About the ban on profanity

[Leo Ridens]

I am currently bogged down in Volume III of Edward Gibbon's unabridged VII Volume "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (I know, weird, but I like "Big History"). I mention this because Gibbon writes all his bawdy footnotes in Latin to spare those of delicate sensitivities. With that in mind, I offer a link to the basics of Latin profanity:

Te futueo et caballum tuum!

It has all you need to express yourself and not violate the letter (if not the spirit) of the No Profanity rule which bans, "...using abbreviations or changing one letter* of a swear word such that the word(s) are still interpreted by most* as profane", and while doing so you get to add a bit of erudition, or at least its appearance, to the board. This also tests our new Publisher's sense of humor, which I am sure is both keen and tolerant.

*Emboldened for emphasis

 

[Big 0]

It has all you need to express yourself and not violate the letter (if not the spirit) of the No Profanity rule which bans, "...using abbreviations or changing one letter* of a swear word such that the word(s) are still interpreted by most* as profane", and while doing so you get to add a bit of erudition, or at least its appearance, to the board. This also tests our new Publisher's sense of humor, which I am sure is both keen and tolerant.

*Emboldened for emphasis

Well that’s BS. Oops.

 

[PSUriseANDfire]

I just want my moderator sticker to wear around the house for a few months.

 

[Pardlion]

Are you allowed to say “Ficken”?

 

[Aardvark86]

I am currently bogged down in Volume III of Edward Gibbon's unabridged VII Volume "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (I know, weird, but I like "Big History"). I mention this because Gibbon writes all his bawdy footnotes in Latin to spare those of delicate sensitivities. With that in mind, I offer a link to the basics of Latin profanity:

Te futueo et caballum tuum!

It has all you need to express yourself and not violate the letter (if not the spirit) of the No Profanity rule which bans, "...using abbreviations or changing one letter* of a swear word such that the word(s) are still interpreted by most* as profane", and while doing so you get to add a bit of erudition, or at least its appearance, to the board. This also tests our new Publisher's sense of humor, which I am sure is both keen and tolerant.

*Emboldened for emphasis

When you finish you should read jaroslav pelikan’s The Christian Tradition, a six volume history of doctrine.

I am highly opposed to profanity bans. Sometimes the intensity of communication is just as important as it’s content, particularly on a message board.

 

[PSUEngineer89]

More important than civil language is some reasonable intent to debate.

Address the points of your opponent.

Minimize your logical fallacies-no straw men, etc.

Apply Occam’s razor even if it is working against you

 

[psuro]

To quote Dave Chappelle:

"I use profanity because I live a profane life."

 

[Meats Lab]

Are you allowed to say “Ficken”?

 

[walleye38]

I am currently bogged down in Volume III of Edward Gibbon's unabridged VII Volume "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (I know, weird, but I like "Big History"). I mention this because Gibbon writes all his bawdy footnotes in Latin to spare those of delicate sensitivities. With that in mind, I offer a link to the basics of Latin profanity:

Te futueo et caballum tuum!

It has all you need to express yourself and not violate the letter (if not the spirit) of the No Profanity rule which bans, "...using abbreviations or changing one letter* of a swear word such that the word(s) are still interpreted by most* as profane", and while doing so you get to add a bit of erudition, or at least its appearance, to the board. This also tests our new Publisher's sense of humor, which I am sure is both keen and tolerant.

*Emboldened for emphasis

Only those who have no command of the English language use profanity.

 

[The Spin Meister]

I find it very strange that profanity is prohibited on a Penn State football board when the PA system at Penn State Beaver Stadium plays a song during football game pregame in which the ‘singer’ clearly says “What the F was that” ....except he says the full word not just f. And this is part of the refrain which is repeated several times throughout the song. I even saw players clowning around to this song and word during their pregame drills.

So the football PA system routinely drops f bombs with the stadium full of people including thousands of young children. And that is not only ok but apparently it is the cool thing to do.

A very sad and strange world we live in........😥

 

[meanmiJ01]

Is fighters alight?

 

[Agoodnap]

Only those who have no command of the English language use profanity.

futue te ipsi! How about those with a command of Latin?

 

[bdgan]

To quote Dave Chappelle:

"I use profanity because I live a profane life."

Are your signs pics banned?

 

[psuro]

Are your signs pics banned?

Not so far.

 

[GTACSA]

When you finish you should read jaroslav pelikan’s The Christian Tradition, a six volume history of doctrine.

I am highly opposed to profanity bans. Sometimes the intensity of communication is just as important as it’s content, particularly on a message board.

If someone is unable to communicate in an intense manner without using profanity, perhaps they should try and elevate their communication skills.

 

[Richie O]

There's no real ban on profanity, say whatever you'd like within reason of course!

 

[psuro]

“Ohio” is a four letter word.
I consider it profane on its own

Add in “State” after it and it becomes downright disgusting.

 

[Meats Lab]

Is fighters alight?

 

[NoBareFeet]

 

[Aardvark86]

Only those who have no command of the English language use profanity.

ok, that's demonstratively false, if based on nothing other than the picture of George Carlin in the preceding post. Oh, and profanity is part of the English language.

 

[bkmtnittany1]

Only those who have no command of the English language use profanity.

You are full of it!

 

[bkmtnittany1]

So, I can't swear or view pictures of scantily clad females...why come here!

 

[Richie O]

So, I can't swear or view pictures of scantily clad females...why come here!

See my post above, you can basically do anything you want, just don't go crazy overboard. Hell that's what a message board is for.

 

[jjw165]

Take it fwiw:

Study finds links between swearing and honesty

Study finds links between swearing and honesty

It's long been associated with anger and coarseness but profanity can have another, more positive connotation. Psychologists have learned that people who frequently curse are being more honest. Writing in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science a team of researchers from the...

phys.org

 

[psuro]

So, I can't swear or view pictures of scantily clad females...why come here!

I thought you were just here for scones and lattes with Bob.

 

[ouirpsu]

As a Jersey boy, I swear profusely when playing basketball and sometimes during golf. But it's always out of frustration; never malicious or directed at someone. Although the guys I've been playing with for like 15 years all know and accept it, I'm trying to use other words/phrases such as "son of a vondruke," "fargin," and mother without anything after it.

 

[The Song Remains the Same]

Are you allowed to say “Ficken”?

How about his brother F'ing Ficken?

 

[JayWye]

I am currently bogged down in Volume III of Edward Gibbon's unabridged VII Volume "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (I know, weird, but I like "Big History"). I mention this because Gibbon writes all his bawdy footnotes in Latin to spare those of delicate sensitivities. With that in mind, I offer a link to the basics of Latin profanity:

Te futueo et caballum tuum!

It has all you need to express yourself and not violate the letter (if not the spirit) of the No Profanity rule which bans, "...using abbreviations or changing one letter* of a swear word such that the word(s) are still interpreted by most* as profane", and while doing so you get to add a bit of erudition, or at least its appearance, to the board. This also tests our new Publisher's sense of humor, which I am sure is both keen and tolerant.

*Emboldened for emphasis

I find the ban on profanity profane!

 

[paulrandythomas]

Well someone needs to test the waters here, fvck it, I’ll go first.

 

[Thomas1945]

I don’t need any damn moderators evaluating my freedoms of expression, and telling me what I can and cannot say. And what I choose to watch. I had two wives for that. If I want more ridiculous, heavy handed, emasculating censorship I’ll just get married again. By the way, do any posters have an extremely wealthy ( and terminally ill ) female friend looking for a nice guy? 🤩😇

 

[JayWye]

I don’t need any damn moderators evaluating my freedoms of expression, and telling me what I can and cannot say. And what I choose to watch. I had two wives for that. If I want more ridiculous, heavy handed, emasculating censorship I’ll just get married again. By the way, do any posters have an extremely wealthy ( and terminally ill ) female friend looking for a nice guy? 🤩😇

Yes, as a matter of fact. How are you with bed pans?

 

[McCloudersportLion]

My movie heroes didnt put Bugs Bunny dynamite fruit under Moussalini's make-up chair for us to be speaking Latin my friend. Roman Empire, Caesar Achullius, Pope X Chilly Paulens zzzzzzzzz

 

[bison13]

My movie heroes didnt put Bugs Bunny dynamite fruit under Moussalini's make-up chair for us to be speaking Latin my friend. Roman Empire, Caesar Achullius, Pope X Chilly Paulens zzzzzzzzz

Who needs profanity when you have this......

 

[Ranger Dan]

Are you allowed to say “Ficken”?

How about “fighters”? Asking for a friend.

 

[The Spin Meister]

My movie heroes didnt put Bugs Bunny dynamite fruit under Moussalini's make-up chair for us to be speaking Latin my friend. Roman Empire, Caesar Achullius, Pope X Chilly Paulens zzzzzzzzz

You tell ‘m!

 

[MaconNitt]

My movie heroes didnt put Bugs Bunny dynamite fruit under Moussalini's make-up chair for us to be speaking Latin my friend. Roman Empire, Caesar Achullius, Pope X Chilly Paulens zzzzzzzzz

Who needs profanity when you have this......

???? is there a decoding key for McCloudersportLion posts

 

[L.A.Lion]

For the wine lovers here . . .

 

[The Spin Meister]

???? is there a decoding key for McCloudersportLion posts

He said we ....as in his European ancestors......didn’t defeat various Roman/Italian dictators so that we could speak Latin!

 

[psu1969a]

Are your signs pics banned?

Profanity not needed.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Perhaps we need to adopt the Roman Moronie approach to expressing ourselves: