Well I don't agree with swaring in a public place, I think there's better ways to articulate what you're saying. This list is a public place at least I consider it to be. The problem I have is the justification of what is and what isn't considered to be swaring.
As has already been pointed out, in the game desert strike there are such things as hellfire missiles. But more to the point, there needs to be a definite defined definition of what is and what isn't considered to be swaring. I'm sorry but I don't think hell is considered to be that. I find it personally amusing that some people think it is. The only logical reason for that is because of religious influence. If that is so, well not everybody on this list is religious. Now if we took every single religion into account on this list and in developing games, we'd end up with a game where by you couldn't say hell, couldn't have adult themes in games and you couldn't eat bacon products. So a degree of logic has to be used here. Whilst this is an international list and so it should be thought of as such, equally too many people these days are oh so happy to take offence and am sorry but I don't give credit to those people. In that sense I do absolutely say grow up and get a life. Equally there is no need for swaring in a public place. I certainly don't do it. -----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of william lomas Sent: 14 March 2010 11:24 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] expletives who actually cares, it childish, grow up? On 14 Mar 2010, at 11:17, Darren Harris wrote: > Hi dark, > > If there was a total blanket ban on swaring on this list then I really > wouldn't care at all. > > But nobody in their right mind can sit there and say that crap is > worse than hell. That's just stupid. Sorry but it is. I've seen people > including the moderators use that word within the last couple of weeks > all you have to do is to go back through the archives to see it for > yourself. So yes I'm sorry I do think that this is setting a major > double standard which I really cannot agree with and there's no basis > in logic for any real disagreement with my comment. > > -----Original Message----- > From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] > On Behalf Of dark > Sent: 14 March 2010 11:09 > To: Gamers@audyssey.org > Subject: [Audyssey] expletives > > > Hi. > > I must confess while I am totally behind most profanity filters for > the > purposes of keeping things accessible to as many people as possible, a line > has to be drawn somewhere. > > In my old boarding school they thought the word "belly" was swearing, > ---- > they even thought "heck!" was. I stil however see no need to pander to this > sort of thing when the majority of people on the street wouold find it > acceptable. > > I must say that on the audiogames.net forum, while language filters > have > been set for many words (including the F word), there was a moderator > discussion about the word in question a couple of years ago, and it was > decided to remove it from the swearing filter, so it now writes as it > should. > > there have been no complaints whatsoever, and sinse it's a word I > myself > use (I've possibly used it on this list), people have been much more > comfortable allowing it. ---- pluss of course, it is also a word which may > come up in conversationn on other topics rather than as an expletive, ---- > in fact the discussion about removing it from the swearing filters was > prompted by discussion of the game desert strike, and it's use of h/llfire > missiles as a weapon. > > thus, while I would certainly agree on keeping profanity down, I do > think > there is a reasonable line. Obviously, sinse yo moderate this list and not > me, such a decision is yours to make and I'll be glad to abide by it, ---- > however, i have to confess I don't agree that the H word should in deed be > banned simply because some people find it offensive, ---- would you > considder banning the word "belly?" as well? > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > , > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your > subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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