Did we steal that "ret*d" feature from Aspies for Freedom?
Come on now, there are much worse words that are either not censored or are left perfectly recognizable.
Eg: Damn hell b***h fa***t n****r
[would have been edited for content by sinsboldly as inappropriate words if they were not just showing off of what can be typed into WP.]
[edited by Orwell to point out that he does not use the word "fa***t" as a pejorative and has never once uttered the n-word except when demonstrating what seems to be an oversight in the swear filter- I think I've typed it at least once or twice before]
Also addition: Other offensive words are picked up by the swear filter but they are not blocked. Just a character or two is asterisked out. Eg: f**k s**t c**t Motherf***er This obviously does nothing to actually censor the words and just comes across as pettiness most of the time. And if "s**t" is censored, why are racial slurs permitted? I find the n-word, b-word, and f-word (in reference to sexual orientation) to be far more offensive than the "r-word" despite the fact that I am heterosexual, white, male, and had marked developmental delays. The other three words seem far worse to me.
At least three of those words are undoubtedly more offensive than "ret*d," but they are left and ret*d is obscured.
What the hell? Tard is now spelled "good guy?" This is going a bit too far.
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Last edited by Orwell on 07 May 2009, 12:05 am, edited 1 time in total.