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Full Tilt Boogie · Guest status:

Hi Guys,

When you open a web forum like this, part of the default feature-set package is a feature which either deletes or bars 'bad language', or substitutes certain letters in certain words for asterisks - e.g. sh*t etc.

On the Web, this is called 'The Scunthorpe Conundrum', as you can see from this example from my site, and how it is addressed by site owners largely dictates the way a board is run, and ultimately the mood of the house.

Now what I'm trying to do here at Scotschat is judge that house mood, in terms of with what you feel more comfortable - language governors on or off? If they come off, then there will no barrier to the language used here; if they remain on, then you get words substituted for perfectly good earthy Anglo Saxon phrases and Scots vernacular (a pity, when fluid Jockanese is one of the more colourful and spicy languages in the canon).

I'll emphasise that I'm not advocating a charter for coarse language; just an easing up and a little more adult approach to things - personally I think there's very little more annoying than reading screeds of posts littered with **** or 'Poop' when it's perfectly obvious what the poster meant to say but is prevented from doing so.

Now, that's just my opinion - it might not be yours - hence the vote here.

Please vote away.