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Fri Oct-24-08 12:23 PM
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| 38. I'm not in the business of banning words |
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and I'm not about to be.
Why not just shorten everything down to doublethink, instead?
That be doubleplusswell, wouldn't?
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| -Raise Your Hand If You Remember When DU Considered Banning the Use of "Bitch" In the Rules |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 12:03 PM |
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Against. Still against. |
Occam Bandage |
Oct-24-08 12:05 PM |
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Banning words is a stupid idea |
Uzybone |
Oct-24-08 12:07 PM |
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prick does not = b, do we have to give you lessons all over again? |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 12:10 PM |
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Does Not Equal, But Equally Insulting |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 12:15 PM |
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Dick and prick, no difference |
Uzybone |
Oct-24-08 12:17 PM |
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Part of the Point of "Bitch" As An Insult |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 12:21 PM |
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You just argued for their equivalence. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 12:23 PM |
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beg to differ |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 12:21 PM |
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Yeah, I Know |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 12:28 PM |
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It's only insulting if you have an adjective attached like "tiny" or "shriveled" then it's good. |
PelosiFan |
Oct-24-08 01:56 PM |
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Yes I'm ok with the "n" word being used (it's just a word) |
Uzybone |
Oct-24-08 12:15 PM |
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By what metric have YOU decided that |
cliffordu |
Oct-24-08 12:19 PM |
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I have decided that for ME and am not cramming anything down your throat. |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 12:26 PM |
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Well then don't use the word "bitch." |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 12:32 PM |
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Yep. What you said. |
cliffordu |
Oct-24-08 12:33 PM |
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I don't use the word, but some asshole might use it against my daughter. |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 01:04 PM |
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I'll call your daughter whatever she deserves. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 01:12 PM |
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o, I will, big man, I will. |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 01:41 PM |
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Uh huh. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 03:05 PM |
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and I bet you molest cockroaches. |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 04:43 PM |
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"bitch" isn't anything like the word "nigger." |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 12:19 PM |
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but not here in the sensitive persons uber alles section of the planet. |
cliffordu |
Oct-24-08 12:21 PM |
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I've seen people here get upset at the clothes girls wear on the Disney Channel. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 12:22 PM |
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Ummmm. |
LisaM |
Oct-24-08 12:30 PM |
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Only humorless prudes. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 12:30 PM |
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and the douchenozzles they rode in on..... |
cliffordu |
Oct-24-08 12:31 PM |
#55 |
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I'm not a humorless prude |
LisaM |
Oct-24-08 12:39 PM |
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If you're going to dish it out, you're going to have to take it. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 12:52 PM |
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You know... |
LisaM |
Oct-24-08 12:53 PM |
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I do? I don't even remember who you are. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 12:55 PM |
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Me???? I've been a douchebag for years!!! |
cliffordu |
Oct-24-08 12:31 PM |
#53 |
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I am cracking up |
Gilligan |
Oct-24-08 12:25 PM |
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pricks don't get lynched or raped. |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 12:28 PM |
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LOL |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 12:30 PM |
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You might want to do a little study of same sex rape. |
cliffordu |
Oct-24-08 12:32 PM |
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And lynching. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 12:33 PM |
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I should have added as a general rule. |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 12:45 PM |
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As a general rule? |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 12:56 PM |
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as a general rule men are raped more often than women. |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 01:01 PM |
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I thought it was the other way around. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 01:08 PM |
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Not too well |
Gilligan |
Oct-24-08 12:57 PM |
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I agree. Bitch and bastard are descriptive of behavior. The N-word is not. |
JenniferZ |
Oct-24-08 12:32 PM |
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You are exactly right: |
cliffordu |
Oct-24-08 12:37 PM |
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Yes it is. Hopefully most folks here see that very clearly. If not, we |
JenniferZ |
Oct-24-08 12:39 PM |
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bitch is a descriptive of a woman, not of behavior. |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 12:47 PM |
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Tsk tsk to you. I call men who behave badly bastards. |
JenniferZ |
Oct-24-08 12:50 PM |
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I wasn't talking about you, personally. sorry you took it that way. |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 12:55 PM |
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I use dick, prick and bastard for men, and bitch for women who deserve it. |
gauguin57 |
Oct-24-08 12:49 PM |
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That is exactly right. Thank you. nt |
JenniferZ |
Oct-24-08 12:54 PM |
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By whose freaking logic do you come up with this shit? |
BoneDaddy |
Oct-24-08 02:23 PM |
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You are making arbitrary distinctions. |
woofless |
Oct-24-08 04:28 PM |
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Right. Banning ANY words is a bad idea |
alwysdrunk |
Oct-24-08 01:23 PM |
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I will always be against banning words. |
DefenseLawyer |
Oct-24-08 12:08 PM |
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Let Me Put It This Way |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 12:09 PM |
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Exactly. |
cliffordu |
Oct-24-08 12:38 PM |
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Wasn't here. AGAINST now and always. Also against insulting |
JenniferZ |
Oct-24-08 12:08 PM |
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I think |
wildflower |
Oct-24-08 12:09 PM |
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Don't recall this.... |
Hepburn |
Oct-24-08 12:09 PM |
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I do, and now I think the whole thing is stupid. |
Truth Hurts A Lot |
Oct-24-08 12:09 PM |
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I can remember when an OP had to have 5 sentences. |
HereSince1628 |
Oct-24-08 12:09 PM |
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lol! I don't remember the 5 sentences rule, but I do vaguely |
Truth Hurts A Lot |
Oct-24-08 12:11 PM |
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I Don't Remember That |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 12:11 PM |
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Nope it was a GD rule. About the time when SHE WHOSE NAME MUST NOT BE SPOKEN |
HereSince1628 |
Oct-24-08 12:24 PM |
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Heheheheh |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 12:29 PM |
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Ummm, I don't remember that either... you sure you haven't mixed up your websites? |
Melinda |
Oct-24-08 12:13 PM |
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Nope, I've just been here a while. You know this is DU Version 2, right? |
HereSince1628 |
Oct-24-08 12:18 PM |
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Sorry, but we just don't recall things the same way. That's all. |
Melinda |
Oct-24-08 12:38 PM |
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... |
Melinda |
Oct-24-08 12:55 PM |
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Haha! Memory lane. Gotta be careful around here cuz the nets capture all! |
HereSince1628 |
Oct-24-08 01:00 PM |
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:>) |
Melinda |
Oct-24-08 01:23 PM |
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The whole concept is as innane as it ever was. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Oct-24-08 12:10 PM |
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You're right. |
pecwae |
Oct-24-08 12:10 PM |
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I don't like the idea of banning anything. |
Staph |
Oct-24-08 12:10 PM |
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To tell you the truth, the only place I dont use the word is here. Never use as sexist attack |
hnmnf |
Oct-24-08 12:10 PM |
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It's overused |
goodgd_yall |
Oct-24-08 12:10 PM |
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what I don't like is the hypocrisy - can you imagine calling Hillary that word |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 12:15 PM |
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It's NOT ok. |
emilyg |
Oct-24-08 12:28 PM |
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Plenty Did |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 12:31 PM |
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yes, they were used, but not near as often as now. |
Whisp |
Oct-24-08 12:51 PM |
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They certainly did. |
goodgd_yall |
Oct-24-08 01:10 PM |
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Egads, so much water under the bridge. Still here, still a bitch at times too. |
Melinda |
Oct-24-08 12:11 PM |
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Always against the banning of words |
TornadoTN |
Oct-24-08 12:11 PM |
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Just don;t use the word "Cracker", at least to explain Palin |
Submariner |
Oct-24-08 12:12 PM |
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Really? |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 12:18 PM |
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I looked up cracker in the dictionary afterwards |
Submariner |
Oct-24-08 12:39 PM |
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Whoa |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 04:12 PM |
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You're kidding? You got smacked for calling Palin a cracker? God, that is stupid. n/t |
renie408 |
Oct-24-08 01:54 PM |
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delete |
cliffordu |
Oct-24-08 12:18 PM |
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Quit yer bitchin' |
Gilligan |
Oct-24-08 12:18 PM |
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Yep. I bitch sometimes too. I call McCain a bastard occasionally. |
JenniferZ |
Oct-24-08 12:30 PM |
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I fondly remember the great "Douchebag" debate from a while back. |
Throd |
Oct-24-08 12:18 PM |
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Somehow |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 12:36 PM |
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It was priceless |
Throd |
Oct-24-08 01:01 PM |
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No I do not remember when bitch was banned. |
donheld |
Oct-24-08 12:19 PM |
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I'm not in the business of banning words |
izzybeans |
Oct-24-08 12:23 PM |
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The only censorship I believe in is self-censorship |
CowboyHeyHey |
Oct-24-08 12:24 PM |
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I don't think it should be banned |
English Lady |
Oct-24-08 12:30 PM |
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I remember the Bitch Wars |
supernova |
Oct-24-08 12:31 PM |
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A lot of people use it in a sexist way |
LisaM |
Oct-24-08 12:33 PM |
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Yeah |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 12:34 PM |
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hey, make a poll... n/t |
iamthebandfanman |
Oct-24-08 12:40 PM |
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would have been stupid |
adoraz |
Oct-24-08 12:40 PM |
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language defamatory of race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religion... all the same |
crankychatter |
Oct-24-08 12:43 PM |
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Against. |
ElboRuum |
Oct-24-08 12:46 PM |
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I don't remember any new announcements on the use of "bitch" |
backscatter712 |
Oct-24-08 12:49 PM |
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No Way Should It Be Banned. It Needs To Be Used For People Like That Lying Bitch Ashley. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Oct-24-08 12:50 PM |
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Exactly. Just like bastard is used for people like that lying bastard McCain. nt |
JenniferZ |
Oct-24-08 12:52 PM |
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How dare you!!! |
backscatter712 |
Oct-24-08 12:52 PM |
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ROFL! |
JenniferZ |
Oct-24-08 12:56 PM |
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Words should never be banned. |
JackBeck |
Oct-24-08 01:01 PM |
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Still against. The only words I would agree to ban are the "c" word, the "n" word and... |
lumberjack_jeff |
Oct-24-08 01:05 PM |
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While I personally don't use the term because... |
snake in the grass |
Oct-24-08 01:17 PM |
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I HATE censors whatever their politics! n/t |
POAS |
Oct-24-08 01:24 PM |
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Oct-24-08 02:07 PM |
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That's nice. You're always free to make your own website.... |
BlooInBloo |
Oct-24-08 04:15 PM |
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Yeah, that would have been a bitch if they went through with it |
snooper2 |
Oct-24-08 01:24 PM |
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I don't remember it, but I am 100 percent against it. |
Blondiegrrl |
Oct-24-08 01:49 PM |
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I just love the word "douchenozzle". |
ElboRuum |
Oct-24-08 02:00 PM |
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I remember. Never got into the mix, though. |
Myrina |
Oct-24-08 02:01 PM |
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Against. |
Tilion |
Oct-24-08 02:01 PM |
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I am not a big believer in censorship. I feel the boards will self-regulate on matters such as these |
renie408 |
Oct-24-08 02:02 PM |
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I don't really care too much either way - both sides have something going for them... |
BlooInBloo |
Oct-24-08 04:14 PM |
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I still support it n/t |
musicblind |
Oct-24-08 04:15 PM |
#118 |
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More than B*tch, they should ban the "C" word. |
Beacool |
Oct-24-08 04:37 PM |
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That IS Banned AFAIK |
Crisco |
Oct-24-08 04:42 PM |
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OK, I've seen it used before on this board. |
Beacool |
Oct-24-08 05:22 PM |
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If someone compares herself to a "pitbull" with lipstick, I believe it applies! |
DailyGrind51 |
Oct-24-08 05:02 PM |
#124 |
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Posts are still deleted when the word is misused. |
MaineDem |
Oct-24-08 05:16 PM |
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I'm against banning 'bitch' specifically. |
1corona4u |
Oct-24-08 05:20 PM |
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Oct-24-08 05:51 PM |
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Locking |
mvd |
Oct-24-08 05:52 PM |
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