Dear Mods...

[*pepe]

What is the theory behind the word r a p e being reduced to **bleep** like its a smutty unacceptable word that must not be spoken here on Community Spirit?

R a p e is a serious and all too common occurence in our society and already is kept hidden by too many victims who feel the stigma of shame that society in general has attached to it.

It should be, NEEDS to be, freely discussed without any connotations of it being a dirty word.

By bleeping it out you are contributing to the stigma.

If you have a social conscience at all you will fix this immediately.

[sandypas]

Maybe eBay needs to be approached about the moderation team they have appointed.  You have to be 18 to be a member here (or supposed to be) yet they are treating us like minors. 

[freakiness]

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@*pepe wrote:

mods this does not belong on an obscure board used to ask questions about trading, it belongs where i posted it - on the community spirit board.

it is a relevant discussion

please move it back.

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That's what made me mad.  The rest of the comment must be telepathically read  😄

[chuk_77]

+1 what pepe said.

[azureline**]

but you can say raped? I think

Testing

[azureline**]

yes, you can!

[chuk_77]

it was bleeped out for another poster back on CS where this thread also belongs

[azureline**]

**bleep**

raped

rapes

testing

[azureline**]

so, only the noun? is bleeped......makes sense...NOT

[lurker17260]

What about raper? Are they allowed here?

[*pepe]

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@poddster wrote:

The solution is very very very simple.

All that has to be done is a minor adjustment to the profanity filter file.

Even thought the solution is simple and would take all of 10 seconds to apply, I am guessing that it will be a committee decision with endless discussion and it will be deferred indefinitely, put in the "too hard" basket and forgotten

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it should never have been added to the filter in the first place.
what kind of person considers r ape a naughty word like c rap for instance?