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Title: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on November 12, 2003, 09:41 PM
For as a couple of you know, one of my dreams is to be a part of a Star Wars-themed message board for adults, where people can curse to their heart's desire, and I think that allowing us to use this naughty, naughty word here is potentially a big step in that direction.

Obligatory Gaywad Star Wars Fanboy Quote (#2 of the day!):

"You've just taken your first step, into a larger world. . ."

Thanks again, guys.  











Ass.  (giggle)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Scott on November 12, 2003, 09:46 PM
No problem :-*

We don't have a problem with it as long as it isn't a problem ;)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: proudfather2 on November 13, 2003, 01:57 AM
It’s simply asstonishing! I assume that ass a member of this forum I am free to use the word ASS without fear of being banned, scolded or worse yet harassed. I must say that I am truly flabbergassted by this news! A million thanks to you for making such an asstoundingly wise decision.  Well, if you will excuse me, I must be going now as my butt has fallin' asleep.






Betchya thought I was gonna say ASS again didn'tch ya! ;D
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Angry Ewok on November 13, 2003, 07:55 AM
As long as I can say Bastard, I'm happy...  :-*

Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Dressel Rebel on November 13, 2003, 08:38 AM
After all, an ass is an animal.

And animals have rights too.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Scott on November 13, 2003, 08:54 AM
Dick is another one I believe you can say
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on November 13, 2003, 09:13 AM
Ass.  Bastard.  Dick.

(http://www.game-revolution.com/games/ps2/sports/surfing_h306.jpg)

Awesome!  Totally awesome!
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Scott on November 13, 2003, 09:18 AM
BTW, you still can't say:

****
****
*******
********
***
****
******
*******
*******
********
****
*****
*******
********
****hole
****head
****heads
****
*****
******
*******
*******
****
*****
******
****
*****
****
*****
**********
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Mikey D on November 13, 2003, 09:24 AM
BTW, you still can't say:

****


Bummer, I love that word :(
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on November 13, 2003, 09:27 AM
Well, you kind of beat me (off) to it, Scott, but I wanted to do a test of George Carlin's Seven Dirty Words (and look for a counterpart thread over at R-------m soon)

1. ****
2. Piss
3. ****
4. ****
5. (it worked!)
6. (it worked!)
7. knockers

Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on November 13, 2003, 09:28 AM
Anyone else catch that?   :o
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Xander on November 13, 2003, 09:42 AM
Did I blink and miss it at Rubblebum?  I think I saw it for one second.  What happened?
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: DSJ™ on November 13, 2003, 09:44 AM
Anyone else catch that?   :o

Yep, let's just be careful.  ;)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on November 13, 2003, 09:48 AM
Did I blink and miss it at Rubblebum?  I think I saw it for one second.  What happened?

It was "moved".  To the secret Administrative section.  Never to be seen again by mere mortals' eyes.

I am awaiting my doom. . .   :-X

(Not my fault what words their software allows and doesn't allow. . .)   :-\
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Mister Skeezler on November 13, 2003, 10:19 AM
Ass. Sweeeeet.  ;D

It really is the little things, guys. Thanks again!
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: MisterPL on November 13, 2003, 04:21 PM
What happened to the notion that if such language wasn't used in the Star Wars films, it shouldn't be allowed in the forums? Or is that just poodoo?
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Scott on November 13, 2003, 04:25 PM
Do you see this banner

(http://forums.rebelscum.com/ubb/loungegraphics/rsvinmodforum-s.gif)

Up yonder????

Didn't think so

Ass is a donkey, Dick is a guy's name,  Piss is urine

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility...Use it wisely or I'll use some agreggsive techniques that you will not like :-*
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Mister Skeezler on November 13, 2003, 04:26 PM
I don't think you guys gave us ***** yet.

But hey...ass.

Sweeet.  ;D
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on November 13, 2003, 04:32 PM
Yeah, I think that's pretty much P----- W---'s credo, and his alone.

I like the idea that here, I'm allowed to use a naughty word or two every once in a while, that I've learned in the twenty-three years since I saw Empire in the theatre, at four and a half. . .

On second thought, you know, I think they should ban all of these PG-13 words, and we can just start talking like Fluke Starbucker:

Gosh!  Wow-ee!  Jeepers!  Golly-willikers!
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Chris on November 13, 2003, 09:26 PM
...I was only taking orders.

Oops, did I just say that? Glad to see that everyone enjoys the freedom. :D

It is pretty cool that we have a mature enough audience to allow something like this, see what happens when people are mature and civil? It's great to be a part of it.

Now get your ass out of this thread!
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: MisterPL on November 13, 2003, 09:48 PM
Yeah, I think that's pretty much P----- W---'s credo, and his alone.

Actually, it came from the YakFace forum years ago, long before Rebelscum even had a message board. I know because I'm the one who brought the idea to Philip when it became clear he needed a set of rules. Personally, I think it's a great guideline, especially if you're running an all-ages board populated by fans of a PG-rated franchise and feel the need to cover your ass.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on November 13, 2003, 10:04 PM
Actually, it came from the YakFace forum years ago, long before Rebelscum even had a message board. I know because I'm the one who brought the idea to Philip when it became clear he needed a set of rules.

Whoops!  My apologies, then.  

Yakface had boards. . .  Who knew?   :-\

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Personally, I think it's a great guideline, especially if you're running an all-ages board populated by fans of a PG-rated franchise and feel the need to cover your ass.

Yeah, well, not me.  There's gotta be about a dozen or two other Star Wars-themed boards out there, all with the exact same mindset, that "hey, we might have a nine-year-old participating, don't want to corrupt his fragile little mind!" or "we don't want to be responsible for him getting in trouble", whatever.

Well, that's great for them.  But personally, I'm in my late twenties and I appreciate, for one, the small, little freedom of being able to say "ass" if I want to say "ass, or "bastard" when I want to say "bastard".

This is a tiny, tiny board, and we're all mostly in our mid-20's and 30's, and I think most of us should be able to handle the occasional PG-13-rated words just fine.  And, like I said, if not, there's a plethora of other boards out there which will be happy to turn ass into ***, dick into ****, and bastard into ******* for you. . .
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Mister Skeezler on November 14, 2003, 10:16 AM
The Yakface boards were actually really cool. That's where alot of us used to hang out. Me and CHEWIE met over there. It was alot like this place, in that it was civil.

As far as setting down guidelines are concerned, I completely agree that there has to be some limits to what can be said on a board that may have members under the age of 13. However, I think kids can easily hear the word "ass" on the Simpsons, and I don't think there are alot of parents that forbid their children to watch that show. I may be wrong though.

Anywho, I think we're a mature and responsible enough bunch here to not turn the place into a hive of scum and villainy simply because we can now type a word we couldn't type before. We got along fine without it, and I can't see every topic in Jedidefender suddenly becoming centered around ass. Its the freedom to be able to use it that makes us happy. Well, me at least.

Now, for discussion purposes, I'm going to check and see if we can say "cockpit". Cool. 8)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Darth Broem on November 14, 2003, 12:20 PM
I don't know about this.  I kind of fell like an ass using the word ass.  ARe people going to view me as an ass if I use the word ass?  I don't want to get my ass in trouble just for using the word ass.  It 's not worth my ass you know?  
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Jesse James on November 14, 2003, 04:25 PM
I agree with MisterPL that it's a good guideline, but I also see Virex's point about there being little to no "adult" SW community where we give a little extra freedom to the word choices of our patrons.

It'd be nice though, if the freedom weren't abused...  That's all I'll say right now.   ;D

I'm sure we will be watching the situation here as it grows though, and make sure it doesn't get outta hand.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JoshEEE on November 14, 2003, 04:29 PM
Are there any younger members here? And by younger, I mean younger than like 10....of an age where hearing the word **** (read: poop) would warp their fragile little minds? If not....why cater to them?

I mean.....if not, why not turn off the darn filter altogether. After the original novelty of being able to say **** wore off.....it would be nice to be able to express yourself however you wanted without being edited.



Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on November 14, 2003, 06:00 PM
One board that I visit (that some of you might have seen me mention before) is the Home Theater Forum.  It's membership numbers are huge--somewhere around 45,000 members, I believe.  Literally, there will be more members just online there at three in the morning than there are total at this site.  And, just due to the inherent nature of the subject matter, the crowd there is roughly the same age as it is here--a few teenagers, and some members in their forties and fifties.  But mostly, everybody there are in their twenties and thirties, just like here.

What's interesting, is that there's absolutely no language filter.  None.  If I want to go over there and call George Lucas a mofo for not putting "the films" out on DVD, I can, and nobody would blink an eye.  Now, they do have one rule, which is not to use any profanity in a title of a new thread, but other than that, you can pretty much say what you want (as long as it's not a blatant attack toward another member).

Even more interesting, though, is that really, never does anyone abuse it.  In nearly four years of being a member over there, I can't remember a single incident of anyone really freaking out, and cussing up a storm about someone or something.  I think one of the reasons for that, is that the staff there is really vigilant about potential "trouble situations", and I think everybody there realizes that if they freak out on somebody, they're gone.  And I think that's one thing that this site has in common with places like the HTF--that the mods take a pro-active stance, and aren't passive like they are over at R-------m.

And I can understand the concern that some people may have--you let one thing go, what's next?  But I really think that with the right combination of mature members and good moderation, you're not going to see people take advantage of the small freedoms they're allowed to have.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JoshEEE on November 14, 2003, 06:35 PM
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And I can understand the concern that some people may have--you let one thing go, what's next?  But I really think that with the right combination of mature members and good moderation, you're not going to see people take advantage of the small freedoms they're allowed to have.

I absolutely agree.
This place is small enough that if there was no profanity filter (like I said...after the initial novelty wore off) it wouldn't be hard to police. I mean...usually there are less than a couple of dozen new posts a day in "Watto's Junk Yard". Since most people here are mature enough to police themselves, it really doesn't take too much moderation to go through 20 posts and see if anyone posting something inappropriate (and members can help report them too).

Obviously this wouldn't work at RS, but here...it has a decent shot.


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I think one of the reasons for that, is that the staff there is really vigilant about potential "trouble situations", and I think everybody there realizes that if they freak out on somebody, they're gone.

Don't I wish I had the power to clean house like that over there. If I did, we'd have 10 or 20 gone right off the bat just for things they've done in the past. Unfortunately you (and I) would probably both be on that list too...so I guess it's good they're not as strict.  :)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Chris on November 14, 2003, 11:45 PM
I find it humorous that RebelScum and its staff can always claim how large they are but never, ever solve a problem. I really could care less anymore, the RebelScum forums are one big joke that I am glad I don't really post in anymore. The people running the forum will never get it through their heads. Anyways, no one has heard from me on this issue for a while, but I just thought I'd would put in a few words since Josh could come over and speak his mind. No hard feelings.

To end, I will quote "Unfortunately you (and I) would probably both be on that list too...so I guess it's good they're not as strict."

That is all my friends, good night, and god bless. ;)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JoshEEE on November 15, 2003, 04:03 AM
Chris...hopefully you didn't find anything in my post offensive, as it wasn't meant to be. I was actually complimenting these forums by saying I think the majority of members here are mature enough to handle such a thing as a "filterless" board.  I wasn't saying that as a member of the RS staff or anything.....I was saying it as Josh, the same guy who always comes over here.

The "You and I would be on the list" comment was directed towards Virex...because we've both raised some serious hell over there in our day....and I was saying that regarding really strict moderation style like the home theater forums he was talking about....not RS or JD.

I  also hope you didn't just read the "size" comments and saw the rest of what I wrote. The fact that this site is small is what keeps everyone so friendly. That's why it's cool. That's one of the things I was saying. I wasn't saying "Awww, look at this cute little place" or anything. I hardly feel that way.

Seems like you took the post otherwise, but give it another read and you'll see that my comments were meant as complimentary, and a suggestion that maybe the members here are of a bit higher caliber and able to handle something like what Matt was suggesting.

I actually thought about this topic over here after watching a member of RS go down in flames tonight (circumventing our filters all the way).  It was handeled quickly, but somehow....I don't think that would happen over here in the first place. Again, a testament to this place.

OBVIOUSLY...I like RS a lot, and hang out there more....but that doesn't mean I'm an alien when I come here, right?

Again, all good things. Take it that way from a fellow member of JD, not just as a moderator of "the other guys".  I am both, you know.  ;)

Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on November 15, 2003, 04:31 AM
I just want to say that, regarding Josh's original reply, in no way did I see it as a "Rebelscum vs. Jedi Defender" thing.  I did see it as a "Rebelscum is big, and Jedi Defender is small" thing, but, you know, that shouldn't automatically be considered an insult or whatever to JD in any way.  It's the truth--Rebelscum is big, and Jedi Defender is small.  

In many ways, you could sum it up as "quantity vs. quality".  Over there in Wuher's, the oldest post on the first page, out of 35 threads, was posted about 27 hours ago.  Here, out of 30 threads on the first page, the last one on the first page was from November 9, six days ago.

So yeah, it's a lot slower over here, but is that necessarily a bad thing?  I don't think so.  Would it be nicer if this place was a little busier?  Sure.  But at what price?  Would something like the blow-out that Master Chief had over there tonight be worth it?  I don't think so.

The way I kind of look at it, is that this place is school--it might be a little slow and boring at times, but ultimately I'll "learn" more and be better off for being here.  Rebelscum is more like recess for me--a playground, a place to hang out and goof off--but, when you get down to it, really doesn't mean too much in the grand scheme of things.

As always, that's just me. . .
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: jokabofe on November 15, 2003, 09:16 AM
Would something like the blow-out that Master Chief had over there tonight be worth it?  I don't think so.

oh man, i missed it... i just love that kind of stuff  ;D

i have to see if it's still up, or if it mysteriously disappeared....
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: jokabofe on November 15, 2003, 09:29 AM
uhm hmmm, uhm hmmmm.... just as i suspected. it appears that a bunch of the ol' chefs posts from last night have disappeared. i wonder what happened to them?  ;)  ;)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Diddly on November 15, 2003, 11:11 AM
I think we ran Master Chief out of the SW Internet world for good. Which is sad for Angy Ewok, because now he'll have nobody to pick on. :P

Back on topic, I'm glad to see that we can act like "adults" when we type. One of the reasons that JD is slowly becoming my favorite lace to hang. :)

Ass. ;D
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Angry Ewok on November 15, 2003, 11:38 AM
I'll find a new target...  :P

What you guys missed, and what will, I assume, be Chef's last submission to the SW World :

I hate the damn Nazi Mods here.They suck. I also  hate all the BS  around here. Everything is so ******* ironical because they warn me  not to ....:GASP: Namecalling or....Flaming..when I do it once in my 2  years stay. However...they don't warn anyone who name-call me or flame  me! :GASP: Isn't that ironic!?!?! I speak the truth! The Mods  recruited to become a Nazi!


I might get ban for this because....:GASP:  I "name call" and "Flame"  everyone! Holy crap! That is soooooo ironic! Wanna know what else os  ironic? Other boardmemebers are alot more offensive than me, but it  appeared that I am far alot more offensive than anyone else because I  "name-call" people! Holy crap! What a crime! Jeez louise! Those poor  victims!  Isn't that ironic? Why of course it is!!!!!


Besides that, he also called me a 'white trash hillbilly boy' or something like that... I haven't lived in Alabama that long, and I was born in Atlanta... so... (shrug).

As far as Berry taking things personal and out of context (what's new? ::) ) goes, you have to sort of forgive him for that. Afterall, Josh, I forgive you for being an "ironical nazi alien"...  :-*
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JoshEEE on November 15, 2003, 02:30 PM
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"ironical nazi alien"...  

I smell a UHF movie in the works.... ;D
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Spawn on November 15, 2003, 04:09 PM
Hello guys. Yes, it me..Master chief. Don't worry though, I won't cause any trouble here. ;)


I just want to say to Angry Ewok that it was a stupid thing to call him a "hilliebillie". It was also an immature reply. I felt it was injustified to call him a hillbillie.

But now that I'm here, I won't start any trouble with you guys.

And yes, I am banned for sure at RS. ;)


BTW Brad. Look like you still have me to pick on. :P ;)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Chris on November 15, 2003, 08:16 PM
You're supposed to be banned here too. I will have to look into that.

As for Josh, I didn't take it personally at all. I see that you didn't intentionally mean to sound like that, though, even after reading it again it still "sounds" to me like it was as I described.

I believe I was simply stating that I'm glad we don't have a lot of the trash that RebelScum has, and that it makes it all the better here. Yes, you have quite a bit of action over there, but just how much is worthwhile? So, with a combo of a large amount of posters that act stupid and less than desirable administration, I say we one up them where we lack in member count and quantity. Don't get me wrong though, RebelScum aside from the forums is a plethora of information and is one of the best sites in regards to content. I will give credit where credit is due, and Scum deserves credit.

It all comes down to quantity and quality. But I can assure you, as we get more quantity we will continue the quality. We do things different here at JediDefender.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Spawn on November 15, 2003, 09:29 PM
You're supposed to be banned here too. I will have to look into that.


Well, I hope not. As what I said. I got my act up and will not be causing any trouble here. Forget what I did at Rebelscum. Whatever I did at RS was incredibly stupid and immature. I didn't care what I was doing last night, but I relized I was being reckless for a stupid reason after AE just simply pointed out that I changed my account at RS. And what did I do? I got pissy at him for no reason and started calling him hilliebillie, which was another dumb mistake. So, whatever I did at Rebelscum, I'm definitly sure I won't do it here.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Ben on November 16, 2003, 02:00 AM
Ass.

I just want to type it again. Ass. It's almost as fun as the Red Mosquito boards.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: jokabofe on November 16, 2003, 03:30 AM
Ass.

I just want to type it again. Ass. It's almost as fun as the Red Mosquito boards.

pearl jam fan, eh? the red mosquito boards are cool as hell....
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Ben on November 16, 2003, 03:36 AM
Love 'em. I signed up new today under the 'evenflow' moniker. I had a name there that I never used, then they relaunched the board or something, and I had to reregister. I'm liking the fact I can just use profanity without fear of being banned or getting the riot act from wannabe mods. (Not people from here, but site-that-shall-not-be-named.)

I notice a lot of crap, but it's still a great place to be.

Oh yeah, ASS!!!
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JoshEEE on November 16, 2003, 02:13 PM
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As for Josh, I didn't take it personally at all. I see that you didn't intentionally mean to sound like that, though, even after reading it again it still "sounds" to me like it was as I described.

Well, I'm glad you understand my intententions. I can tell you one thing: My intention was definitely not to start another "which place is better?" thread. I think that's been done to death already, and every time I've always said (and meant) that both sites have their merits, and I'll continue to visit both. Truth be told, I think that subject is dead anyway. Everyone has said their piece on it time and time again.

So that's the end of THAT particular line of conversation as far as I'm concerned.

BUT...as far as the reason for posting in this thread to begin with, I still think you guys can loose the filter over here....and you'd be just fine with it. That's all I ever really meant to say. It would definitely be cool to have total freedom of expression...and seeing as how we're in the company of adults (mostly) here, I don't think it would hurt much. It's just this man's opinion though.

Oh, and Spawn, Master Chef...whoever....I was one of the people that got to see all the stuff you said over at the other site...and I hope you're feeling better today. I don't think I've ever seen anyone have a breakdown in real life or online the way you did that night.

Good luck here.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Angry Ewok on November 16, 2003, 03:58 PM
With kids (like MasterChef) making their way over here, I think it's best to keep some words off limits (sandlot echo) for-ever.

Hell/damn/ass/etc are all pretty tame.




Bastards.  :P
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Diddly on November 16, 2003, 09:57 PM
Just a small test to see which words we can say:

Ass
Hell
Damn
****
Bastard
Bitch
****

I also say ban the filter. I'm sure that everybody on these forums has heard and/or said every swear word at least once (Maybe more ;))in their life, so it won't be anything we've never seen/heard/said/read before. That's just my opinion though.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on November 17, 2003, 12:21 AM
Allow us to say "b!tch".  Come on, open it up.  It's just another one of those PG-13 words, just like bastard, damn, hell, and ass.  They even say it on broadcast television, and if they can say it there, we oughta be able to say it here.

It's just common sense.  What if we have a "what kind of dog do you have?" thread?  Here's what it might look like:

"I have a three-year-old Lab bitch named 'Sally'."

"A three-year-old Lab what?"

"A bitch."

"A what?!?!"

"A bitch!  You know, a female dog?"

"I still don't understand. . .   ??? "

And so on, and so forth.  Could you imagine a "Quentin Tarantino appreciation thread", and how that might go?

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Jules: What does Marcellus Wallace look like?

Brett: What?

Jules: [pointing his gun] Say "what" again. SAY "WHAT" AGAIN! I dare you, I double dare you, mother******! Say "what" one more ***damn time!

Brett: He's b-b-black...

Jules: Go on.

Brett: He's bald...

Jules: Does he look like a bitch?

Brett: What?

[Jules shoots Brett in shoulder]

Jules: DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?

Brett: NO!

Jules: Then why you trying to **** him like a bitch, Brett?

Brett: I didn't!

Jules: Yes you did. Yes you did, Brett. You tried to **** him. And Marcellus Wallace don't like to be ****ed by anybody, except Mrs. Wallace.

It just doesn't even make any sense, really. . .

So, in closing, Mr. Gorbechev, let us say b.tch!
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JediMAC on November 17, 2003, 03:18 AM
I think we're probably just going to experiment with "ass" for now, see how it goes for a while, and take it from there.  Maybe we'll unleash another word or two later on down the road, depending upon how things go with this one (which I'd assume would be perfectly fine).

"Ass" was actually slipped back into the mix several weeks ago, and no one even noticed (probably not until I made a public comment to T-Bone Kenobi about it, I'd bet).  But if we do add some more "colorful" words back into the mix, it will most likely be done subtly, when no one's paying attention, rather than having one giant language filter burning party!   ;)  

But keep in mind, that there are also some adults that don't care to see certain words as well, so this isn't something that's just related to "protecting" the kids.  More about overall content really, since we've only got a very small handful of members here who are actually under 18.  But your points have been heard (and discussed), so we'll take them under advisement and see what we can do.

Now go get your asses back into some other threads!   :-*

Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: MisterPL on November 17, 2003, 11:37 AM
Well, the FCC has approved the f-word for broadcast (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34979), so long as its context does not "describe sexual or excretory organs or activities." I say anything goes so long as no one's offended or intimidated.

Like I've always said, it's the context, not the content. My son got suspended for saying "testicles" in school. The administration felt that such sexually-charged language was inappropriate for such a venue and he was dismissed on those grounds. My argument was that his use was anatomical, not sexual. (A classmate dropped a pair of boiled baby potatoes into his lap in the cafeteria. My son pointed out they looked like testicles, an adult overheard, and he was sent home.) Maybe "balls" would have been better?

Getting rid of the filter would be an interesting experiment. I'm sure that, as this thread indicates, the novelty would wear off eventually and the language would go from gratuitous to more appropriate uses.

Language doesn't bother me, but how it's used that is generally offensive. That is true with vulgarities, profanities, or any other words, allowed or not.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Mister Skeezler on November 17, 2003, 04:15 PM
Like I've always said, it's the context, not the content. My son got suspended for saying "testicles" in school. The administration felt that such sexually-charged language was inappropriate for such a venue and he was dismissed on those grounds. My argument was that his use was anatomical, not sexual. (A classmate dropped a pair of boiled baby potatoes into his lap in the cafeteria. My son pointed out they looked like testicles, an adult overheard, and he was sent home.) Maybe "balls" would have been better?

That's absurd. I can't believe something that harmless (and debatable as to its vulgarity) would warrant a suspension. How long was he suspended for?
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JediMAC on November 17, 2003, 04:32 PM
Like I've always said, it's the context, not the content. My son got suspended for saying "testicles" in school. The administration felt that such sexually-charged language was inappropriate for such a venue and he was dismissed on those grounds. My argument was that his use was anatomical, not sexual. (A classmate dropped a pair of boiled baby potatoes into his lap in the cafeteria. My son pointed out they looked like testicles, an adult overheard, and he was sent home.) Maybe "balls" would have been better?

That's absurd. I can't believe something that harmless (and debatable as to its vulgarity) would warrant a suspension. How long was he suspended for?

"Testicles"?  And he was only suspended?  Vulgar mouthed child should have been expelled!  Where's he learning such explicitly descriptive words anyway, huh DaddyPL?  Sheesh.  Kids nowadays!   ::)  I don't think I learned the word "testicles" 'til I was at least 11!  It was always just nut sack (or "my boiled baby potatoes") before that...   ;D

Don't tell me you taught him "scrotum" too John...   :-X
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JoshEEE on November 17, 2003, 04:45 PM
I'm just shocked that your son said "testicles" instead of "balls".

Didn't know that kids really used that word these days. Could it be that he's polite, or could it be that the proper terminology for otherwise taboo words may be the new chic slang.

 :)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: MisterPL on November 17, 2003, 05:16 PM
How long was he suspended for?

Three days. The school was following the same policy I have at work. The only difference is the punishment. Because "testicles" is considered a sexual reference in the policy - which was written for an adult workplace and never modified for a gradeschool setting - he was automatically suspended for three days.

We homeschooled him the rest of the year. He's in a different school now, though it's the same district.

"Testicles"?  And he was only suspended?  Vulgar mouthed child should have been expelled!

They wanted to, but that's another story. Needless to say, I have little tolerance for knee-jerk political correctness.

Oh, and he was 10 at the time.

Could it be that he's polite, or could it be that the proper terminology for otherwise taboo words may be the new chic slang.

In my experience, no. He wasn't trying to "circumvent the filter," he was just calling a spade a spade. (He probably gets that from me.)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Darth Broem on November 18, 2003, 11:58 AM
Well I remember getting in trouble in first grade for saying "underwear".  Granted I said it in kind a way to be funny.  They sent a note to my house and all that stuff.  My mom had to come into school with me after class one day.  I remember my mom getting kind of ticked  "You made me come here because Brian said underwear?"   Of course I was told not to say underwear or anything else that may be viewed as unappropriate.  But mom really just thought it was insane.  

Heck one time in Kindergarten they sent a note home to my parents telling me that I was not drinking all of my milk they were giving me in a little carton.  My parents still laugh about that one.  For starters it's milk.  Plus, it was horrible tasting milk.  The chocolate milk was great but not the regular stuff they tried to make me swallow.  LOL!  

Schools are odd.  They let some major stuff slide but minor stuff they go whacky over it.  Happens all the time.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Mister Skeezler on November 18, 2003, 01:13 PM
Hell, I used to get notes sent home because I was drawing in class. Screw them though, I grew up to be an artist.  ;D
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Famine on November 20, 2003, 01:44 PM
Wow. I take a 2 month Hiatus from collectiong toys, to concentrait on my other hobby (Halloween Home Haunting) and I come back, and everyone has a severe case of potty mouth. :(


;)

Kevin
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: SPIDERLEGS on November 21, 2003, 11:41 AM
As long as I can say Bastard, I'm happy...  :-*

Yeah, I got into trouble on RebelScum for using the term "bastardized" which is a legitimate, nonoffensive term. I found it laughable that I got a warning for that. I spelled it out with hyphens so the filter wouldn't catch it and got an email warning me not to circumvent the filter. For "bastardized"? I responded, and never heard back.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: FX-7 on March 5, 2004, 05:27 PM
Any chance we can see bitch added to the good list...as in all people do at toy sites is bitch about Hasbro
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Scott on March 5, 2004, 05:33 PM
We'll talk about that one...behind the scenes, ass
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Rob L on March 5, 2004, 07:14 PM
I don't give a rat's ass  :)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: DSJ™ on March 5, 2004, 07:24 PM
(http://adwoff.com/ubb/graemlins/lol2.gif)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on May 16, 2004, 02:05 PM
So yesterday, I'm surfing through this Oklahoma-based Star Wars fan forum, and I came across the b-word.  Unfiltered.  Un-circumvented.  Un-augmented.  

And I think, man, if this group of backwoods, hillbilly, inbred, rednecked dorks can handle using "b!tch" in their forums, then there's no good reason that we here in JD-Land shouldn't be able to, either.

So, again, I ask that "b!tch" be allowed.  

I mean, it's not like we're going to use this word against anyone else here.  At the very most, the only other Star Wars collector we might use it in reference to is GNT--and he is a b!tch.

Besides, how are we ever supposed to talk about the legendary movie scene below if "b!tch" is always censored?

(http://www.jackasscritics.com/images/movies/fight_club_02.png)

Thanks for your time.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Chris on May 16, 2004, 03:06 PM
I will ask my supervisors and get back to you, b!tch.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on May 18, 2004, 12:44 PM
This is a very special day in JD history.

I will remember what I learned from Spider-Man:

"With great power, comes great responsibility".

Thanks to Chris Berry and the rest of the staff.

. . .

Bitches.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Scott on May 18, 2004, 01:03 PM
We've been seeing a larger and larger adult trend around here as of late and we're going to loosen it up a little and see how it goes, don't expect to be saying **** or **** anytime soon though
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: DSJ™ on May 18, 2004, 01:15 PM
don't expect to be saying **** or **** anytime soon though

Ah no!
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Scott on May 18, 2004, 01:21 PM
don't expect to be saying **** or **** anytime soon though

Ah no!
Agreed ;D
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: DSJ™ on May 18, 2004, 01:24 PM
 :-*
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Angry Ewok on May 18, 2004, 01:52 PM
Bitch Ass Bastards!  >:(

Okay, I'm done.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JediMAC on May 20, 2004, 02:58 PM
Funny, but the one person we were mildly concerned about when pondering the release of our latest word, seems to have taken a liking to it quite quickly, I see...   ;)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Morgbug on May 20, 2004, 06:11 PM
Meh, and you call me a potty mouth :-X
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on August 12, 2004, 07:09 PM
****

Ya-hoo!!!
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on August 12, 2004, 07:34 PM
****

Boo!
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JediMAC on August 12, 2004, 07:38 PM
Hah.  Yeah, we've got some more work to do, but we'll get around to fixing the language filters back to the way they were before.  Just give us a little time...   ;)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on August 12, 2004, 07:41 PM
Hah.  Yeah, we've got some more work to do, but we'll get around to fixing the language filters back to the way they were before.  Just give us a little time...   ;)

Way to stay on top of things, and see that some potentially-damaging language doesn't make it's way onto the forum, Mr. "$h!t".
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JediMAC on August 12, 2004, 07:56 PM
Actually, I meant that the other way around, you turd!  I thought a word was no longer coming up that we had let slide before, and I was going to put it back in as allowable!  So there.   :-*

- Mr. $h!t
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on August 12, 2004, 07:58 PM
- Mr. $h!t

I'll throw in an extra five bucks to the money I owe you if you change your screen name to this for the next twenty-four hours.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JediMAC on August 12, 2004, 08:10 PM
Umm...  I'm trying, but I can't figure out where the hell to change my name anymore?!   ???  Maybe we lost the ability to morph ourselves, with the forum upgrade...?

I added it into my signature though.  Is that at least worth a couple bucks?

There, under my avatar too.  That's at least another dollar, right?  So we should be at $3 or so now...
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on August 12, 2004, 08:16 PM
Umm...  I'm trying, but I can't figure out where the hell to change my name anymore?!   ???  Maybe we lost the ability to morph ourselves, with the forum upgrade...?

Yeah, we can't modify our screen-names anymore.   :-\

Quote
I added it into my signature though.  Is that at least worth a couple bucks?

You want bread?  Three dollars!

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There, under my avatar too.  That's at least another dollar, right?  So we should be at $3 or so now...

No soup for you!
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JediMAC on August 12, 2004, 08:20 PM
Yeah, we can't modify our screen-names anymore.   :-\

Hmmm...  Looks like someone still can, but it ain't you or me...   :P

Me thinks the boss is messin' with you!   ;)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Chris on August 12, 2004, 08:21 PM
He was being sarcastic, bulky. He changed his username, and you can too! Yeah! :-*
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on August 12, 2004, 08:27 PM
He was being sarcastic, bulky. He changed his username, and you can too! Yeah! :-*

"If the sh!t fits, wear it.  Scoot over, goddamnit!"

(http://perso.club-internet.fr/vatzhol/img/blues106.jpg)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JediMAC on August 12, 2004, 08:33 PM
He was being sarcastic, bulky. He changed his username, and you can too! Yeah! :-*

 :-[

 >:(

Where?!?
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Chris on August 12, 2004, 08:36 PM
Profile - Account Related Settings
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on August 12, 2004, 08:39 PM
- Mr. $h!t

I'll throw in an extra five bucks to the money I owe you if you change your screen name to this for the next twenty-four hours.

Said offer is now null and void.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: jjks on August 12, 2004, 09:06 PM
Hey,  (http://threads.rebelscum.com/images/icons/mad.gif), (http://threads.rebelscum.com/images/icons/mad.gif)
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Diddly on August 12, 2004, 09:08 PM
Another name changing craze?

Guess I'll have to become a wise ass again.  :P
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Matt on May 12, 2007, 01:06 PM
I noticed that Rebelscum has now apparently censored the word "damn" in their forums (http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2561732&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#2561732), so I thought I'd bump this old thread up and again mention (if I haven't already) how nice it is to have the freedom to be able to say whatever the hell I want around here.

So, thanks again.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Reid on May 12, 2007, 05:17 PM
Definitely one of the finer features of JD.

Damn.
Piss.
****.
****.
No talent ass clown.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: evenflow on May 12, 2007, 08:25 PM
Thats ridiculous. I say damn all the time.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Rob on May 12, 2007, 10:58 PM
He was being sarcastic, bulky. He changed his username, and you can too! Yeah! :-*

"If the sh!t fits, wear it.  Scoot over, goddamnit!"

(http://perso.club-internet.fr/vatzhol/img/blues106.jpg)

I can't believe I didn't see this post way back then... I used to be friends with Donald Dunn's niece back in middle school.  She was a hell of a guitarist, even back then at 14 or 15 years old.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: JesseVader08 on May 12, 2007, 11:54 PM
No talent ass clown.

 :-*
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: David on May 14, 2007, 10:27 PM
ass. ASS. ASS! Man, that feels good.
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Jesse James on May 14, 2007, 10:57 PM
Why they would filter out damn is beyond me.  Wasn't their rule that if it was said in the SW films it was fair game to say on the boards?

"Damn fool...  I knew you were gonna say that."

Meh, whatever.

Let's be honest here though, if you didn't have rules about it there, it would be a bigger cluster than it is now...  As it is we have SOME rules to the language around here, but figure we can generally expect people to be adult about what they do/say, so we let it go with the thought everyone is gonna "behave" with it.  Do the same thing over there, with the simple fact that EVERY THREAD you read ends up in a bitch-fest or fight, and you would have gross abuse of that privilage on a daily basis.

And considering their moderation of their own boards is horrible at this point, add rampant swearing to the mix...  It'd be way worse.  I see why they do what they do then, I guess. 
Title: Re: To the staff: Thank you guys for allowing us to use the word "ass".
Post by: Neal on May 14, 2007, 11:03 PM
They have since removed "damn" from the censored list.