Hello, I was just wanting to know if the word police could ease up just a little? I understand that some younger people may be on the board at times, but I'll bet that 99.99% of the time we all are over 18.
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Discussion in 'Truck Forum Information Center' started by trucker_101, Feb 12, 2011.
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Could you be more specific here? This is a family friendly site, and visible by all ages member or not. I'm wondering what has you wanting to ease up on the language. We have a password protected area, if you want to cut loose with the language.
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And if you're talking about spelling and grammar, then absolutely not.
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For me, it's not so much an issue of age as an issue of politeness and professionalism. You can go to pretty much any trucking site and find users reinforcing vulgar stereotypes about the profession, and I think one of the things that sets this community apart are our efforts to show a better side. We don't always succeed, and sometimes we go too far in the other direction, but I'm comfortable with the current policies and the character of the community that they have helped to shape.
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There are threads that are loaded with such slang and it shows poorly. -
So as you can see by my examples there are vulgar things posted here quite often.
Please don't misunderstand my intentions, I think this site is great & i'm very glad I found it. I just think some of the words that are blocked shouldn't be.
dictionary.reference.com
vul·gar   
-adjective
1.
characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation.
2.
indecent; obscene; lewd: a vulgar work; a vulgar gesture.
3.
crude; coarse; unrefined: a vulgar peasant.
4.
of, pertaining to, or constituting the ordinary people in a society: the vulgar masses.
5.
current; popular; common: a vulgar success; vulgar beliefs.
6.
spoken by, or being in the language spoken by, the people generally; vernacular: vulgar tongue.
7.
lacking in distinction, aesthetic value, or charm; banal; ordinary: a vulgar painting.
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You can get your point across WITHOUT the cussing, either verbally, or in print. If you don't believe me, watch any newscast or read any paper.
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I think we'll be getting really off the point if I try to address all the issues you bring up in your post, so I'll just hit on the main one: You feel there are some words being bleeped out by the censor that shouldn't be. Particularly, you take exception to the word 'as#' being bleeped out.
The offensiveness of particular words varies widely from person to person. The folks at Merriam-Webster might get into deep debates about this sort of thing, but my quick and dirty decision process is to ask myself, "Would I use this word if I was being interviewed for a job?" I wouldn't go about using this method to find new words to add to the filter, but it has kept several other borderline words like 'as#' in there.
I bet I'm coming off as a prude, but if these policies have had any effect on the community and our usefulness to truck drivers, I don't believe it has been a negative one.jubajajo1, Buckeye 'bedder, Joetro and 1 other person Thank this.
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