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Originally Posted by lincpimp
So I was just reading the rules over at the NK forum. I am a member there and wanted to make sure that I did not step outside the lines.
I found a somewhat distubing gramatical issue in the rules. Any word that contained letters that were arranged in order in the word to produce a vulgar or "questionable" term were replaced by the same number of *.
Example, the word assume would be ***ume, thus removing ass from the word.
I am by no means an liberal english major, but this is taking censorship a bit far.
And this kind of BS or ******** is starting to gain some sort of acceptance in our society. I can only imagine the hordes or sheep people that for some strange reason think that this is a good idea. If we do not want to expose children to this then I have a feeling that tv would be a better place to start. Can you imagine watching tv and having to hear the last 3 letters of bypass bleeped out. Utter stupidity.
Not trying to flame the NK forum, and I have seen this done elsewhere as well. Just find it another useless, poorly aimed method of trying to re-establish morals in our degenerating society...
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I think they have it censored like that so people can't bypass the censors, like using xcrapx or the like. I still find censors to be a pretty much horrible concept though, because if it replaces a word with little stars, it's pretty easy to guess what they said anyhow, and the young ones have undoubtedly seen/heard the word (especially if they are on the internet.) Example: "I hate this ****, why the **** did this happen?" There's only a few words that would fit in there and make gramatical sense.
As for the whole religion thing being taken off government institutions and such.. I find it stupid. I am personally an athiest (don't hate me!), but this country was founded on those beliefs, and honestly a cross or other religious symbol really doesn't hurt ANYONE. I remember a few years back there was a military memorial nearby, and it had a large cross that commemorated the veterans that had died in battle. Some group sued to government and it had to be taken down. Was that cross hurting anyone? Not one little bit.
What I think is wrong in this country today is that people don't have any patriotism. I'll admit it, I am fairly unpatriotic, but the lengths at which people go to is just plain stupid. I personally find it hard to believe in the government when politics is just one big game, and politicians either follow lobbyists or have to side with what they "describe" themselves as, and not what they really think. A liberal will almost always vote one way, regardless of personal opinion, same with conservatives and so on. Also, you can still be patriotic and disagree with your government on some issues. We live in a free country, and it is one of the greatest countries in the world. Here everyone is, fighting over stupid little things like taxes or abortion, or whatever really, when there are people around the world fighting for just a taste of what we have.
As for George W. Bush... he isn't really that bad, the media makes him look stupid, and he is a horrible speaker, but he hasn't really done anything that another generic Republican president wouldn't have. It's really stupid how people seem to have such great hate for him. I remember last year, at the begining of class, the class recited the pledge to the flag. There were multiple people that didn't, and when asked why (my teacher was in the navy for 40 years) they said that they wouldn't recite it or stand as long as Bush is in office.
I hope some of this makes sense, as it's kind of fragmented, haha.