Censorship on the site

DRL333 · Post by **DRL333** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:37 pm

I'm against any form of censorship whether on the internet, on TV, or state policy, so I just can't stand when words are replaced by *** or someone gets banned for saying something "offensive". I'm not saying I condone racism or violence against people who are differnet or who think differently, but I don't see what the worst can come of an "offensive" joke over the internet, besides, imagine how unfunny things would be on Family Guy if the writers weren't alowed to make jokes about politics or celeberties or... drugs. The only thing I can think of that can come out of a joke is a flame war, but there are ways to deal with flame wars without the use of censorship. I'm just expressing my concern of the site and the members of HaloMods, I'm not trying to be bitchy about it.

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:42 pm

Family Guy is on a TV network, that they pay for. The networks decide what to censor, and what not to, and you accept it, or watch something else.

The forums are on a server, paid by grenadiac. He decides what to censor, and what not to, and you accept it, or go somewhere else.

No difference that I can see.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:45 pm

Citing Family Guy probably did not help.

It's more trouble than it's worth. You can't say fuck, shit, or fag on this forum. Just get over it.

DRL333 · Post by **DRL333** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:46 pm

I'm just trying to persuade the staff and Grenadiac to get rid of the censors.

Ferox · Post by **Ferox** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:46 pm

DeadHamster wrote:Family Guy is on a TV network, that they pay for. The networks decide what to censor, and what not to, and you accept it, or watch something else.

The forums are on a server, paid by grenadiac. He decides what to censor, and what not to, and you accept it, or go somewhere else.

No difference that I can see.

so the internet is free?
Cool.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:49 pm

Even though it doesn't give the impression all of the time, Halomods is meant to be accessible for all ages. We don't need to remove the censors, and there's more situations where the lack of censors would cause trouble than it would be beneficial.

Plus, 9 times out of 10 it's really not that hard to just guess what the person said if you really want to.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:51 pm

And hypothetically, if there were some situation in which you ABSOLUTELY needed to use the F-word (although there really would never be one), you can bypass the filter anyway. But do realize that it's against the rules.

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:53 pm

There are people who want to come on the forums without being exposed to language, etc. You can put up with a few asterisks, but some people will not put up with language, and would be disappointed if the censors were taken off. There really isn't much of a point in taking them off.

DRL333 · Post by **DRL333** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:57 pm

Well I may be taking this too seriously, but censorship just really gets to me.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:41 pm

Yeah, you are. There is not a single legitimate reason as to why you'd need to be able to say one of these words and have people see it. The same point gets across when it gets censored. If I say "What the fuck?," you're not sitting around trying to figure out what I meant, and it changes absolutely nothing if it's censored or not. You're arguing based on your own principles, which clearly the admins do not agree with, due to the site being accessible to all ages, as Gametag said. You're not going to get anywhere with this.

There are no admins to change it, and even if there were, they wouldn't change it. Continuing is pointless.

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:21 pm

I think the only word that should be uncensored is the other word for gender, or intercourse.

I'm not that bothered though, as I know it'll never happen.

Iron_Forge · Post by **Iron_Forge** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:42 am

As was stated, this forum is meant for all ages...If you don't like that a word you are using is censored, then find a more age appropriate replacement for the word...If you can't, then it should be obvious what your saying has no place in these forums...

I never want HaloMods to not be on the list of allowed sites by a child because their parent is actually doing their job of monitoring what their children do online, and find this site to be non-appropriate for their children...

I'm well aware of the standard "Halo is rated M" arguement that always crops up...But it also lacks the "realistic army language" you find in alot of M rated combat games...If they soldiers can curb their language so can you...

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:01 am

I like it just how it is.
Seeing '***' is a lot less annoying than seeing people use 'big words'.

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:06 pm

this is a bit of a bump, but i've been kind of annoyed by this as well. I thought we put up the filters years ago when there were more middle-schoolers prone to flame wars than there are now, so i see the need decreasing. but i also understand wanting to keep the forum accessible to people of all ages.

maybe we can add a wordfilter option in the profile preferences? for example, i think it's silly i have to look at these asterisks, even if i can figure out what the poster was saying from context clues. i'm mature and can deal with it, so it would be nice to turn the wordfilter off for me.

just a thought for an in-between solution to make both camps happy. ultimately, it's grenadiac's forum, so it is up to him.

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:13 pm

I like how the argument for censorship is headed by someone with the blatant, "Cranky old Bastard" in his name.

Not that I'm against or for censorship or anything, I just find that a little ironic.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:50 pm

Maybe he's cranky, old, and without a father.

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:56 pm

It's quite possible.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:37 pm

Tural wrote:Maybe he's cranky, old, and without a father.

llolo.

Xeno2 · Post by **Xeno2** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:17 am

Tural wrote:Maybe he's cranky, old, and without a father.

Bastard dosnt mean without a father, just means parents were not married at time of conception and birth.

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:07 am

This is a great discussion about censorship. It's a good thing no one started a conversation about a cranky old bastard or anything like that (cough) lolollol.

I think an option to enable or disable censorship in an individual's profile would be great. That was a very good suggestion.