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.

[chuk_77]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

I'm glad that you are satified Lurker ....but shouldn't the mods satisfy all the board ON  this board rather than just sending a message to one poster ?

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they should satisfy pepe, as she is the one who asked the question/s. Everyone else was just agreeing with her, cept joz

[izabsmiling]

that's Good to know Pepe 

[freakiness]

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@joz*garage wrote:

good luck in trying to change the system

personally, i think you'll never get the perfect forum

in my experience, theyre all flawed, in one way or another

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Who asked for perfection?

There is no excuse for posting **bleep** jokes anywhere.

That's like watching and laughing at a **bleep** because it's easier than doing something to stop it.

[joz*garage]

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

Joe I am sure your mother and sister would find that joke offensive 😞

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why so sure?! the joke was told by my step father (thats how i remembered it) we all had a chuckle including my mother and sisters

like i said time and time again, there are many people on here with their nose held high with no sense of humour

and take this place too seriously

its just a ebay chat forum, wake up

[joz*garage]

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@chuk_77 wrote:

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@izabsmiling wrote:

I'm glad that you are satified Lurker ....but shouldn't the mods satisfy all the board ON  this board rather than just sending a message to one poster ?

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they should satisfy pepe, as she is the one who asked the question/s. Everyone else was just agreeing with her, cept joz

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where does it say i disagreed with the op?

[azureline**]

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@ca04 wrote:

It is also the name of a plant & is also used in matters outside of the sexual use of the word.

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no, as I already posted the seed/plant is rapeseed, all one word. It is just the noun that is filtered.

[newstart2380]

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@*pepe wrote:

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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?

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Well, both those got through like my Fcuk which is a clthes brand and quite legitimate.

They are a bit fussy me thinks and a bit prudish, goodness they should all visit facebook or twitter and that will raise their eyebrows and cause them all a fluster.

[*pepe]

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@joz*garage wrote:

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

Joe I am sure your mother and sister would find that joke offensive 😞

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why so sure?! the joke was told by my step father (thats how i remembered it) we all had a chuckle including my mother and sisters

like i said time and time again, there are many people on here with their nose held high with no sense of humour

and take this place too seriously

its just a ebay chat forum, wake up

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tell a funny joke and i'll laugh, tell a joke trivialising r ape and i will treat it and the teller with the contempt it deserves.

[joz*garage]

i couldnt understand what youre on about freakie, with all that bleeping going on

try talking normal

its not that hard

[joz*garage]

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@lurker17260 wrote:
That may be jo, but making bad taste and offensive jokes in a serious thread about over zealous moderation is not going to help the mods understand we are all adults here.

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oh no another one who's made a home here