Posted by Dinah on December 1, 2005, at 1:32:47
In reply to Re: I disagree that this warranted a block » wildcard, posted by Gabbix2 on November 30, 2005, at 19:22:13
There was a post a long time ago by Trouble about asterisking that always strikes a chord with me when I think of the subject.
But... We all know that what Dr. Bob dislikes above all else is direct defiance, and I think that's what he considers the overriding of auto-asterisking to be.
I think he has whatever reasons he has for wanting the site to use askterisks. I've never seen it, and I've always been reluctant to be the language police (since I curse like a sailor). But I'm guessing he thinks he did what he could to reduce blocks on the issue by putting in the auto-asterisking system, and that that makes it extra likely that those who bypass it are going to be PBC'd or blocked.
I'm not sure I have a problem with it when the bypass is intentional, since there are rules here whether or not we like any particular one. I get upset when the autoasterisk bypass appears to be unintentional, as in combining two words into one word, or putting in asterisks to spell out f*rt.
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