Foul Language Question

[scotty]

Both foul and fowl.

[Harry Potter]

The issue for me is that the Hub is potentially the place a youngster could come and get advise and info on cycling. If the language is fowl' date=' the youngsters parents will not want/allow him or her to visit the site.

If someone gets so irate they have to swear, maybe that should be PM'd.

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Ok so the youngsters parents are going to ban him from going to school, or wach tv.?? How fowl are language in schools??

[Guest coenie]

I think that people do not understand that a forum should be treated like you are in the same room with other people....whould you then also call them names, and speak the way some people do on the hub?

 

Would we RAISE our voices, or shout, or !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if we were in the same room as these people?

 

Just because we are behind a computer, it should not remove all social "rules"

 

 

 

[Racingsnail]

The issue for me is that the Hub is potentially the place a youngster could come and get advise and info on cycling. If the language is fowl' date=' the youngsters parents will not want/allow him or her to visit the site.

If someone gets so irate they have to swear, maybe that should be PM'd.

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Ok so the youngsters parents are going to ban him from going to school, or wach tv.?? How fowl are language in schools??

Agreed, but as a parent you try to reduce the amount of exposure to things foul. Its the same as having parental control on the TV.

[bikemonster]

Foul language is a part of everyday life and (certainly my) usage.

 

 

 

Personally abusive posts should not be tolerated, and it is very easy to be unpleasant from behind the safety of a keyboard.

 

 

 

As for fowl language, well, you coots are clucking crazy!

 

 

 

Edited because one "safety of a" is quite adequate.bikemonster2010-02-26 00:56:28

[sias]

Geez, have you heard school children lately? Holy moly...!!!

[fandacious]

I think that people do not understand that a forum should be treated like you are in the same room with other people....whould you then also call them names' date=' and speak the way some people do on the hub?Would we RAISE our voices, or shout, or !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if we were in the same room as these people?Just because we are behind a computer, it should not remove all social "rules"

 

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ahh but its not. A forum is a place where most people express their alter ego. They get to do all the things they wouldnt/cant do in real life...

[Joe Low]

The issue for me is that the Hub is potentially the place a youngster could come and get advise and info on cycling. If the language is fowl' date=' the youngsters parents will not want/allow him or her to visit the site. [/quote']

 

The Hub could be that, but its not, and without a lot of moderation it wont be. 

 

Seems to me that you dont get much activity here from the under 18s, tho itd be interesting to find out. A couple of folk younger than that have posted - Brighter Lights(?) but they tend to get chased off. Nellie is about the only one i can think of who survived (& Fire from time to time) but she's not under 18 now.

 

The Hub is us, and this is how we talk after taking account of the other people here. Its not often bad and when it is someone usually says so.

 

[fandacious]

although, i'm kinda of the opinion - if you dont like, then leave.

 

 

 

As far as Matt is concerned the hub is growing at a phenomenal rate. The less whiners that hang around, the better for him, as there is less complaints to deal with.

 

 

 

If you leave, no-one will care and there will be 200 new sign ups next week, regardless of whether or not I called someone a "fornicater under consent of the king"

[bikemonster]

If we're concerned about influencing youngsters, I'm more worried about poor spelling, dodgy grammar and weakly constructed arguments than the effect of a choice expletive.

[Harry Potter]

Foul language is a part of everyday life and (certainly my) usage.

Personally abusive posts should not be tolerated' date=' and it is very easy to be unpleasant from behind the safety of a keyboard.

As for fowl language, well, you coots are clucking crazy!

Edited because one "safety of a" is quite adequate.[/quote']

 

What would be seen as abusive post???

[fandacious]

If we're concerned about influencing youngsters' date=' I'm more worried about poor spelling, dodgy grammar and weakly constructed arguments than the effect of a choice expletive.[/quote']

 

 

 

 

 

wait... hang on.. we can influence youngsters? awesome!

 

 

 

kids - dont buy drugs. become a rock star and you get them for free

[Mudsimus]

The parenting issues is currently being discussed at the porn thread. FFS...

[fandacious]

The parenting issues is currently being discussed at the porn thread. FFS...

 

 

 

how appropriate...

 

 

 

 

[Joe Low]

ahh but its not. A forum is a place where most people express their alter ego. They get to do all the things they wouldnt/cant do in real life...[/QUOTE]

 

Hmmm.....I dont quite play out all my fantasies here, some require more than a keyboard and a screen. 

 

It is nice to tell someone they're really stupid (when they are); instead of nodding and grinning as they spout their inanities stood around in a party setting.

 

...........hang on, the Hubbers I know tell me i'm stupid whether its face-to-face or here.  I'm missing something.

 

[bikemonster]

Foul language is a part of everyday life and (certainly my) usage. Personally abusive posts should not be tolerated' date=' and it is very easy to be unpleasant from behind the safety of a keyboard. As for fowl language, well, you coots are clucking crazy! Edited because one "safety of a" is quite adequate.[/quote']

 

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What would be seen as abusive post???

 

 

 

Referring to somebody as a mammary gland past it's sell-by date would come pretty close.

 

 

 

It's like porn, or art, you know it when you see it. Attacking a poster personally rather than engaging their argument is often a good starting point. The kind of thing that makes you suck in a breath and think "Oops! Uncool!"