Why is there a word censor/swear-filter on the site?
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Why is there a word censor/swear-filter on the site?
We're all adults, after all!!
The swear-word censor is there to prevent pages getting filtered by some of the filters out there - i.e. if the word is censored BEFORE it gets to the person's own machine, their local censor shouldn't prevent the whole page from being displayed.
This ensures that people behind company filters/censors etc. can still view the forum.
So don't worry, I'm not trying to nanny-state the more sensitive readers out there, actually it's using censors to subvert the censors!!
J
The swear-word censor is there to prevent pages getting filtered by some of the filters out there - i.e. if the word is censored BEFORE it gets to the person's own machine, their local censor shouldn't prevent the whole page from being displayed.
This ensures that people behind company filters/censors etc. can still view the forum.
So don't worry, I'm not trying to nanny-state the more sensitive readers out there, actually it's using censors to subvert the censors!!
J
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Re: Why is there a word censor/swear-filter on the site?
Fank Thuck for that !!!jtaylor wrote:We're all adults, after all!!
The swear-word censor is there to prevent pages getting filtered by some of the filters out there - i.e. if the word is censored BEFORE it gets to the person's own machine, their local censor shouldn't prevent the whole page from being displayed.
This ensures that people behind company filters/censors etc. can still view the forum.
So don't worry, I'm not trying to nanny-state the more sensitive readers out there, actually it's using censors to subvert the censors!!
J
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Father Ted
Strictly speaking, feck in irish means to steal or to throw. But no-one seems to stealing know that, so I don't think we should throwing care about it either.
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Re: Father Ted
Chuck that!kayinbaja wrote:Strictly speaking, feck in irish means to steal or to throw. But no-one seems to stealing know that, so I don't think we should throwing care about it either.
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Re: Father Ted
It's a lobbing disgrace.Ajarn Philip wrote:Chuck that!kayinbaja wrote:Strictly speaking, feck in irish means to steal or to throw. But no-one seems to stealing know that, so I don't think we should throwing care about it either.
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Hang on a minute, many moons ago I was playing in a tournament when a member of the opposing team got a rather juicy shot in the gentleman's area. He yelled out at the top of his now high pitched voice..."Oh feck, my b*lls!" If feck means to steal in Ireland, does that mean that he was acually saying someone had stollen his prized assets?