Hey, let's keep the profanity down!

[Rhino]

Rhino: Hey, let's keep the profanity down!
Freecers: HUH?
Rhino: I mean it! No swearing!
DoctorDoom: That eliminates all speech for most of the forum members.

Paraphrased from Angels in the Outfield, of course.

Seriously though, although some colorful language may sometimes be helpful in stressing some points, I would appreciate it if we could tone it down a bit. It seems to be getting very prevalent lately, and I really don't want it to become a norm around here, and that includes creative spelling as a veiled masking attempt. I'm not talking about an outright prohibition, but rather requesting a little restraint. Thanks for your cooperation.

[DesertFox]

Yeah, Wyatt

:D

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

:thumb: Not a problem with me, boss, :smirky:

[Suzie]

:thumb:

[DoctorDoom]

Sounds %#$*$^%^$ good to me, #@%$%@%# it!

[garlicguy]

Aye, aye, Cap'n!

[Neil Peart]

You @#$%ing got it, you ol' @#$%!

[PrezLeefun]

Ok. No prob. Poor Wyatt.... this will feel like ban to him.

[DoctorDoom]

&$%@#*#-A right!

[ColonialMarine0431]

*Polishes Halo*

[Wolfcounsel]

Can I say "poophead", or "you big doo-doo!", or "darn it to heck!"?

[Rhino]

:lol: Sure, go right ahead.

[Wolfcounsel]

"It seems to be getting very prevalent lately, and I really don't want it to become a norm around here, and that includes creative spelling as a veiled masking attempt." --Rhino

So, if I say something like "Madagascar! I cannot believe how low the cheese book can go! It makes any sane person want to trim a little spoke from his coelocanth!", that is veiled language?:evilgrin:

[TeenageRepublican]

To believe this all began with Media Matters...

[Neil Peart]

To believe this all began with Media Matters...Can you fill me in on what went down? I probably already know this, but just gimme a refresher.

[Teenager]

This is something that I've spoken out on before. Let's not forget what Ephesians 4:29 says,

"Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear."

[PrezLeefun]

*Polishes Halo*

Oh No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rotflmbo: thats a crock of bull ca ca. lol:rotflmbo:

[Wolfcounsel]

I see this forum quickly heading for the P-C pile. I say leave well enough alone before all who are left are the silver-tongued wonders. This is not veiled language.

We have plenty of colorful posters, all with magnetic personalities. I think it would be a complete waste to see this forum pander to the P-C crowd and the sensitive skins. The draw it has will disappear in an instant.

[UnkHiram]

I see this forum quickly heading for the P-C pile. I say leave well enough alone before all who are left are the silver-tongued wonders. This is not veiled language.

We have plenty of colorful posters, all with magnetic personalities. I think it would be a complete waste to see this forum pander to the P-C crowd and the sensitive skins. The draw it has will disappear in an instant.

I dont consider myself thin skinned and I am NOT a member of the PC Crowd, however I dont think it is that much to ask that the language be toned down bit. Particularly when it is being used by the children that are on this board.

[Wolfcounsel]

"I dont consider myself thin skinned and I am NOT a member of the PC Crowd, however I dont think it is that much to ask that the language be toned down bit. Particularly when it is being used by the children that are on this board." --UnkHiram

The first part is for others to decide. About "children" posting other than school language, I believe the registration age should be raised to 18. That is for the owner to decide. I do know what will become of the forum if the P-C crowd and the tenderskins, and those concerned about children here, get to run the board. I still say, the way it was before the thread that started it all, was great. I know if this bothered me like it does you, I would go somewhere else, or go about my non-internet routine.

[Teenager]

I see this forum quickly heading for the P-C pile. I say leave well enough alone before all who are left are the silver-tongued wonders. This is not veiled language.

We have plenty of colorful posters, all with magnetic personalities. I think it would be a complete waste to see this forum pander to the P-C crowd and the sensitive skins. The draw it has will disappear in an instant.

Toning down the language is not P-C, but rather consider that it is Biblical, for that is what it truly is.

[UnkHiram]

I do know what will become of the forum if the P-C crowd and the tenderskins, and those concerned about children here, get to run the board.
I believe the Phrase was "Tone down the Profanity"

I still say, the way it was before the thread that started it all, was great. I know if this bothered me like it does you, I would go somewhere else, or go about my non-internet routine.

Wolf
This is a great board, that is why I have been a member of it for years. The recent coarsning of the language concerns me, So I objected. Excuse me but I dont turn tail and run because of something that offends me anymore than you do. Instead I work to correct the problem as I see it.

[Suzie]

I think we just heard from who gets to run the board ... didn't we? He says knock it off and he pays the bills, I can confirm this first hand.

[Wolfcounsel]

"I think we just heard from who gets to run the board ... didn't we? He says knock it off and he pays the bills, I can confirm this first hand." --Suzie

He said, "I'm not talking about an outright prohibition, but rather requesting a little restraint."

I guarantee you the P-C crowd and the tenderskins here will clamor for more restraint.

[Suzie]

I haven't seen anyone do that. We agreed with Rhino's request.

[Wolfcounsel]

"I haven't seen anyone do that. We agreed with Rhino's request." --Suzie

I'll give you a billion to one. Within a couple of weeks, some more whining.

[Suzie]

Well someone is always whining :lol: or they are whining because someone else is whining.

[Wolfcounsel]

A whine in response to a whine is an impossibility with conservatives, but not with liberal parents and their children.:thumb:

If I told someone to go chew a prune, could that be taken as a whine? Not referring to anyone in particular, heh heh.

[Suzie]

Maybe ... but some people like prunes. :D

[PrezLeefun]

Somehow I feel that the purpose of this thread (an order to all of us BTW) has been defied with almost every post in it.


Not that I am whining. lol

[Wolfcounsel]

"Somehow I feel that the purpose of this thread (an order to all of us BTW) has been defied with almost every post in it." --PrezLeefun

I haven't used a single cuss word throughout the whole thread, grasshopper.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:um: Rhino's making a good request. We should also be careful with images. Sometimes I log on to FC during my noon break, & I'd hate for my employer to block it because of foul language or certain images (like in the "Best Album Cover Design" thread).

[PrezLeefun]

1. I said "almost every post..."

2. Defied doesn't have to mean using profanity, but challenging the rule set by the owner can count as defying the rule.

[PrezLeefun]

I do have question though, does this extend to the Flame Wars section of the site, where some of the language is downright appauling and excessive?

[The_Elucidator]

Ya'll can take some lessons from this young lady in Christmas Vacation!

Ruby Sue: Rocky bit my thumb. He's nervous.
Clark: Nervous or excited?
Ruby Sue: Shi**in' bricks.
Clark: You shouldn't use that word.
Ruby Sue: Sorry. Shi**in' rocks

[Wolfcounsel]

"I do have question though, does this extend to the Flame Wars section of the site, where some of the language is downright appauling and excessive?" --PrezLeefun

OOH! Me! Pick me! Let me whine about that. I think Biblical language would not do good in Flame Wars. Might as well shut it down.

[TeenageRepublican]

Can you fill me in on what went down? I probably already know this, but just gimme a refresher.

It was Media Matters that decided to write a article complaining about Jon Caldera's colorful language. It was me who started a thread about it. Who's more guilty?

If you say I am, I'll sue your a... butt you little... cock-a-doodie poop-head. There, I tried to clean it up.

[Neil Peart]

If you say I am, I'll sue your a... butt you little... cock-a-doodie poop-head. There, I tried to clean it up. You failed.

[Wolfcounsel]

"If you say I am, I'll sue your a... butt you little... cock-a-doodie poop-head. There, I tried to clean it up." --TeenageRepublican

That's "rooster-a-doodie", TR. <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[Elgalad]

"Oh, Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge....."

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1147/cstorylgti1.jpg

(oops.)


-Elgalad

[Wolfcounsel]

Don't even try maternalfudger either!:punish:

[TeenageRepublican]

"If you say I am, I'll sue your a... butt you little... cock-a-doodie poop-head. There, I tried to clean it up." --TeenageRepublican

That's "rooster-a-doodie", TR. <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

Thank you for correcting me. I don't want to offend the blacks...er...the African American people on this board either...

[PrezLeefun]

WTH does a cock have to do with African Ameri....... oh nevermind.







Fried chicken..... I am talking about fried chicken

[TeenageRepublican]

Give African Americans watermelon and fried chicken and they will be distracted for about 36 hours.

If you give Mexicans watermelon and fried chicken, they will build a house for you.

If you give Whites watermelon and fried chicken, they will make documentaries blaming America on why they're fat.

[Elgalad]

Give the Gunny watermelons, and you might want to get under cover.

Quick.

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/3969/mailcallimagexk5.jpg

"Fire in the Hole!"


:patriot:


-Elgalad

[BarryC]

I'm with you on that. I was surprised when I first read some profanity in these forums. I guess I had assumed that it wouldn't be allowed. I'm stuck hearing it at work except from my one Christian co-worker. I work for a Marriott, and profanity is supposed to be not allowed, yet everyone uses it, from the General Manager on down. That sucks.
Rhino: Hey, let's keep the profanity down!
Freecers: HUH?
Rhino: I mean it! No swearing!
DoctorDoom: That eliminates all speech for most of the forum members.

Paraphrased from Angels in the Outfield, of course.

Seriously though, although some colorful language may sometimes be helpful in stressing some points, I would appreciate it if we could tone it down a bit. It seems to be getting very prevalent lately, and I really don't want it to become a norm around here, and that includes creative spelling as a veiled masking attempt. I'm not talking about an outright prohibition, but rather requesting a little restraint. Thanks for your cooperation.

[DeclinetoState]

"Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear."<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->If we were to abide by that instruction, most of us would have nothing to say.

Neither would most of the Democrat(ic) presidential candidates.

Nor some of the 'Pubs, sad to say.

[jayson]

We have plenty of colorful posters, all with magnetic personalities.

Wyatt's posts wouldn't be anywhere near as entertaining, that's for sure. :sad:

[Incident_command]

Trust me, that dude won't miss a step.

[Wolfcounsel]

"Give African Americans watermelon and fried chicken and they will be distracted for about 36 hours.

If you give Mexicans watermelon and fried chicken, they will build a house for you.

If you give Whites watermelon and fried chicken, they will make documentaries blaming America on why they're fat." --TeenageRepublican


As a sensitive, sugar-coated posterior owner, I have to whine that TR's post is politically incorrect, and it makes him a big silly meany!

[TeenageRepublican]

Shut up you lint-licker!

[TeenageRepublican]

Al Sharpton has just called and he said that I was a racist.

Well, I'm being sued apparently. But I want you all to know that I found Jesus through all this. He's a good guy. Just don't say border patrol around him...;)

What is wrong with me?

[Wolfcounsel]

"Shut up you lint-licker!" --TeenageRepublican

What in the devil's inferno is a lint-licker, carpethopper?

[Suzie]

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[Wolfcounsel]

Uh, I still do not comprehend.:question:

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

:roar: Suzie

That commercial always cracks me up, :smirky:

[Wolfcounsel]

Does that woman say "you son of a biscuit-eating bulldog"?

[Lazarus]

Gee Whillikers, Rhino... And Jimminy Crickets...:ooo:

[Wolfcounsel]

"WTH does a cock have to do with African Ameri....... oh nevermind." --PrezLeefun

That's very stereotypical! You think African Americans raise roosters all the time or what?:punish:

[Rhino]

So, if I say something like "Madagascar! I cannot believe how low the cheese book can go! It makes any sane person want to trim a little spoke from his coelocanth!", that is veiled language?:evilgrin:No, I mean stuff like "fuk".

[Rhino]

I'll give you a billion to one. Within a couple of weeks, some more whining.Let them. I'm not trying to turn this into a church session. I'm just asking for a little common courtesy.

[Rhino]

I do have question though, does this extend to the Flame Wars section of the site, where some of the language is downright appauling and excessive?Not really, no. I don't want things completely unbridled there, but the rules are definitely relaxed.

[Rhino]

It was Media Matters that decided to write a article complaining about Jon Caldera's colorful language. It was me who started a thread about it. Who's more guilty?Not you, because that isn't what started it. I've been thinking about this for many weeks.

[Eagle1]

this has been a fun one to read.
i cant recall doing something of that nature in my posts, I am sure I have at some point, but it really aint my style.
it dont bother me to read other people doing it, but I can see how some people may prefer to not see it.
But Rhino said it...... so let it be written

[Wolfcounsel]

"Let them. I'm not trying to turn this into a church session. I'm just asking for a little common courtesy." --Rhino, about future whining

Good. But the next whine I foresee is another sugar posterior whining about the ethnic and racial joking going on around here. Political correctness has never helped anything good, but it has helped to turn many Americans into blathering progressives.

After that, I foresee members or defenders, or both, of the homosexual society, clamoring for the word "gay" to be used exclusively to describe homosexuals of both sexes. And also,some will call for the okay of the language word "gender" to differentiate the sexes.

I reiterate. I would not fix something that is not broken, but it's your property.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[DoctorDoom]

Anyone who uses profanity is a knuckle-dragging, sputum-drooling, mouth-breathing, low-forehead, lice-infested, cesspool-bottom-feeding, illegitimate, single-digit-IQ spawn of an interspecies copulation of a garbage-encrusted cockroach with a syphilitic, slime-oozing, humanomorphic mass of maggot-riddled, pus-filled protoplasm.

So there!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/DocDoom777/BB%20Pix/PFFFFT.gif

[Beowulf]

Well, I generally keep my language in check BUT every now and then, some Lib just pushes too much and my soldier's mouth kicks in. Sorry but it can't be helped as I have a very short fuse and no patience!

Oh, and just for you, Prez, since the fried chicken subject came up and I saw a Gunny Heartman Pic:
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/3969/mailcallimagexk5.jpg

http://www.soundamerica.com/soundamerica/sounds/movies/D-I/Full_Metal_Jacket/chicken.wav

[Rhino]

That better be a joke.

[Suzie]

That makes it better?

[TeenageRepublican]

That better be a joke.

It is. I'm not like that. When I'm with my friends, we poke at each other's race and the stereotypes of each other's race all the time. We come up with good ones usually. Sorry if I offended anyone.

[Rhino]

That makes it better?Only a little.

[Rhino]

TR, when you get your computer problems fixed, I'd prefer you to edit that. Too much chance for misinterpretation, and it's in pretty bad taste anyway.

[TeenageRepublican]

Okay, I will.

[Wolfcounsel]

What's in bad taste? Just for information, eh? What did TR post?

[Rhino]

It was a racial reference that was intended to be humorous, but probably wouldn't seem that way to some. Better safe than sorry.

[DesertFox]

Anyone who uses profanity is a knuckle-dragging, sputum-drooling, mouth-breathing, low-forehead, lice-infested, cesspool-bottom-feeding, illegitimate, single-digit-IQ spawn of an interspecies copulation of a garbage-encrusted cockroach with a syphilitic, slime-oozing, humanomorphic mass of maggot-riddled, pus-filled protoplasm. Did you HAVE to say cockroach?

Arrroggghhhh!

[PrezLeefun]

^^ LOL DF.


What happened that was soooo controversial.... I totally missed it.

[jayson]

What happened that was soooo controversial.... I totally missed it.

Mountains out of mole hills, in my humblest of opinions.

[PrezLeefun]

what was on the mole hill?

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

what was on the mole hill?

Moles?

http://images.usatoday.com/life/gallery/austin-powers/mole.jpg

Moley, Moley, Moley, Moley, Moley, Moley!
Mole! Bloody mole! We're not supposed to the talk about the bloody mole that's winking me in the face! I want to cut it off chop it up and make it into guacamole! ~ Austin Powers

[PrezLeefun]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rhino]

what was on the mole hill?Stereotypes. Watermelon, fried chicken, that sort of stuff.

[PrezLeefun]

I started that stuff Rhino... in a different thread I think. Its was funny.

[Rhino]

This one originally gave no indication it was a joke. Although most here probably would have assumed it as such (I did), it's likely that some would not have. It really wasn't worth raising anyones' hackles.

[Lubbock]

Rhino, I want you to take special nootice that there hasn't been so much as a hell or a damn out of me since you made the request to clean up the mess.

[Rhino]

:lol: I wasn't instituting a ban. I was just asking that folks tone it down a bit. It was becoming quite a bit more commonplace than it used to be. But I don't recall you ever being one of the 'culprits'.