Double Standards???

[TCL-MUMPING]

A Question was posed "why was the abuser who used WTF not deemed to fall foul of 'swearing rules'?"

and the Answer by the Spare ED was

“Because "WTF" doesn't have any of the offensive punch of an actual swearword, it is already sterilized and, as it becomes more used, it seems to less be saying the words that make it up and more a direct expression of its meaning.”

Surely the only reason the abbreviation “WTF” is used is there is no way (assuming the automatic censor is working) the full F-word would pass? It is <B>not</B> a case of it being sterilized and <i>if</i> it is a case of the more it is used the less it is saying the words that make it up, why do you not go the whole hog and have no censorship at all in order to reduce the impact of ANY profanity?

You have removed a username because of its sexual connexion when you admitted you originally had no idea of that fact and yet you continue to allow a widely known abbreviated phrase containing the F-word.

How can you justify these actions?

[B00]

So has golly gosh won then? And more importantly, have I won a prize for suggesting it in the first place?

[yogi-bear]

Golly Gosh was in the lead earlier, Boo

And you win me for the night................be gentle, ok?............................lol x

[LoftyLottie]

True Madparadox. Actually, I can easily overlook most of the swearing as long as it's not vindictive. There is only one word that really makes me cringe and that word is generally used to be offensive. I don't like seeing Fluff used but some people use it without malice.

[daffy654]

If you choose golly gosh you will eventually get some numpty complaining that the word golly is racist.
I vote for 'crikey' if you must replace it at all.

[ChuckFickens]

LOL, daffy look back on the last page, I think you've just called JNO a numpty :)

[China Doll]

jno a numpty? I think that's close to blasphemy or something on here Daffy! ;0)

[yogi-bear]

Do you know, daffy, you make a good point, my lovely x

[Daniela36]

when my mother was shocked or surprised at anything she used to say 'Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs'
Quite a mouthful, admitedly, but I don't know what was so special about the foot of our stairs either! but it used to make us laugh. :-)

[China Doll]

Hey up vibra! How are you? I'm off sick at the moment.

[daffy654]

Oops,sorry jno :-(

[AB Editor]

Okay, what about "By Golly Gosh," or BGG for short? Has the correct meter.

Thanks for weighing in on this one Vibra, was waiting for you to show your face! Quite like WTBB "What The Blue Blazes." Any further votes for this new runner?

Interesting Daffy, but I don't think we'll get a great deal of stick for it. It is very far removed!

Spare Ed

[Barmaid]

Am liking "What the blue blazes" because in my mind the words will be something completely different..........

(Although my mind is at gutter level, I don't expect anyone else to join me there. Apart from Salla.)

[vulcan]

Golly has nothing to do with racism, it's a euphemism for God first recorded in 1775.

[redcrx]

why not just change to something that will still fit in the context of post.

wtf could be changed to "what on earth"

"wtf is going on?" will not read right when it says "golly gosh is going on?"

[Kidd72]

Golly gosh, Is this for real?

[China Doll]

Blue blazes or crikey for me please... Or 'now then, now then, now then, what's going on here'...

My trip was great love but there were several mishaps on the way (booked ticket for wrong date, had to buy another one, set the beepy thingy off and got felt up, had to run down and check in properly as my e-ticket was being a bugger on return trip)... But I loved Edinburgh. Unfortunately, I went with a fairly bad cold and it got a lot worse with three days walking around in the rain and cold. xxx