Bugger ! I voted the wrong way, didn't read the question properly - same problem I used to have in exams.
Surely we're all grown ups and can censor ourselves without big brother. The big problem is that words change meaning with time, and what's a swear word today will be acceptable later, and in any case it's not the word that's actually a swear word it's the intent when it's used.
I am well known for very rarely swearing, but I do like to chunter the odd curse when the circlip flies accross the garage and lands in the dirty engine oil I've just drained. And sometimes a swearword is necessary to make a point, like when the Volvo driver pulls out in front of you - "I say that was close old chap" doesn't really express feelings as well as "****************************!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Let's be grown up about this, we all know what's acceptable and what isn't, I use the "If I can say it in front of my elderly parents, it's ok for the rest of the world" aproach, especially a bunch of motorcyclists, who've heard it all before!
One last thing, this could be the thin end of the wedge - if we have automatic censoring what will it think of Fanny Barnets? Will we be able to discuss grease nipples? etc etc
Surely we're all grown ups and can censor ourselves without big brother. The big problem is that words change meaning with time, and what's a swear word today will be acceptable later, and in any case it's not the word that's actually a swear word it's the intent when it's used.
I am well known for very rarely swearing, but I do like to chunter the odd curse when the circlip flies accross the garage and lands in the dirty engine oil I've just drained. And sometimes a swearword is necessary to make a point, like when the Volvo driver pulls out in front of you - "I say that was close old chap" doesn't really express feelings as well as "****************************!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Let's be grown up about this, we all know what's acceptable and what isn't, I use the "If I can say it in front of my elderly parents, it's ok for the rest of the world" aproach, especially a bunch of motorcyclists, who've heard it all before!
One last thing, this could be the thin end of the wedge - if we have automatic censoring what will it think of Fanny Barnets? Will we be able to discuss grease nipples? etc etc