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You wouldn't use "hell" in a direct attack, whereas you might with "retard". That's probably why one's filtered and the other's not.

Last edited by RedRocker227 (2012-06-04 18:15:52)

Mokat wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

You wouldn't use "hell" in a direct attack, whereas you might with "retard". That's probably why one's filtered and the other's not.

But someone could use it in the religious way to insult someone

I can see why it's not censored.

There's two ways to use it:

"The nether in minecraft is like a person's picture of hell. It's red, covered in lava, and has some pretty strange creatures."

Then, there's some, er, not-so-nice ways of using it:

"Go to h3ll! You [everything else removed by me]"

This is just an example, and I am not saying this about anyone (the last one).

Oh, and retar(d) is just what people with a mental disability were called a few years back. Just like a hundred years ago, calling a black person a n****r was perfectly okay, but now it's racist. Now you can't call someone who has a mental disability a 'retar(d)' without being looked at like you called them a vegetable. (I couldn't think of anything else that was okay for a few years, then become 'offensive')

Last edited by G0D_M0D3 (2012-06-04 19:21:21)

RedRocker227 wrote:

You wouldn't use "hell" in a direct attack, whereas you might with "retard". That's probably why one's filtered and the other's not.

But the problem is, the word isn't retard, it's retardant. There's a difference.

veggieman001 wrote:

wolvesstar97 wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

You wouldn't use "hell" in a direct attack, whereas you might with "retard". That's probably why one's filtered and the other's not.

But the problem is, the word isn't retard, it's retardant. There's a difference.

But if the former is blocked, so is the latter.

No, there's a whitelist.  That's why "grapes" is now allowed.  Retardant should be added to the whitelist.

Last edited by Greenatic (2012-06-04 21:35:37)

Well, I really don't understand why Hell isn't censored, in one way, it's terrible, in another way it is used as religion discussion. I'm pretty sure both aren't allowed (or is it just you claiming superiority of your religion?)
However, 're-tardant' should stay white-listed, because if you say it, it sounds really close to 're-tarded'. I don't believe in, at all, calling people 're-tarded' because there are some people that have been born mentally ill and can't help it.
So I -1 this topic. Also, instead of 're-tardant', you can say resistant or something else.

Last edited by chanmanpartyman (2012-06-05 12:50:13)

chanmanpartyman wrote:

Well, I really don't understand why Hell isn't censored, in one way, it's terrible, in another way it is used as religion discussion. I'm pretty sure both aren't allowed (or is it just you claiming superiority of your religion?)
However, 're-tardant' should stay white-listed, because if you say it, it sounds really close to 're-tarded'. I don't believe in, at all, calling people 're-tarded' because there are some people that have been born mentally ill and can't help it.
So I -1 this topic. Also, instead of 're-tardant', you can say resistant or something else.

You mean blacklisted?   

"Retardant" is a proper scientific word.  Should we ban the use of "horehound", a mint-like plant?  Really?

chanmanpartyman wrote:

Greenatic wrote:

chanmanpartyman wrote:

Well, I really don't understand why Hell isn't censored, in one way, it's terrible, in another way it is used as religion discussion. I'm pretty sure both aren't allowed (or is it just you claiming superiority of your religion?)
However, 're-tardant' should stay white-listed, because if you say it, it sounds really close to 're-tarded'. I don't believe in, at all, calling people 're-tarded' because there are some people that have been born mentally ill and can't help it.
So I -1 this topic. Also, instead of 're-tardant', you can say resistant or something else.

You mean blacklisted?   
"Retardant" is a proper scientific word.  Should we ban the use of "horehound", a mint-like plant?  Really?

Yeah, I meant blacklisted 
I'm not saying we should blacklist every word a immature 13 year old would laugh at, I am just saying retardant should stay blacklisted. You do not always have to talk scientific, also. I just think it should remain how it is, it's not going to do any harm.

Why should retardant be blacklisted, but not others?  What makes this a special case?

Retardant is a valid word, and should be treated as such.

Let's censor hell too then 

RedRocker227 wrote:

chanmanpartyman wrote:

Well, I really don't understand why Hell isn't censored, in one way, it's terrible, in another way it is used as religion discussion. I'm pretty sure both aren't allowed (or is it just you claiming superiority of your religion?)
However, 're-tardant' should stay white-listed, because if you say it, it sounds really close to 're-tarded'. I don't believe in, at all, calling people 're-tarded' because there are some people that have been born mentally ill and can't help it.
So I -1 this topic. Also, instead of 're-tardant', you can say resistant or something else.

What difference does it make if it sounds similar to "retarded"? "Retard" isn't necessarily a bad word either, depending on the context. That's like saying we should censor "truck".

+99999999999

"Lol we should ban survivorduck someone might see her username and think its a bad word"
^an equivalent thought process to censoring retardant

@Andres-Vaner: Theres a user called Helltank though, and they would then be banned for no reason, and nobody could say their username...    -1 to that.

you cant trust the system

RedRocker227 wrote:

I also find it interesting that "*" is censored, while "hell" isn't, because people will just change it to say what it actually stands for.

wolvesstar97 wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

What difference does it make if it sounds similar to "retarded"? "Retard" isn't necessarily a bad word either, depending on the context. That's like saying we should censor "truck".

+99999999999

"Lol we should ban survivorduck someone might see her username and think its a bad word"
^an equivalent thought process to censoring retardant

@Andres-Vaner: Theres a user called Helltank though, and they would then be banned for no reason, and nobody could say their username...    -1 to that.

You actually can have swear words in your username.

And you tried that?