Posted by muffled on October 29, 2005, at 15:44:50
In reply to Re: I WAS bad » muffled, posted by Tamar on October 25, 2005, at 16:26:57
> I know what you mean about it not looking right with the asterisk. And I don’t mind the asterisks in general posts but in a poem I agree that it looks all wrong. It stops the poem from speaking. I mean, if you wanted to write a poem with asterisks that would be fine, but you wanted to use the f-word in all its power and so I can understand why you bypassed the auto-asterisking.
YES!!!!
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> I would have done the same if I’d felt strongly that I wanted to choose my own language without censorship. I like strong words and I use them frequently at home (preferably after the kids go to bed, though a few sometimes slip out…).Me too.
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> So I don’t think you’re bad.Thanks.
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> I suppose it’s just a question of context. If you published your poem in a book, you could use the f-word and even stronger language if you wanted to. And people could choose for themselves whether to buy your poetry books. But maybe it's a bit different on a discussion forum because of the interaction between people. I'm just guessing, really - I don't know the reasons why we can't use any language we like. Perhaps there are people here at Babble who don't like strong language and so it's censored.Censor is good....up to a point. Mebbe writing board could be a little looser as it is a more creative forum?
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> Choosing to bypass the automatic censoring doesn’t make you a bad person, but it does have consequences, and I was very sorry to see you blocked. And I can imagine that being blocked felt like a punishment that was too severe for your ‘crime’… I suppose that’s the thing about rules. They don’t necessarily feel fair. But it’s the same rule for everyone and that should make it a bit more fair in practice.I guess its a judgement call.
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> I can also understand why you might feel hurt and want to back away. You might be frightened of being hurt again. But I really hope you stay because I like you.
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> Tamar
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Thats a nice thing to say. I do look in now and again. I do hope everyone will be ok. Life is just so confusing, people confuse me, my T. confuses me. Sometimes, alot of times, I dunno....I just dunno...........??????????????????????
Muffled.
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