Originally Posted by CYCLEON
LOL - in case you havent noticed, we censor a LOT of speech here - we dont allow:
source posts
anything that we deem is hate speech or
anything degrading of women,
no porn
no flames between members
or anything that is exceedingly gross or disgusting
Now, why do we do that? many other boards do not and just let everything go. We do so because it is an attempt to make AR a better place to be where the focus is on BB related subjects and a mature discussion of off topics. A place that I can point out to other people I know and be proud of that I am associated with.
Notice I and other mods have let a number of rather divisive threads stand because I and other mods believe that everyone has a right to their opinion and to be able to state it, so why not discuss those things that we feel most passionate about? So while we may speak about whatever we want, passion does not mean that we are free to speak however we want.
A lot of the cursing leads to people getting riled at each other in pics forums or people taking things the wrong way - again, I cannot see one beneficial thing that cursing adds to the board or your posts but there are many negatives.
And most of those who curse often sound like a bunch of freshmen in HS who are excited that they are finally "old enough" to use the words **** and **** instead of adults who can actually run 2 sentences together without an expletive :rolleyes: Can you say "we aint got no edjumacation?" :D Frankly, I dont want to sound like that, and since I have to read all this garbage its starting to rub off and I would guess it has this effect on everyone - that is not the kind of influence that I want AR to have or to stand for.
So you see, you are still free to type whatever you like - and we are still free to allow only what we deem is beneficial to the board and at least mildly worthy of reading. :wg: