According to the forum FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions), “Certain words may have been censored by the administrator. If your posts contain any censored words, they will be blanked-out like this: ****. The same words are censored for all users, and censoring is done by a computer simply searching and replacing words. It is in no way 'intelligent'.” As a public service I am providing all forum members with a list of the censored words that will be automatically blanked out. They are: **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** and **** Please refrain from using these words. Thank you for your cooperation. Gus Sainz http://collegedegrees.tripod.com
Thanks, Gus. I make a personal commitment to never use any of the listed words. Civil dialogue/interaction should be the protocol for a kinder gentler DegreeInfo. So perhaps the best course of action is to avoid three hot topics: Religion Politics Degree Mills! Russell
You fellows are a **** laugh a minute. It really **** on reading loads of **** rubbish from **** Government Ministers who wouldn't **** know if their **** was on fire. Keep up the good work - there should be more **** groups like this, and also I really like the way you hammer the ****frauds who want degrees for **** nothing.
The eleven four-letter words In the introduction to one of his books, Sinclair Lewis wrote that he had used "all eleven forbidden four-letter words" in his manuscript, and the editors had removed all but two. No, I can't either.
Is this like the George Carlin saying --- “you can prick your finger, but you better not finger your *****"?
Hmmmm...: "The early village cock Hath twice done salutation to the morn." -- Shakespeare, Henry III "Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times?" -- Numbers 22:32 "See Dick. See Dick run." -- William Gray "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat." -- Edward Lear Don't mind me; I actually love auto profanity filters, even if I was once kicked off of a trivia channel by a bot for answering "Keiji Nishitani." Cheers,
bycom: Is this like the George Carlin saying --- “you can prick your finger, but you better not finger your *****"? -------------------------- Or the difference between a rooster and a lawyer: the rooster clucks defiance, while the lawyer...
Now where would a well-written Levicoff post be without words like ******* or ******* or ****-****? In reality (but I'd prefer no one test it), we do not have the profanity filter turned on at present. (UBB, the predecessor software, also had a profanity filter, but we didn't use it there either.) Long ago (1997-98?) when there was a Peterson's distance learning board, it had absolutely no protection against people posting under fake names, but it did prevent profanity. I remember wanting to use the word "Bull----" (fully spelled out) to respond to one of Snell's famous diatribes... but the profanity filter wouldn't allow me to do so. The simple way around it was to simply type b-u-l-l-s------, which of course the filter didn't recognize and happily permitted. That's one of the reasons I wasn't a great supporter of using a profanity filter. It's very easy to get around. And common decency is so much better anyway
I'm surprised that Snell didn't put a spin on things by saying the board simply wouldn't accept any derogatory terms in reference to Monticello. Bruce
