Disclaimer: I am highly offended by foul language. Please refrain from its use, or, if you must use it, please censor it.
I am afraid I have offended one of the site admins - I deleted a post of his from my previous blog due to the foul language it contained. Therefore, I am formally apologizing here for stepping out of line. However, an important question was brought up by this incident - what is the limit on bad language?Children do visit this site - people from 13 to 16 should not be exposed to R-rated language - but the general rule is worded "Do not swear excessively." This also goes for blog comments. But what is "excessive" swearing?The blog in question had already had two different people posting swear words in comments. The first one, I warned; the second, I removed. Two of certain swear words is enough to earn a movie an R rating here in the states - so are blogs allowed to go into R-rated territory?And what amount of control does a blogger have over the language others post in his blog? If a blogger (such as myself) objects strongly to foul language, should he not have some control over what language is found in his blogs? Can he not at least request that any foul language posted in his blog be censored? And what should be done about comments that contain such language?I've been working on and off on Lions of the Atlantic - correcting game bugs and fixing issues. Look for a release in a couple of weeks.
Ok, let me make it clear right now. Swearing. Is. Offensive. To. Me. In. My. Blogs. . Do. Not. Use. It.
Welcome to the Internet, where what offends you does not matter.
Welcome to my blog, where I can press the delete button beside each and every post.
Yes, now you understand. I can post, you can delete. That's the powers we have on the internet. I can't take away your power, and you can't take away mine. That's the basic idea. Glad to hear you're finally picking up on it.
Welcome to the Internet, where having a black and red avatar is frowned apon.
I'm very confused about bad language in English. So much people use them in public things like movies, internet, etc… But i didn't see any bad languaged words in a high-quality website like that in my country. ( or i saw some non-excessive at some places but not things like f***. )
In the way of culture, it is taboo. As such, it drives interest, whether it be for it or against, it gets publicity, and publicity can be used to make money. It's simple economics.
Swearing is prohibited in an offensive way. I'm going to clear that up in the rules. An example of offensive swearing is, as abacus said, "wow, your a fucking whinny PUSSY". This is against the rules, it is targeting a person using cursing. Swearing like "Oh fuck" or even randomly in no context "shit crap fucker" is allowed.
Victory.
Apparently, choice matters more to the moderators of this site than good taste, morals, or children.