Posted by Dinah on April 11, 2008, at 7:56:46
In reply to Re: Auto-asterisking » AbbieNormal, posted by seldomseen on April 11, 2008, at 7:37:04
Cursing with asterisks isn't against the rules here.
I figure that like SUV's, the only real way to change is to lobby the government (Dr. Bob) to change the rules. There's no point in getting angry with SUV drivers.
If it isn't against the rules, it can be done. And it's an issue with Dr. Bob, not with a poster.
I've been to message boards that consider themselves family friendly and don't allow cursing asterisked or not. I've been to message boards where the entire word needs to be asterisked. I've been to message boards where the vowels are *'d out. I've heard of a board where words that would be asterisked here are instead substituted with nonsense words. Which sounds delightfully amusing to me. It's an issue of board administration.
I personally don't mind cursing, and periodically make a large donation to charity because I forget to put a quarter in the curse cup each time. I'm not sure my donation is large enough to make up for the number of quarters...
And I find, as have many before me, that the habit of putting asterisks in place of vowels is a quaint and charming politesse that does nothing to alter the reading or writing of curses.
If it matters to Dr. Bob, I'm happy enough with the autoasterisker. Since I'd never ever be able to guess which words should be asterisked.
The expression of extreme anger bothers me a bit, but that's a personal issue of mine. And the why's and hows of comments to Dr. Bob being acceptable or unacceptable has always escaped me. My personal experience is that he allows quite a bit of it by email, and I try to keep my more colorful comments to him confined to email, since I'm not sure what would be the result on board.
I had to reply to someone in order to post on the thread, seldom. But I intended this as a general comment, not one directed to you or to your post.
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