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Tom Achronos
Bungie.net Overlord
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"I have no words that would do justice to the atrocities you commit to the English language, as well as your continued assaults on the concepts of basic literacy and logical reasoning."
The word list in place since April 2004 is an edited version of the one MSN uses. We took out a LOT of stuff - that was an interesting meeting. We've only added a few words since then, and none of the ones you mentioned were "added" after April 2004.
Some stuff remains that you don't agree with. For example, the -blam!- orientation reference is blammed because a large portion of the people who frequent these forums seem to use variations of it as their default insult, usually only proving their own ignorance in the process. The "female dog" reference and various other words demeaning women are removed, and I find no reason to remove them.
I can appreciate the use of a good curse here and there to make a point. But let's be honest - how many people out of the million or so accounts on this forum fit into the category of people who can express a thought and use a curse word to good effect? Most people here have trouble constructing ideas without using curse words. These are the same people who PM me and claim knowledge of my -blam!- preferences and command me to "suck it" when I say something they don't like.
No, unless people magically demonstrate the ability to "curse properly", the banned word list will stay. Now, I very much preferred the old way where the system would censor based on user preference. Unfortunately, since April 2004, that way won't work due to the vastly increased performance we require out of the web site.