Use of "offensive" language on the forum

[Knytestorme]

One thing missing from this is the fact no-one has a right to not be offended.

I have plenty of gaming friends that use the phase "I just fucking raped him/her hard" about a lot of time when they win and shock/horror some of them have been raped, I also have plenty of friends that use the term "that's gay" for something bad, many of them happen to be gay.

People apply their own set of values to phrases they use, you don't have the right to decide for them in what way they are using the phrase, you only have the right to not listen to them....don't like something, change the channel philosophy works just as well on forums or in person.

The moment you have people telling others what words they can use we're at a situation where it's no different to telling them what books they can read, what music they can listen to and what movies/tv they can watch because it doesn't meet your approved standards and at that point you ARE impinging on the rights of others. In this situation yes, Lax could come down with a blanket list of words that he wants banned on the site and it would be trivial to implement since vbb supports that natively and it would absolutely be his right as the owner of the site but I would hope that the ability for people to ignore those they disagree with is seen as the most sensible and reasonable existing solution as that way no-one is impacted and everyone gets to see/read what they find least offensive.

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Yeah, #4 seems fairly appropriate when talking about a pvp encounter to me. Man isn't it hard when words have different meanings and you just can't accept it doesn't fit your narrow little viewpoint?

rape

¹ [reyp] Show IPA noun, verb, raped, rap·ing.
noun1.the unlawful compelling of a person through physical force or duress to have sexual intercourse.

2.any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person.

3.statutory rape.

4.an act of plunder, violent seizure, or abuse; despoliation; violation: the rape of the countryside.

5.Archaic. the act of seizing and carrying off by force.


verb (used with object)6.to force to have sexual intercourse.

7.to plunder (a place); despoil.

8.to seize, take, or carry off by force.