What should be done about profanity on the internet?
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Sometimes I get on "News Discuss" and the profanity is the worst I have ever read. They call it "trolling" as an excuse. Sometimes young people are interested in the topics also and all they have to do is depress the "Discuss" icon and they are in the discussion board. \nAlso when I surf the web for certain topics, some of the titles are inviting you to a porn site or anything that is not recommended for innocent children. Parents can program the computer, but some of these kids nowadays know more about computers than older people. Some children can override their parents desires by out-computing their parents. Something has to be done\n\nAbsoultely nothing. If parents are afraid their children are being exposed to something questionable, then the parents should make a point of supervising their children whenever possible. It might not be a perfect plan, but it's better than censorship
623797
... heck\n... hell\n... f@ck\n\nTake your pick, in increasing vulgarity.
390700
If people are discussing adult topics in non-adult chatrooms, report them. I know they'd be kickbanned off any of the IRC channels I frequent, if they started shilling their own site and annoying people.
224967
Open mouth insert foot, works every time. Consider this they could have contacted the F B I and had your computer taken from you for making racial slurs on the Internet.
637386
Censorship doesn't make much sense. The word "Jew" for a long time was not allowed in an online Scrabble game. Now they allow it. Does that make sense?\nSince four letter words are not allowed on some sites, some people type f-u-c-k, and the words go through. Does that make sense?\nPeople that use a 4-letter word in every sentence are boring, but how can words hurt us, as the old saying suggests?\nP.S. When I reread what I have just said, I must admit that some words do hurt, especially if they are true, but I don't think that justifies censorship which is subjecting us to another's sensitivities.
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Yeah!  Type the word with spaces between every letter or commas, anything so it can be seen.  Often Yahoo will do this if it deems the word to be offensive or explicit in nature.  I dunno why because most of us are adult enough not to be offended by words such as m a s t u r b a t i o n.  If it is the word I'm thinking of then get back to us and we can be sure that you're getting the right advice!  Ok, sure enough u were on about what I thought.  I personally don't think that it does any harm.  I have been doing it since I was 14 and I am now 42 and it hasn't done me any harm.  If it's something u like to do and it makes u happy then as long as u aren't developing any bad habits then I say carry on.  And don't worry either if u have one or two little quirks in the way u do it, like fantasies or little kinky things because that's healthy too, as long as it doesn't involve or affect anyone else then I say good luck 2 ya.  Have fun!!
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I like a healthy debate. Although i agree that the childishness is annoying. I just ignore those and report the obscene or insulting. I would highly recommend others do the same. When the adolescents post the crude questions, I would highly recommend the more mature of us just ignore and report accordingly. Do not give them the satisfaction of an answer.
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I'M NOT SHOUTING.  I'M TYPING.  I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED RUDE.\nON THE OTHER HAND THIS IS SHOUTING!!!!!!!!!!!\nThat's just my way of thinking about it.  I don't even think shouting should always be considered as rude.  Anyway, I'm just an old guy who doesn't know what most of the web abbreviations even mean.  What I have noticed is that most of the people on this site have a very low grasp of the English language and even less creativity.\n\nTHE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION!!!!\nNo.  People are not taking the Internet too seriously.  The Internet is a forum of communication.  How can you take communication too seriously?  What else do we have besides communication?  Do you think Shakespeare took writing too seriously?  The Internet is tremendously important.  I don't think most of us realize just how important yet.  This has changed everything.  Publishing, the recording industry, the news media, film making etc.  How can you take a tool that powerful too seriously?  If you ask me I think most people take the Internet too much for granted.  If you believe that the pen is mightier than the sword, then surely you boggle at the power of the Internet, for it is millions of pens all writing at once, without the benefit of an editor or censor.  That is real power!  Make no mistake about it, minds are being shaped here.  Those minds will shape our future.
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well you could start by emailing the webmaster if your unsure what their email address is try the following receipients.\n\nwebmaster@domain.com, info@domain.com, root@domain.com, abuse@domain.com, contact@domain.com\n\nthese are the most common try adding these to the reciepient line and remember to be kind and courteous and explain what you find offensive or wrong with the site.\n\nI have hundreds of " visitors " to my websites a day and I have not had one complaint in 2 years.\n\nSo your very rare , I wish more people would comment about my sites.
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I could see if you were being vulger or using a lot of profanity, just for the fact that there are some very young people who use this site, however, the question that you had on here that was censored was not of any distaste. It was certainly retarded, and it had no relevence to anything, but it was not something that needed to be censored. We live in a country that was at one time "Free". It has now become so politically correct you cant say or do anything without offending someone.
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i think it is like dissing someone over the net - saying something bad about them on the internet.
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i think they do have a right to complain if it contains offencive language. what i don't agree with is sending people home for wearing crosses or getting rid of black jelly babies or my nephew having to sing "bar bar rainbow sheep" at nursery! PC gone mad!!
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Words should NEVER BE BANNED.  NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER.\n\nWords are just words.  It's the racist hill-jack honky behind the words you have to worry about.
749601
Absolutely. There is a huge problem with internet fraud and the proliferation of child pornography. MacLean's magazine had a great article recently titled something like, The Internet Sucks. People think they can spread hate propoganda and get away with it. I'm all for free speech too, but not this kind of free speech.
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in my opinion spelling is not that important on the internet.. it's not like it's  a class and your getting graded for spelling. I hate it too. everyone isnt perfect and i guess whoever has a problem with the way people spell things should get a life and stop worrying about it.
561904
Internet providers agree to promote dismemberment materials so as to keep the internet fair and free. Perhaps you should adjust an adult content filter to insensitive. Does is have a setting for "Would rather remain ignorant of world events."?
696527
Your language is becoming quite dirty now. Time to tone it down a little perhaps.