Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone else get caught out by writing names or common expressions and then find that they've been automaitically censored? I've had this happen a couple of times and I find it really annoying that I can't use a name or phrase without it being censored, it seems like there's no context to the censorship, just a blanket ban, are we not grown ups who can sort this stuff out for ourselves? I think this site is to nannying at times and yet seems to allow other things to slip through unnoticed.
Keep in mind that this is not an adults-only community - the rules allow members from age 16.
Bunny said:Keep in mind that this is not an adults-only community - the rules allow members from age 16
16 is adult.
You are old enough to get married (up until 2022 that is), have sex and have kids so I if this is allowed by law then I believe they can be exposed to a few swear words.
The law in the UK prevents you from purchasing alcohol, watching an 18 rated film or driving a car, but lets you create sentient life and go through the bloodbath of childbirth.
Swearing seems kind of trivial by comparison.
Iain said:16 is adult.
Good grief! It demonstrably isn't.
The age of majority in the UK is 18.
I'm not suggesting that most 16 year olds aren't familiar with words that may be censored here. I was simply reminding folks that members of this forum do include children.
Just in case you're minded to continue arguing:
"Definitions of a child
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) defines a child as everyone under 18 unless, "under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier".
EnglandIn England, a child is defined as anyone who has not yet reached their 18th birthday. Child protection guidance points out that even if a child has reached 16 years of age and is:
living independentlyin further educationa member of the armed forcesin hospital; orin custody in the secure estatethey are still legally children and should be given the same protection and entitlements as any other child (Department for Education, 2023)."
https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/child-protection-system/children-the-law#skip-to-content
Protection of children is also why Ofcom prohibits swearing (among other things) on TV before the 9pm watershed.
BZZZZT!!
It's *** Off!!
What do I win? (At least I'll win teh knowledge of if it censors the second word, or if the exclamation marks protect it).
Anyone who has ever been in a school playground will have heard even infant school kids use words that would not be permitted on TV before the 9pm watershed. I was visiting a school when a teacher was kicked in the shins and told to go away and copulate by a seven-year-old. (The actual phrase had two words and seven letters, of which the first and last two were f)
Bunny nothing you said is triggering to me, but the whole thing about not being able to use certain words in case someone is offended is, like my example above, 'stop male chicken', honestly does that not bug you too? Being unable to describe something that every house has and that you need to know where it is so as you can turn your water off in an emergency or for repairs is ridiculous!
Whilst online fora are quite happy to mess about with things like this they seem quite happy to allow online grooming for sexual exploitation and terrorism etc, but stopping some one from using an object or a persons proper name makes them able to say they take safe guarding seriously. It just as bad out there in the offline world too, should we stop young people from learning proper words or life skills because someone somewhere might get offended? That's where I think people need to get real and get a grip.