In my opinion you made it worse, not better. But that's just my opinion. As for any given word, as the FAQ says, do you use that kind of language around your mother? Or your children? If it was around my children we'd be looking at a fight.

As for words themselves, I don't really care either, but the idea is to show respect for everyone, not to demand that they respect you. It's like subwoofers in cars. Sure, you have a right to listen to anything you like, but don't I have a right not to?

Bottom line, though: Neal's house, Neal's rules. He thought his reasons were good ones, and that should be good enough for everyone who visits here.

:/\\k:

As for your question, yes, I use that kind of language around my mother. As does pretty everyone around here. But I guess that's another difference between the US and the Netherlands, we tend to look much more casually towards the use of words like those.
But well, this is a mainly American forum, so I guess I can see your point.

But don't you think there's a difference between using those words in a joking, casual manner, and using them seriously? I have never made any post in which I said a similar word in a serious manner. I always thought this rule was mainly to keep 12-year-old "u n00bs sux" kids away, not to ban the word completely.

Also, in this "casual" use it seems to be somewhat accepted around the forums. I quite often see it used here, and a google search shows 1730 results for the f-word alone.

I will not comment this!

I see...
 

You are in a relationship with a triangle. :hmmm:

BA DUM TISH!


Thank you, thank you all. Your applause is too kind. :smug:

Is that Bishop Eddy Long of Atlanta, Georgia?

I think he's the one that said, "no comment" sunday when accused of being a lover of men that go out with him ... :woot:

:lurking:


EDIT: God dammit

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AAAAAAAYYYYOOOO

:nope:

John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane
 

On the one hand, it's just a word. On the other, why do anything that offends someone else?

Very true, but Neal put the rule there...
...and the way I see it, if you choose to ignore it you're basically saying you don't care or have any respect for what he thinks or why.

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