I fully agree with the ability to add and remove words/phrases should be there. The tool OpenOffice.org is to be used by as many people as possible. The shape and content might be changed slightly for the individual user.
One could say that if it there is no way of changing the words are in the file, then this is a type of reverse censorship. (You take what I give you!) The main thing about being against censorship is allowing free choice. (However, some might say that we have no choice because of the power of the media.) Also, I think that in some cases what is your censorship might be anothers protecting the innocent or protecting the young etc. And for good reason. But if one looks at the origin of the word fuck, then one will wonder why we even use it. Chris > I'm not necessarily trying to be a censor. What I was really concerned > about was being forced to remove OpenOffice.org from the computers in > my classroom because of those words. I looked them up in a school > dictionary and they were there also, so I doubt it will be an issue. > However, I still think a user should have the ability to remove or add > words and/or phrases from the dictionary and thesaurus if they want > to. > > Craig > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wangshanpo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 7:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [users] Profanity in the dictionary and thesaurus > > > Martin S wrote: > > 2005/11/18, Craig Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> The word f**k and the expression "f**k up" are in the dictionary > >> and thesaurus. Is it possible to remove these? I have tried, but I > >> have been unsuccessful. I would like to use these at my school, but > >> with these words in the dictionary, I don't think that will be > >> possible. > >> > >> > > > > Interesting. > > My sons school has a policy against profanity in school. However, no > > one has ever come up with the idea of censoring the Word > > dictionaries. Children pick up these words weather you like or not, > > so it's fairly pointless in trying to censor dictionaries. And if > > they still use them in texts, they might as well spell them > > correctly. > > > > Personally I'd be very reluctant to start practicing censorship - > > you never know where it ends. > > > > Regards, > > > > Martin S > > > > > Craig asked a very simple function/operation related question but see > how it ferreted out those whose moral judgement is evidently better > than the rest. Intriguing! > > > -- > OOo 2.0 - Seamonkey 1.5 (nightly build) - Win XP sp2 > ================================= > > http://www.answersingenesis.org/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
