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.

[freakiness]

I second what Pepe said

[i-need-a-martini]

I'd be interested in getting an answer to this question too.

[love*today]

agree 100%

i want to know why this word is on a filter?

[i-need-a-martini]

And why move it to another board.

It seems totally inappropriate to move it over here where people are asking questions about ebay trading.

[poddster]

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

[purple_haize]

agree 100% with the other posters......

[poddster]

Out of virtual sight out of mind. this way it wont even get to the committee stage 😞

[lurker17260]

Hear Hear!

[*pepe]

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.