Why the need to censor F***, F*CK, F**K with asterisks and such?

[Robbie67]

Is that akin to Asscrack covering that statue as if he was implying that women don't have breasts?

If you say FUCK in a subject line or within a post, do you think masking it will change the meaning of it? Do you think people won't know what you're saying?

Maybe people read text with a 5-second delay, or, when they see FUCK a little *bleep* goes off in their heads to cover up the profanity.

I'm channeling an old Carlin routine, but I see it done so often I just wanted to ask about it.

[qnr]

1. **~*/**~/~*~*/~*~

I don't know :evilgrin:

[cheezus]

2. think of the children!

it's an intellectual exercise, figuring out what those *ed out letters are

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. fuck if I fucking know

buy these people a vowel :D

[Robbie67]

4. you don't seem to have a problem fucking

OOPS! That came out wrong :evilgrin:

[Richardo]

5. I do it because of innate goodliness

But seriously, I save up the 'real' ones for when I want to make an impact.

[Skittles]

7. LOL

absolutely, same here. :)

[BattyDem]

8. Me too

I save them until they're really needed! :D

[Skittles]

6. it's just my f***ing style

now get over it or I WILL kick your ass! :D

[DrWeird]

10. J*s*s f*ck*ng Chr*st!

Th*t's pr*tty bl**dy v**l*nt th*r*, *sn't *t?

[Skittles]

11. LOL......................DRWEIRD

:thumbsup:

[Bossy Monkey]

9. A lot of f*cking people are at f*cking work, and filters will block the

site or report some kind of alert to the all-powerful IT department (ok, I made that up; the IT department already knows everything) if they encounter too much obscenity.

[Dukkha]

12. It's easier to type than "Cheney"

but Fuck it anyhow