more. 1) The word had a common usage. 2) The potentially "offensive" word has lost it's edge, and has now become common usage. 3) No one, even Admin, objected to the fact that I was evading the censorship, and thus there is no reason to censor the words.
These arguments go for both the word "suck" and the word "p" "i" "s" "s". I'd still like to see "p" "i" "s" "s" uncensored.
However, I do not want Admin to be called a dictator and a dirty Republican and all that stuff. I'm glad that Admin understood what I was trying to say and eventually took "suck" off the censored word list. While I did say before that Admin was acting a little like a dictator, it was because I was angry when he apparently was reading this thread but did not take any action. Now that he has taken some action, I see that he isn't a dictator.
Guys, the comments about Republicans v. Democrats should be taken to another thread. This isn't about Admin's views. It's about Admin's censorship. I objected to the censorship of the word "suck", and I STILL object to the censorship of the word "p" "i" "s" "s". I still want Admin to take it off the list. That's it, plain and simple.
I hope that clarifies some things. If we are taking a "vote", I am still for the censorship of the blatantly offensive words (like "suck", but changing the "s" to an "f"). I just don't want common words to be censored (like "p" "i" "s" "s").
NOWHERE in my argument did I use the "U.S. Constitution" to support why I think that the two words should be uncensored. In my opinion, the U.S. Constitution really has no place here on the boards because it IS Admin's board. And to be honest, without trying to offend anyone, I think it's a little ridiculous to hide behind an idealistic document.
The argument I was using was common sense, nothing more. 1) The word had a common usage. 2) The potentially "offensive" word has lost it's edge, and has now become common usage. 3) No one, even Admin, objected to the fact that I was evading the censorship, and thus there is no reason to censor the words.
These arguments go for both the word "suck" and the word "p" "i" "s" "s". I'd still like to see "p" "i" "s" "s" uncensored.
However, I do not want Admin to be called a dictator and a dirty Republican and all that stuff. I'm glad that Admin understood what I was trying to say and eventually took "suck" off the censored word list. While I did say before that Admin was acting a little like a dictator, it was because I was angry when he apparently was reading this thread but did not take any action. Now that he has taken some action, I see that he isn't a dictator.
Guys, the comments about Republicans v. Democrats should be taken to another thread. This isn't about Admin's views. It's about Admin's censorship. I objected to the censorship of the word "suck", and I STILL object to the censorship of the word "p" "i" "s" "s". I still want Admin to take it off the list. That's it, plain and simple.
I hope that clarifies some things. If we are taking a "vote", I am still for the censorship of the blatantly offensive words (like "suck", but changing the "s" to an "f"). I just don't want common words to be censored (like "p" "i" "s" "s").
