Can't say bellybutton anymore ?

[Suave1]

I was chatting on personal channel to someone(Nash),last night. And I got some kind of error message about profanity when I used the word ass. This was new to me so on chan. one I ask "we can't say bellybutton anymore?" . Then I get this "you have been muted for 10 minutes" message . Since when is the word bellybutton profane ? bellybutton was one of the first english words I learned. Matter of fact I had a pet bellybutton when I was a child . It's is probably even in the bible .

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[JoeMud]

Stupid isnt it.

[joness]

The filter would be allright if they didnt filter out all channels! The only ones they should filter are 1,2,and 3, not squad channel or private channel. Here is what I got for typing *ass* on squad channel:
 

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joness
308 (Polish) Squadron "City of Cracow" in AH
44th FS <Vampires> in WB

[Saintaw]

ROFLOL ! Oh my ! I've been away a few weeks, looks like I missed a LOT ! See what you get guys when you can't control your own Arses ? (Is the UK version banned as well ? Can we use b*llocks ? )

   

or should I say :  

[RAM]

Well, I think that the filter is never a good addition..but for sure it can lead to some funny situations...

For example, imagine that I am covering banana in a bomb run over an A field. I see a F4U coming in his six and I say: "banana 6666"...

You know what will happen? Hehehehehehehehehe...  

Language filter needs some more work before being implemented, IMO  ...or it can lead to some funny (for ones) and awful (for others) situeations.

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[DmdBT]

Looks like the Damned squadron will have to find another sim to fly in. If this is the way the whiners and cheesers are going to stomp their feet in the game and get such a knee-jerk response then maybe it IS time to leave.

Big T
DmdBT
CO, AH Damned
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OK, posted before going online this morning. Was concerned that the word "damn" or "damned" would be on the taboo list like it is on EQ. Well I had my coffee, woke up, went online, and found my fears were unjustified. Actually now that I think about it rationally this is a rather nice addition.  I stand corrected.

T



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[jedi]

You know, if you think about this longer than the 2 seconds it apparently takes to get mad about it, you might guess that there must be a LIST of "deadly words" that the host is using.  If you have a severe problem with not being able to say "ass," (as if that were a necessary word to use in air combat) why not take the 2 minutes it would require to send an email to Pyro asking him to update the list and remove "ass?"

I'll bet the list doesn't contain, say, German swear words, or Spanish, or Chinese...yet.  And I suppose you could use "Johnny Dangerously" language as a kind of code for the vocabularically-challenged--"fargin icehole," and so forth.

Now, when they add "tail" or "screwed" (as in "You've got a 190 on your tail, you're screwed, 666!") to the list, THEN you can scream about it.  Or else just learn to type, "666, 190!" instead  

Until then, I guess you'll have to content yourselves with complaining about the Ricardo Cabezas whiners  

--jedi

[easymo]

 Ass, ass, ass. I said it and im glad.

[Nuku]

 

Originally posted by jedi:
You know, if you think about this longer than the 2 seconds it apparently takes to get mad about it, you might guess that there must be a LIST of "deadly words" that the host is using.

Now, when they add "tail" or "screwed" (as in "You've got a 190 on your tail, you're screwed, 666!") to the list, THEN you can scream about it.  Or else just learn to type, "666, 190!" instead  
--jedi

Which has been my point.  Who is maintaing this list of "profane words"?  By whose standards are we going by?  "Ass" isn't allowed, "squeak" and "damn" is.  As you foretell, someday "screwed" may be added to the list (it would if my grandma were maintaing the list   )

Wouldn't it be better to push it downstream to just before it's output on the individual user's FE's?  And each individual user could edit their own lists (which is faster than waiting for a host update).

[Wanker]

Hehe RAM, I hope I don't have to change my callsign.  

If nothing else, this filter will have to make the profane guys more creative in their use of words. Let me offer a few suggestions:

"F@$!@ YOU!" could be "Go have sexual relations with yourself!"

"Sh&t" could be "Poop" or "Doodee" or even "excrement".

So, don't think of this as infrigning on your rights to swear, think of it as an opportunity to expand your vocabulary.

[Suave1]

banana is right. Kids you shouldn't use bad words, cussing is bad m'kay.

You can do it
It's all up to you, m'kay?
With a little plan
You can change your life to-day
You don't have to spend your life addicted to smack
Homeless on the streets
Givin' handjobs for crack
Follow my plan
And very soon you will say:
"It's easy, m'kay?"

Step one: instead of "ass" say "buns"
Like "Kiss my buns" or
"You're a buns-hole"

[CavemanJ]

Simple solution really, ban the same words the FCC bans  

[buhdman]

This filter is really not a problem. The next time you want to call someone an amazinhunk, just type the following:

"you're a lower-abdominal-sphyncter-muscle"

Takes a few more letters, but it works!

I still vote for the user settable filter.

<S>  

buhdman, out

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Walt (buhdman) Barrow
(formerly lt-buhd-lite)
The Buccaneers - "Return with Honor"
home.earthlink.net/~wjbarrow


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[Suave1]

You should of heard the hilarious dialog that took place last night ten minutes after I discovered this feature . It took us about 10 minutes to figure out we could say squeak, damn, hell, bastard, and anything we wanted as long as it wasn't in english .

I think the typical response was something like this.
"continued profanity will result in the loss of radio usage."
Hey what the *#@% !!
"you have been muted for 10 minutes."

Ahh, the rediscovery of profanity, I felt like an 11 year old again .


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[Maverick]

hhhmm I don't have a problem with the filter. I guess I might be in the minority but that isn't new.

I feel calling someone an bellybutton isn't really saying something that bad. After all an bellybutton or even a rectum serves a usefull purpose. Now if you really want to tell them they are useless, call them a hemorhoid! A hemorhoid servers NO usefull purpose and is a pain in the ass.  

Mav