RE: [PHP] Re: Swear filter ideas

At 9:27 PM -0400 6/28/07, Robert Cummings wrote:

On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 17:57 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote: This problem has been arround since the internet started.

<rant> "problem"? They're just words! Not sure why some people are so offended by them? My parents have even purchased a little device that sits between their TV and DVD/VHS and bleeps out "bad words". And they're in their 60's and have no kids at home. It's certainly not kids/children who are offended. They're probably the ones saying these words the most and writing them the most in your forum/blog/whatever you're trying to protect. If it's adults, then I'm sure it's nothing they've not heard before. It just seems like a lot of work for little payoff and something that will NEVER be accurate. If someone is that easily offended, then perhaps they need to get out into the real world once and a while. It seems to me also, you have liability issues. If you have some "filter" mode, then what happens when a word gets through? Are you to blame for offending some poor child/adults sensitive ears/eyes? A simple age-check or disclaimer indicating you're not responsible for the content of your posters comments seems more "safe". But that's just my opinion. </rant>

I've always found it amusing how much people get their nickers in a twist over some words. I mean take the word fuck... what is so bad about it? Is the word intercourse as offensive? Didn't think so. So it's not the meaning. What about the word duck, it's has the same sound with the exclusion of the leading consonant, but nobody takes offence if you run around shouting duck (unless you're at a golf course >:) So really, words are only offensive to those who somehow infer a secondary meaning. What that inference is, I've yet to understand. I can say the baby pooped, had a bowel movement, or dirtied its diaper, but as soon as you say the baby shit its diaper... people give you a funny look. Humans are such a strange bunch :)

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