On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Tom Whiting wrote:
> Personally (and this is JUST my 0.02 mind you), I've allowed it
> providing the language remains on the flame channel. I don't limit all
> swearing to that, however, if something starts to get rather carried
> away, I point 'em there.
void do_flame_channel( char_t *ch, char *arg) {
return;
}
How you like my flame channel? :)
> Thirdly, if you apply a rule to one word or one set of words, you really
> need to apply it all the way across the board (in all fairness and
> equality).
See my earlier post.
> Here's a scenario, that you might run into (one that I actually HAVE run
> into)
> One admin says damn is a swear word, and not allowed over public
> channels.
> Another says damn is NOT a swear word and IS allowed over public
> channels.
> Who's right? They both are actually. To each, it's a different thing
> completely.
Well - policy is left for the head Kahuna to decide. Which is why I'd
never operate a game unless there was _one_ (and only _one_) person on the
top. As long as this person has their head straight on their shoulders,
this works fairly well.. And yes, I'm aware of the caveats of "What if the
person goes on a power trip/becomes disillusioned/crazy/etc?" - that's
unrelated.
Thusly, you don't get situations with conflicting rulings.
> As far as the word homo? Well, that could be taken (quite literally)
> different ways: Obviously, the common one is referring to the same-sex
> orientation, but there's others too. So, what ditd the player mean?
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Homo- \Ho"mo-\
A combining form from Gr. "omo`s, one and the same, common,
joint.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
homo
n 1: someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual
attraction to persons of the same sex [syn: {homosexual},
{gay}]
2: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae [syn: {man},
{human being}, {human}]
Maybe I was talking about a HOMOgenous society, as part of my
philosophical diatribe... :)
> Again, if you disallow homo, then you'll have people (the same ones that
> you said couldn't use homo) whining when the next person says damn (or
> something else of the like) on your game.
This is why censorship works so poorly.
--
Dominic J. Eidson
"Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai-menu!" - Gimli
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