Board Thread:Administrator Notice/@comment-1669199-20140104230141/@comment-24252369-20140131021215

SplashTheHedgehog wrote: This Might be a little late but I prefer Crap, Damn, hell, piss which are words we allow now. However i think @$$ and Re**rd should be allowed.

1.@$$ is a word that means a  human butt, but the original word means donkey, along with being said in a sonic song

2. re**rd should be allowed as long as it isn't used outside it's original meaning. such as calling an actual re**ard (a person who has an IQ under 100) the word would be fine but used as offense should not be allowed.

Now im not sure about this but if g@y is not allowed i think it should also be allowed for the same reason as re*@rd as it means someone who is homosexual (which we have some users here of) but not used as an offense.

The problem with the word "retard" is that it has been used as an insulting term for a mentally handicapped person so commonly that at this point, you can only use it safely when speaking scientifically about an object. Therefore yes, it should technically be allowed, but whoever uses it must do so very carefully and is should only be allowed to be used it in the conditions I just mentioned. Otherwise it would/could easily be considered a personal attack anyway.

To add my opinion, I don't care about "ass". To me and most people I know it's equivalent to "damn" and "crap" as a mild term, when used to express frustration.