The Profanity Conundrum: Here's the deal.

You are berating people for expecting a rule to be upheld - a rule which they didn't make.

The point is, the rule is there. People should be able to reasonably expect it will be upheld, rather than flaunted. Else there should be no rule.

I would esitimate that at least 20 percent of the people in the area I live in are deeply distressed by the use of profanity or foul language of any sort. They don't use such language, they react in an offended way when those around them use it. My former employer had such a strict viewpoint that employees were not even supposed to use the word "crap" during work.

I think that people with this mindset deserve to be able to use the support forums for the Second Life program.

People who want to be raunchy and lewd and crude can use private means of communication for their private conversations.

There is nothing at all to be said about a 3D VR program that requires the use of any kind of foul language whatsoever.



It gets tiring having to explain that over and over and over.

This is a software company's support forum for a 3D modeling and scripting development system. It is not a drunken night at the bar.

All one has to do to be in an SL oriented forum with near zero contraints on content is to go to sluniverse.com. This is simple as pie. Cristiano's site has other good features, it should be in every SL user's bookmarks.

At any rate, the forums are PG. Abiding by local standards is a requirement for membership in Second Life. Persistent refusal to abide by the Community Standards indicates a rejection of the Terms Of Service, which require adherence to the the Community Standards, which require behaving in accordance with the rating for the part of the service one is in. Everyone who refuses to abide by the standards in effect in an area has violated their aggreement with the compamy and should have their accounts closed and forfeit all inworld holdings, land, inventory and linden dollar balances.

Why bother reading her threads then?

I agree with you and Coco, if ppl have a "need" to cus their heads off they can go IW find a Mature plot and let it out.

Cat

These are LL rules folks I guess if you have a problem with it and realy want to test the water then you know who to tell off in the most vulgar way you can. A Linden.
Until they look the other way I gotta say this is already a done deal. Now how about we all just be decent and respect the LL PG ruling.

Here's my problem, the words mean what they are to me. So if you use one particular word, I instantly see you having sex. You use another word and you're on the toilet. You use another word and bam, there's a lady with her legs spread wide and yet another and there's sulfur and brimstone.

It kind of takes away from the subject at hand and adds nothing to it.

And gosh I have to agree with Coco and Cat.

She told the class that the more profanity is used, the less meaning it has. If it loses it's meaning then people have no way to know when you're voicing extreme (usually negative) feelings.

Actually, people would choose another word as the old one looses its novelty.

Shazbot!

The same reason you respond to me...



*shrug*

I don't understand how saying "What the fuck! My wallet is missing!" is the same as "Fuck you, you piece of shit!!!"

Yes I think that is your exact intention.

They aren't the same. I am sorry you didn't understand what I was saying. The words are associated with the acts they represent and do not belong in either sentence.

"My wallet is missing, has anyone seen it, or can you help me find it?"

"i take issue with what you have done. Can we discuss it?"

Those two sentences could replace the other two but not each other and transmit the issues better.

"i take issue with what you have done. Can we discuss it?"

I don't think I have ever told you that nobody wants your postings.

*shrug*

I never said I didn't want Cocoa posting. I said I want her to stop trying to police us like we are her children. She tried it a few months ago and I believe the thread was so heated she ended up with a warning in the end. This is just a rehash of the same agenda she has been pushing for months. The other thread was closed.

Where are the hall monitors to close this one under the reposting rules?

oh for fuck's sake.

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I really thought you were smarter than that. How come you and tweedledumb (forget his name already) keep insisting that Satchmo meant F U as in Fuck you, instead of fu as in resmod-fu (kung-fu reference)?? Seriously, can't you find a better leg to stand on so to speak, this is really getting old.

I am smarter than you can imagine and my interpretation is as valid as yours.

Now the forums aren't covered by free speech laws since they are the sole property of Linden Labs. They get to decide. If they are going to censor words, rather than reprimand attacks, then they need to SPELL IT OUT, so those of us who tend to abide by the TOS can comply.. or sod off.