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by **Ira** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:49 pm

While posting elsewhere, the site automatically edited my usage of a female gay person, a word that rhymes with "thespian," and instead showed "l******."

Since when did this become a dirty word that can't be used here?

by **Gage** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:00 pm

Since gay rights and civil liberties came about.

Have a good day.

by EZ » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:04 pm

Wow, all this time I thought that posters were doing the *** on their own. Gay is OK but lesbian is right out.

:shock:

Sorta makes you wanna test, doesn't it? :twisted:

by **Jiminsav** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:20 pm

bite my tongue

by **Steve_Cox** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:22 pm

EZ wrote:Wow, all this time I thought that posters were doing the *** on their own. Gay is OK but l****** is right out.

Sorta makes you wanna test, doesn't it?

Lesbians? Some of my best friends are Lesbians. I think they would be offended if they knew that in the singular they are not allowed but in groups or plural as it were they are ok. :lol:

by **mikeschn** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:02 pm

FWIW, I am using the default file that came with phpBB. Someone, somewhere, in their infinite wisdom made up a list of words that would be bleeped out...

Mike...

by **Steve_Cox** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:18 pm

mikeschn wrote:FWIW, I am using the default file that came with phpBB. Someone, somewhere, in their infinite wisdom made up a list of words that would be bleeped out...

Mike...

Ahhh, so that's it, and of course some of us with our child like wisdom, thought it would be fun time to play with the "list". There are some of us you know, that rarely have anything serious to offer. Do we Jim?

by **TomS** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:59 pm

I ran into this problem last year when describing a to Provincetown, a popular vacation destination for G+L folks. It perplexed me as well since the word in question is neither derrogatory or profane. Mike, is there any way to edit that default list?

BTW - I've browsed the personal galleries and web sites of many of our members. I know of at least two women members who have same-sex partners. Let's refrain from making any potentially offensive jokes or remarks.

by **mikeschn** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:30 pm

Tom,

Check your email...

Mike...

by **Chip** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:35 pm

dang I am a L*****N,,does this mean I cant stay in the room,,,, :lol:

chipper

by **Woody** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:34 am

Chip wrote:dang I am a L*****N,,does this mean I cant stay in the room,,,,

chipper

Chip,
You have to be in the closet before you come out, not the other way around so to speak :lol:

BTW is this really that important of a topic for discussion anyway??? Who the heck really cares about a program that filters out some thing that might be taken offensive or not anyway I would have hoped that we would have other things better to do with our time Another waste of valuable bandwith and storage GEEZ :thinking:

by **Steve_Cox** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 6:37 am

Woody wrote:
Chip wrote:dang I am a L*****N,,does this mean I cant stay in the room,,,,

chipper

Chip,
You have to be in the closet before you come out, not the other way around so to speak

BTW is this really that important of a topic for discussion anyway??? Who the heck really cares about a program that filters out some thing that might be taken offensive or not anyway I would have hoped that we would have other things better to do with our time Another waste of valuable bandwith and storage GEEZ

Yeah Woody, your right. We should stick to important stuff like the Constitutional amendment the senate is debating today,:thumbdown: or maybe El Chupacabra sightings. :thumbsup:

Doing my part to keep the "Off Topic" section "Off Topic".

by **Woody** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:59 am

Actually this thread is a prime canidate for for good old thread hijack :twisted:

Did some one mention CHUPACABRA? The scourge of the novice camper :shock:

by **Ira** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:01 am

The weird thing is, I don't think anyone here has ever said anything real derogatory about other sexual preferences. And even though I think a MAJORITY of us here support everyone's rights to that effect, that's a different story.

We may have made some LITTLE jokes here and there, but nothing anyone would consider really over the line.

That's the problem with censorship of any kind--in an effort to "protect" us, they censor us.

No big deal--just thought it was weird because the word to me has always seemed so innocuous.

And Steve, stop showing off your computer skills! YES, I'M IMPRESSED!

by **angib** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:19 am

Woody wrote:anyway I would have hoped that we would have other things better to do with our time

What? Like building trailers?

Andrew

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