Board Thread:Administrator Notice/@comment-1669199-20140104230141/@comment-24252369-20140109011951

Genesjs wrote:

MoonMoonTheWolf wrote:

Genesjs wrote: Censoring words that're being offered up in this discussion as examples to be censored on the Main Chat (and elsewhere) kinda defeats the purpose of trying to list examples of the kinds of the language we should avoid when talking around this Wiki in general. Very counter-productive towards getting clear establishment on key information. Just thought that I'd take a minute to say that.

MoonMoonTheWolf



Has society at large made its thoughts on what they consider certain taboo (in this case, language and general content) in this day in age known in a way that clearly states what the majority, both vocal and silent, is okay with? Just because a few shows show certain kinds of content doesn't necessarily mean that general opinions shared by moral guardians are changing, too. Also, you know those little white rating boxes they usually show when a TV show starts airing, in order to show the kind of content that show contains? They still use those. And there's various programs that people can get from their cable/Internet providers that allow them to filter out shows containing certain levels of content -- that way they won't have to risk seeing them and complain about seeing them. What you're asking us to take into consideration is not something easily determined. Same reason why I don't think we should take school environments into consideration, because we can't help how those environments individually operate, nor can we take the time to even try to learn how they all operate in order to determine how to handle this problem while taking the schools into consideration. Not quite. I should have made this more clear, but what I meant was that now common cuss words on television that used to be censored 5 or so years ago are now '''no longer censored. '''I've noticed this on channels including ABC Family, Annimal Planet, and many others that are obviously for people of all ages to view. What's your point?

My point is that these daytime family-intended TV shows and movies are changing what used to be considered swearing to now just mild words that would be appropriate for anyone 13 or above in mainstream western culture. (Considering that the movies that now use these words and used to censor them are commonly rated PG-13... the same minimum age as this wiki.)

So if everyone here does meet the age requirement, they should not be surprised to occasionally see these now mild words beng used in non-insulting ways here, and they should also be mature enough to know when or when not to use them. (I would expect the same if I were to give my kid an internet account; I would only do so if I knew that he or she were mature enough not to abuse it.)

Unfortunately though, there are some users here that obviously do not seem mature enough for this and do not act like they meet the age requirement in the first place. One example might be  "Amy Rose 4eva". (Please don't take this the wrong way- I'm not trying to insult or offend you.)