Anyone who is offended by so called "bad-language" has no business even looking at a mouse

*Remembers that Raverdave once told Dennis he'd slice D's throat*

Man that was a funny situation :P

Personally I find it a bit odd to censor words. When it is censored the MESSAGE of the word will get through, it will still be pointed as a 'bad' word and therefor the reader will still associate it with a 'bad' word, so the whole censoring thing is just like Christians blaming someone for swearing, they want him to NOT swear because THEY believe in a god. But "Geez" is allowed, although it has exactly the same message as "Jesus".
In any case, I'm not trying to offend anyone, not even Christians. And to conclude: I think you should be able to type whatever, because it is what YOU say and what YOU believe is right.
Oh and maybe having an it as an option, censored / not censored? So everyone will be happy. :)

Personally I find it a bit odd to censor words. When it is censored the MESSAGE of the word will get through

I must say though, that I think people lack respect when they use religious words to express their discomfort. It happens a lot in The Netherlands and it hurts me almost every time I hear it. Many Dutch people seem to frequently say words that literally mean �God damn me�, which is actually a prayer to God to send them to hell.

The bigger issue here is the question of what we want the site to be. If this site is just for us - i.e. this handful of people left over from the div forums - then of course we don't need swear filtering. In fact all we really need is a chatroom, somewhere to post crap, and a place to upload the odd game. I believe, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I belive this is what Woody and Ferret want the site to be. Just somewhere to hang out to replace div-arena. My idea of what Boolean Soup should be (or could be, at least) is different and I think this is why we're not seeing eye-to-eye on a lot of issues. I see Boolean Soup as being, in the future, a site for everyone - people of all ages. I suppose you could say I take this site more seriously. If we were going to make this site into something bigger then we would have to lay down some ground rules and this would include some about swearing, I suppose. At the very least we'd have to filter some words - and yes I know that it doesn't stop anybody but its more to show people that we're at least trying to maintain a polite atmosphere. That's the key - its about showing what we intend, rather than actually trying to automatically police peoples' posts. But as I say, this difference of opinions about the site in general is at the heart of this arguement - so maybe that's what we should be addressing.

I believe and live by it that Jesus is a holy name, and God should be addressed to with respect. People who use His name as a swear word hurt me by it, not because of their intention, but because of the way they use a holy name.

Isn't it God's responsibility to punish people who take his name in vain? I'm only sending myself to hell when Windows XP decides to uninstall itself with no warning and I start throwing religious names around

Isn't it God's responsibility to punish people who take his name in vain? I'm only sending myself to hell when Windows XP decides to uninstall itself with no warning and I start throwing religious names around, right?

When you commit a crime, you can say "it's the responsibility of the government to punish me" or you can just not commit the crime, because it's your responsibility not to do it.