Try not to swear.... fair play !.
It's a subject whereby its obvisouly offended some people of lately, hence why the subject has cropped up in a thread to all.
And I've propably been guilty of a little swearing by changing a few letters etc. And okay so from now on I'll moderate my responses before I post them. So hopefully I won't inadvertantly offend anyone else in future.
Problem is though, as in life, what's okay & accepable for one person, is unacceptable for someone else - Where does it end, and how do you start to implementing guildlines, because regarding them as to what is okay, what isn't due to each individual person reading is going to be difficult ?.
Yes there are 'moderators' on here to moderate, but I think one of the worries that people have is that is it going to start to feel like a 'big brother' on here if we have to start getting in line with 'draconian measures', which obviously could put people off, and then they leave.
We're all adults on here, and I think that if something is bothering you that you have a right to say on here that it has. However, like it has been pointed out, it isn't like you're chatting to an individual (unless PM's of course).
You're have right if your offended to say about it, but let's be honest about it, this is an open forum, and offending will happen on here every now and then, unless every post is screened before being posted, and let's face it, that's not going to happen.
And here's where problems will exist, no matter how good the 'moderators' / owners are at trying their best to keep all happy (don't probably get thanked enough by us all), there's going to be issues amongst us from time to time.
Like to think that we all have some sensibility on here, and we try to respect all. And I for one will try not to 'directly' offened anyone if I can, but I know that I may have already upset one or two 'indirectly'.
As for advitars, that's another area that's difficult to rule on what is okay & what isn't ?. There are some personal advitars that are on here that I don't personally like, but it's that persons choice to use that one, and I can ignore them if it's going to bother me that much. But then that's me, I can.
Let's face it, humour on here is a difficult one to judge, as in written form it doesn't always translate well !.
So.... where do we go from here on then ....?.
I'm sure this is one thread that will go on for some time yet (unless it's locked). Would be interesting reading other comments on here ?.
One last thing, if I have upset anyone with some slight swaring, then I appolgise to you public here on the forum, and will be aware of trying not to in future. But like I've said, we're all different, and we're all human (regarding me - just !).
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