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Well iv'e been here a while. And ever since I found out swearing wasn't allowed I always wondered why. I mean we are discussing a T game which is for 13 year olds+. In the actual game the npcs curse. Real people in the game curse. So I don't understand why your not allowed to curse at these forums.Is it REALLY against the rules or is it just frowned upon? If it is realyl against the rules why is that? I would understand if this was a family forum or something(like an anime discussion forum or a music disscussion forum which for the most part allow cursing...). Now I'm not saying game amp should let everyone run amok drop the f bomb and let everyone say the end word. That's not it. All i'm saying is that it doesn't really make sense to ban bad language.
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The reasoning is this - although people who frequent this site are probably used to swearing in every day life and ingame, there are those who do find swearing offensive. The driving force behind this community is one of respect, it only follows that we should repsect that fact. When I'm around people I don't know I tend to moderate my language until I'm sure that I'm not going to offend someone with my 'potty mouth' :=) With such a large wide ranging membership we cant be sure that everyone takes swearing for granted like you or I do.
We discussed whether a bit of swearing was ok but that raises the problem of where do you draw the line? it makes sense then to just say no to it all.
It is really easy to convey emotion without resorting to swearing, it just takes a little more thought and when your creating a post that can be read by thousands a little more thought is always a good thing imo.
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| 06/12/07 17:29 |
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Since when do the NPCs curse?
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| QUOTE | | The reasoning is this - although people who frequent this site are probably used to swearing in every day life and ingame, there are those who do find swearing offensive. |
Although that is true there are other things/words the site does that could be considered offensive as well.Yet they are still around.
| QUOTE | | The driving force behind this community is one of respect, it only follows that we should repsect that fact. |
| QUOTE | | When I'm around people I don't know I tend to moderate my language until I'm sure that I'm not going to offend someone with my 'potty mouth' :=) With such a large wide ranging membership we cant be sure that everyone takes swearing for granted like you or I do. |
True enough.
| QUOTE | | We discussed whether a bit of swearing was ok but that raises the problem of where do you draw the line? it makes sense then to just say no to it all. |
ESRB guidelines?
| QUOTE | | It is really easy to convey emotion without resorting to swearing, it just takes a little more thought and when your creating a post that can be read by thousands a little more thought is always a good thing imo. |
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| QUOTE | | We discussed whether a bit of swearing was ok but that raises the problem of where do you draw the line? it makes sense then to just say no to it all. |
True, i been in some guilds from time to time, and although i do swear (im guilty of saying a bad word when i fail a mission)
But some people can't draw lines, and can put more swearwords then normal ones in an actual sentence, not really forum wise and it would clog up things.
Im sure alot of people are used to swearing, and those that feel offended, well, it will only be a year or so and their used to that too, but with a large community as AMP, i dont think a ''mild'' swearing rule would apply well, better nothing at all.
As in the Game, well, guilds with a no-no rule against swearing, including even the known D*** word, sorry... but thats not my place then, oh my TEDDYBEAR, what in the name of A FLUFFY PONY did i just do? I feel like such a UNICORN!
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Growing up for a long time I use to always watch my mouth. I was afraid of offending someone and hurt their feelings but now I do not care if I hurt someones feelings. If they do not want to hear what I am saying then they can plug their ears or walk away.
If I do not want to hear something someone is saying I walk away or just ignore what they are saying.
Now I can understand about respect. If you care for someone and you respect that they do not want to hear cursing or sexual terms then you would not talk like that.
If I read the terms right on Guild Wars then you have to be 18+ in order to sign up for a account unless you have a parent sign up for you. If you go into Guild Wars 90% of everyone who is cussing or talking trash are children 16 and under. It's not that we are protecting our language from kids it is that we are protecting kids language from us. LOL
*sighs* No matter where you go.. a game for kids or a game just for adults.. You are going to get people who are going to say something you do not like.
I've always said: Curse words are just words society deems not to be proper
At one time all cuss words meant something else but someone changed the meaning to "what people would consider" vulgar. You look up in a dictionary any curse word and you will most likely find the proper term and the now day vulgar term.
Also. What urks me is when someone replaces a term for another like. Oh what the freak you teddy bear. Why cover up the terms you really wanted to say? Those terms mean the exact same as what you wanted to say.
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I think its just a fact of matter that they don't want the site to be locked or shut down by outside people that see the language/don't want to loose members for seeing offensive language.
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Well we make a distinction between what is a curse word and what is not.
Poop and S**T have the same meaning. Why is one a curse word? Because someone says it is. So apparently someone did make a distinction. All I ask is a slight change in what is ok to say and what is not.
| QUOTE | | I'm sure a lot of people are used to swearing, and those that feel offended, well, it will only be a year or so and their used to that too, but with a large community as AMP, i don't think a ''mild'' swearing rule would apply well, better nothing at all. |
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As in the Game, well, guilds with a no-no rule against swearing, including even the known D*** word, sorry... but thats not my place then, oh my TEDDYBEAR, what in the name of A FLUFFY PONY did i just do? I feel like such a UNICORN! |
Oh and to Brynden They say the D word,Bast***,the S word and i'm pretty sure they say H E double hoeckeysticks too.
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| QUOTE | | All I ask is a slight change in what is ok to say and what is not. |
You are stating you want to change the entire worldly ways of humanity?
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | All I ask is a slight change in what is ok to say and what is not. |
You are stating you want to change the entire worldly ways of humanity? |
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| QUOTE | | and i'm pretty sure they say H E double hoeckeysticks too. |
so confused :S
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They're just words. They do no harm. Like Racism, if you're so weak minded that you cant handle it, you should lock yourself in your house and never go out again
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | and i'm pretty sure they say H E double hoeckeysticks too. |
so confused :S |
Heck....
Now convert that into a different spelling meaning the same thing.
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| 06/12/07 20:13 |
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| QUOTE | | They're just words. They do no harm. Like Racism, if you're so weak minded that you cant handle it, you should lock yourself in your house and never go out again |
I don't believe in rasicm. I do believe that people look for excuses for hate though.(I hate you but can't come up with a reason why...YOUR BLACK THATS IT!)
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | QUOTE | | and i'm pretty sure they say H E double hoeckeysticks too. |
so confused :S |
Heck....
Now convert that into a different spelling meaning the same thing. |
w8 what? when did da** and he** become band?? i mean they are so soft and fluffy a rabbit would beat them in a fight :S
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | QUOTE | | QUOTE | | and i'm pretty sure they say H E double hoeckeysticks too. |
so confused :S |
Heck....
Now convert that into a different spelling meaning the same thing. |
w8 what? when did da** and he** become band?? i mean they are so soft and fluffy a rabbit would beat them in a fight :S |
They still count as swearing...(the actual definitions means sending someone to eternal torment and the other is the place of eternal torment)
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I aggree that most people that use this site AND game are probably very used to using language like that
But its just curteous to refrain from using foul language somewhere where you dont know who is going to be reading it. It doesnt really take a lot not to use a swearword when another word will do just fine.
But i also agree that it's hard to know where to draw the line, some words are offensive to some people but others use them so often that they arent evens een as foul anymore
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Ok, I'm going to take this opportunity to step in, and try and explain a bit more, then need for the rules. I'll try and explain myself as best I can, but I do have a tendency to ramble from time to time, making little sense, so apologies in advance for the following:
The first thing that differentiates a forum from real life general talking is the ability to take time to consider what you are about to say. In day-to-day chatting with people you are thinking on your feet, saying the things which pop into your head first. In this instance, something along the lines of swearing as a reaction to another comment is quite common, especially around people you are comfortable with. On a forum however, the reaction-moment, if you will indulge, is significantly lessened by the fact that you are reading the words. It's very difficult to put emphasis in the same way when typing something compared to RL. Then you have the ability to respond, more time passes as you type your response. The need for an over-the-top reaction is greatly reduced by the medium through which we are communicating, and in fact the shock of the moment is altogether gone, diminished by the process itself.
Then we must consider who will be reading our comments. Gameamp has a considerable number of members, and non-members, reading hundreds of topics, all from hugely diverse backgrounds and upbringings. They will all have their own opinions on what is and isn't suitable for them, and those around them. This brings me back to the point of talking to the people you are comfortable with. For sure, if you are talking openly with friends, swear words are much more likely to appear, than say a conversation with dear Grandma. But why is this? For one, it's because as friends, you are not going to judge each other with your potty-mouths, swear words appear just as normal speech amongst friends, perhaps. Secondly, younger generations are definitely subjected to that type of language on a more regular basis, developing a tolerance, as such it is considered more normal amongst them.
Perhaps a reason why foul-langauge is often considered to be a negative is the way in which it is used. For instance, in which situations on a forum is it:
a) acceptable to use curse words, I.E. when can you get away with it, and
b) the best thing to say? Surely there are other words you can use instead?
In the majority of cases, or so I believe, a curse word is used where another could easily replace it. For instance when used as an adjective to describe how (badly?) something is happening, or how (bad?) something is. The english language contains thousands of excellent examples of both these types of word, and I'd like to take this opportunity to point you all towards a favourite site of mine Thesaurus.com. It contains a bountiful supply of alternatives, highly recommended for those occassions when you just can't quite think of anything better to say.
[Note to self: Ressurect my Word of the Day thread!]
Lastly, and without attempting to sound too rude to the OP, I'd like to bring up the point which is intriguing me the most. Why would you want to encourage the use of such words, which really only contribute to the continuing detriment of the English langauge as a whole (in Lamens terms that means: english is getting battered enough as it is, why would anyone want to encourage people to make it worse?). The need for proper punctation and grammar seem to be becoming a thing of the past, but now you are trying to rob us of our right to use an interesting adjective? Of course, I'm not implying that you are, I'm just being silly, but you get my point. If people are allowed to freely use such things, after such a ban has been inplace for so long, do you not think that our grip on some for of legible english may be lost, just a little? I'm sure you'll agree it is much nicer to read well-worded comments with at least a little grammar and punctuation thrown in for good measure.
Cursewords are banned out of respect for those that wish not to read them. As I've attempted to explain, there are many reasons why people may wish not to read them, other than the morale and socially-imposed typecast. There has always been a ban on bad langauge here, and, as long as there are people in the world who take offence to it, there always will be a ban on it.
Ok, I think I'm done now. *toodles*
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Personal I don't think there is anything wrong with cursing, I don't even notice when someone curses most of the time. Heck if someone asks me if a movie has a lot of swearing in it I give them the blank stare for 20 minutes followed by a "I dunno."
But there are people out there who do not agree with it for whatever reason. My old roommate would get very offended if someone said the GD word. Of course she also didn't eat pork but that is a different story.
My round about point is, I would like to see a forum were there is no "DO NOT CURSE" rule but not everyone out there is mature enough for that kind of freedom.
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| QUOTE | | Why would you want to encourage the use of such words, which really only contribute to the continuing detriment of the English langauge as a whole (in Lamens terms that means: english is getting battered enough as it is, why would anyone want to encourage people to make it worse?). |
**clears throat**
Sister, I think you've hit the nail on the head. We are losing control of the English language. Instant Messaging, video games, forums such as these and LEET speak are all degrading our language. Eloquence is slowly becoming something that is left to orators and the elderly. Now, I have to admit that a deftly placed swear word during a comedy sketch will likely make me laugh, but I have more respect for someone who can express themselves with a well-thought-out adjective or adverb. The use of swears is not necessary and to many, including me, offensive. Take the time to learn the joys of the English language and practice its proper use. If you can't say it without cursing, then perhaps it doesn't need to be said...
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I think it's carebear groups that find everything offensive.
Just like if I said the word RETARD... How many people on this forum will jump me for saying the word without even knowing the meaning of the word or in the context I used it?
Retard: To hinder or impede.
So calling someone retarded is just calling them a bully or some other person who likes to hinder people..
Maybe a broken leg can slow your movement therefor your leg is retarded. Then you get all these people who can do nothing but hurt others who turn these words into very bad words that no one wants to hear.
Just like saying the word Lucifer or Satan 100 years ago could get you burned alive but now days would just either get you stares,a laugh or ignored.
People taking words and making them mean something else will never change.
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Sister, I think you've hit the nail on the head. We are losing control of the English language. Instant Messaging, video games, forums such as these and LEET speak are all degrading our language. Eloquence is slowly becoming something that is left to orators and the elderly. Now, I have to admit that a deftly placed swear word during a comedy sketch will likely make me laugh, but I have more respect for someone who can express themselves with a well-thought-out adjective or adverb. The use of swears is not necessary and to many, including me, offensive. Take the time to learn the joys of the English language and practice its proper use. If you can't say it without cursing, then perhaps it doesn't need to be said... |
Ok I can understand the no-swearing thing online, on a computer, possibly even video games. But the idea Im saying is, well let me give you an example
Example: Your riding on your bike on a sidewalk, and a random kid walks in front of you and your about to run over him. So you hit the brake, but doing so you manage to fly off the handle bars, lands headfirst on cement, and miraculously come out with a broken collar bone. If this was me, my first response would be to say a four letter word that beings with the letter "S".
I dont know if this if related to this, but your saying that videogames, computer, IM is ruining the English language, and in some cases I agree. But new words make the English language better right? (ok sometimes). I mean if you broke your collar bone you wont go "oh muffins, this is painful!". No, I bet you could say something repulsive and rude as everyone else would.
Now sometimes it DOES get out of hand, but with the language peoples opinions have about swearing. Wouldnt an over protective parent say "oh no, using the word "Crap" is unsuitable for my children!" or if they were very deeply into a religeon, or insecure about something. I mean it would be crazy to go to everyone ask ask everyones idiosyncrasy, right?
'Sort of' is such a harmless thing to say. Sort of. It's just a filler. Sort of - it doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, sort of means everything. Like after 'I love you' or 'You're going to live' or 'It's a boy.'
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Why do you feel the need to swear? I know a lot of curses in a few different languages but I don't feel some pressing need to use them all the time. Sure, I swear from time to time when I'm talking to friends and I understand the transmission of emotion through a carefully placed expletive.
It makes me cringe to hear someone on tv swear every other word, F this & F that...I'm gonna F'in F that F up side the F'in head cos he's a F'in stupid F! And all the time my respect for that person is falling. Kids swear because 'OMFG DUDE! You said a bad word! My Dad would totally kill me if he heard me say that!!' Maybe that's why kids think eminem is cool?
Constant swearing in my experience shows a lacking intelligence or inebriation and when overused swear words simply lose their meaning.
If you have enough time to think whether or not you should use a swear word you have time enough to decide to express yourself in a PG-13 rated manner.
The bottom line I guess is that if you're not sure then don't swear...Do you really need to?
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| QUOTE | | I dont know if this if related to this, but your saying that videogames, computer, IM is ruining the English language, and in some cases I agree. But new words make the English language better right? (ok sometimes). I mean if you broke your collar bone you wont go "oh muffins, this is painful!". No, I bet you could say something repulsive and rude as everyone else would. |
If you broke your collar bone while at your computer I don't think you would immediately jump on the GW forums and tell the world, I think you would be more interested in getting to hospital for some morphine. You're right, in the heat of the moment while you're lying on the floor first you scream then you swear some and then your mates laugh at you as the paramedics take you away...
When you get home and the shock has dyed away and your loved ones have stopped yelling about how stupid you were you can relate the story without swearing as you now have the time to properly construct sentences.
The point being that nothing you write on here is done in the heat of the moment, you have time to consider your response.
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| QUOTE | think it's carebear groups that find everything offensive.
Just like if I said the word RETARD... How many people on this forum will jump me for saying the word without even knowing the meaning of the word or in the context I used it?
Retard: To hinder or impede.
So calling someone retarded is just calling them a bully or some other person who likes to hinder people..
Maybe a broken leg can slow your movement therefor your leg is retarded. Then you get all these people who can do nothing but hurt others who turn these words into very bad words that no one wants to hear.
Just like saying the word Lucifer or Satan 100 years ago could get you burned alive but now days would just either get you stares,a laugh or ignored.
People taking words and making them mean something else will never change.
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don't really understand how people can get offended by for example a swear word in this case :
lol in my opinion this update is just s***.
how in earth can you get offended by this?
tbh i don't really care about this policy/rule with no swearing. it just doesn't let me swear here even tho i would have LOVED to insult somebody here very badly, and as it wasn't aloud i had to express my hatred differently, which just leaded to bigger conflicts, unnecesarry. a simple phrase like f*** you is way better than writing paragraphs and paragraphs to write it in a different way... u're wasting YOUR time, and everybody elses time by making them read it all...
tbh i care 0% if you could swear here, little kids will see it.. SOO??? hell iv'e seen 9 year olds smoking and takin drugs... do you really think if you prohibt swearin here these kids will never found out about these words? it's not that bad anyways...i swear out of happiness, sadness or angryness when i'm along friends, do you not? you really goin to tell me that you(talking in general not to Sister :P) freakin use a thesauras to look up a word to not swear? then WHY prohibit it here?it's just making real life and a place in the internet alot more different than it already is which can be both positive AND negative, it doesn't change people's thoughts..
what i don't understand is how people can get offended by using swear words in phrases which are not directed to anybody in particular, like for example this is f****** bad. i'ts not insulting anybody omg? it would be something different if you were to say screw you son of a b****. then yes but like that no. i find it inmensly stupid on the other side not allowing the smallest swear words to be allowed...
CAREBEARS that's a good adjective for those people to express it the LIGHTEST possible way....
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| QUOTE | what i don't understand is how people can get offended by using swear words in phrases which are not directed to anybody in particular, like for example this is f****** bad. i'ts not insulting anybody omg? it would be something different if you were to say screw you son of a b****. then yes but like that no. i find it inmensly stupid on the other side not allowing the smallest swear words to be allowed...
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I agree with Tha Golden Warrior, however I can see both sides. I have a very close friend who is strongly religious, it is against his religion for him to swear, He and his parents actually find it offensive. Its not to whom the words are directed, its simply that the words themselves are bad. Having said that, when not around Kyle, I swear reguarily, most teenagers nowadays do.
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I think this is an real non subject. Everybody who is posting here clearly likes GameAmp, otherwise you would be elsewhere. And one of the reasons you like it here is because of the great community. And this community is after all this time still going strong because it has these rules. You should be glad these rules are here otherwise GameAmp would not have been GameAmp but one of the many crappy forums out there. If you are actually talking curse words can slip out, of course, but how can you by accident type four letter words? Simply don't do it.
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I have a very close friend who is strongly religious, it is against his religion for him to swear, He and his parents actually find it offensive. Its not to whom the words are directed, its simply that the words themselves are bad. Having said that, when not around Kyle, I swear reguarily, most teenagers nowadays do. |
If that is their belief then good for them but they should not try to force someone to say something different because they believe something different.
I know very religious people who cuss up and down the road but to them it's not cussing because they don't deem certain words cussing.
What is the difference between saying your full of crap then saying your full of ****. oh the horror that someone will say the s word.
Going through high school.. if we said man this crap is hard we would not get in trouble but if we said man this s*** is hard we would get detention. Exact same meaning but one is more harmful then the other?
I have my own private forums on my own site and I find it offensive for someone saying runescape is a cool game. LOL to me saying runescape/rs is foul-language
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| 06/13/07 17:12 |
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| QUOTE | | I think this is an real non subject. Everybody who is posting here clearly likes GameAmp, otherwise you would be elsewhere. And one of the reasons you like it here is because of the great community. And this community is after all this time still going strong because it has these rules. You should be glad these rules are here otherwise GameAmp would not have been GameAmp but one of the many crappy forums out there. If you are actually talking curse words can slip out, of course, but how can you by accident type four letter words? Simply don't do it. |
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If that is their belief then good for them but they should not try to force someone to say something different because they believe something different. |
They dont force anyone, I think it's just good manners. Like me pming you in-game (RUNESCAPERUNESCAPERUNESCAPE!)^^
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| 06/13/07 17:17 |
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well first let me tell you that i HAVE learned that swearing gets you into trouble lol (detentions + account banned[altho i wasn't fully conscious if you know what I mean])
but... this may sound harsh or egoistic or w/e to you. i do NOT CARE at ALL if i offend some religion if i just said the word s*** in general because i am angry... like if i were to say:
man this is s**** my account just got hacked
and then suddenly some guy comes up and says HEY MAN MY RELIGION IS STRONGLY AGAINST SWEAR WORDS AND WE DO NOT TOLERATE IT and then OFCOURSE some person who has/thinks that has a higher rank will defend him...
this TOTALLY pisses me off (sry idk if that's swearing too :P) because --> IMO <-- religions is a waste of...everything...life let's say. without getting too much into internal religion deion i'd like to say that to ME it's a COMPLETE NONSENSE. i mean, what is the point in going to church? not eating meat on sundays or w/e it is, or even goin to school on saturdays...sounds so extremely stupid to me. i don't believe in god or reincarnation or all that crap because idk...i'm boring and get bored of things easily? idk tell me. but yeah, religions totally look stupid to me IMO and that's why if i were to offend some religious person(all respect to you) because i used a random swear word then..uhm... bad luck. and that is in RL/other forums/in game. yeah bad luck, i don't give a poop about it tbh... you going to shoot me? =/ freedom of speech ftw
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| 06/13/07 17:25 |
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| QUOTE | well first let me tell you that i HAVE learned that swearing gets you into trouble lol (detentions + account banned[altho i wasn't fully conscious if you know what I mean])
but... this may sound harsh or egoistic or w/e to you. i do NOT CARE at ALL if i offend some religion if i just said the word s*** in general because i am angry... like if i were to say:
man this is s**** my account just got hacked
and then suddenly some guy comes up and says HEY MAN MY RELIGION IS STRONGLY AGAINST SWEAR WORDS AND WE DO NOT TOLERATE IT and then OFCOURSE some person who has/thinks that has a higher rank will defend him...
this TOTALLY pisses me off (sry idk if that's swearing too :P) because --> IMO <-- religions is a waste of...everything...life let's say. without getting too much into internal religion deion i'd like to say that to ME it's a COMPLETE NONSENSE. i mean, what is the point in going to church? not eating meat on sundays or w/e it is, or even goin to school on saturdays...sounds so extremely stupid to me. i don't believe in god or reincarnation or all that crap because idk...i'm boring and get bored of things easily? idk tell me. but yeah, religions totally look stupid to me IMO and that's why if i were to offend some religious person(all respect to you) because i used a random swear word then..uhm... bad luck. and that is in RL/other forums/in game. yeah bad luck, i don't give a poop about it tbh... you going to shoot me? =/ freedom of speech ftw |
Ok, let me clarify this. When I said my friend Kyle finds swearing offensive becuase of his religion, I meant he finds it offensive as you or I would find a Flamer Annoying. If I swear in front of him he doesnt fly into a bible frenzy or anything, its just good manners to be aware of what some people dislike.
On the whole religion is dumb thing, I agree. I, do not go to church, I do not pray before every meal, but his family does. And so I take that into consideration when I'm around them. But back on the subject of swearing on GA, Some people (perhaps like my friend Kyle) May find it offensive and being the wonderful, friendly, welcoming, community that Gameamp is, we have to take everyone into consideration, we can live without swearing on Gameamp, and if it makes this site seem friendly to a new guy then thats just an added bonus.
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