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LegoAlchemist - They changed "Snipe Magnet" to "Magnet Grab"? Who's translating this game, 4kids? TALK - Friendships are in direct contravention of mercenary conduct as delineated in your contracts, and on a personal note: I am very, very, disappointed with you. Well, with the bot's new profanity filter and the warning log up, it has come to attention that there are some words that ought to be filtered... and some words that ought not to be. The latter option is the one I'd like to focus on. These are a few words I think we shouldn't censor. crap ass And here are my reasons. "Crap" I think is pretty self-explanatory. Now, I'm not going to make it my main point that "tons of people say (insert bad word here)". It's just a bad argument. But seriously, lots of people do say crap. I was given an implied list of words I should not use when I was growing up, and crap was not on it. But "damn" was. Since "damn" is okay, I think that "crap" is a little over the top. Besides, the word is rarely used offensively. Unlike the next subject. "Ass" is tricky... but unless directly used offensively, I believe it should not be filtered. As DTN the ops point out, people can read context. That is a skill I believe should be necessary when it comes to the usage of this word, because "ass" has several meanings, and if you think about it, its offensive meaning isn't very offensive. Another point, media doesn't censor it. If anything would be censored, "asswhole" should be (and, when censored, it would be something like ass*****). The term shouldn't be used anyway, because it's not very nice. Point is, "ass" isn't a very bad word. Its varients are, and only in context can it be. Those are my thoughts. please post yours.

DoorToNothing — I dreamed last night... I got on the boat to Heaven! And by some chance, I had brought my dice along! — 00:48, July 19, 2010 (UTC) As pointed out here by BebopKate and Yuanchosaan, we want to filter the word "crap". Your argument of "everyone says 'crap'", which was still your main argument in my opinion, is appliable to all terms. You could just as easily say "everyone says 'shit'", does that make it acceptable? Of course not. Also, once case of parents allowing you to use certain language is certainly not helpful in these decisions. I can tell you that my parents did not let me say "crap". There are much more PG-rated terms we can use instead of this one. At the same time, though, I have seen the world "crap" used in a PG-rated film, but only very rarely. As for "ass", I thought this was the decision: when used offensively, it is warnable. When used to describe the animal, it is perfectly acceptable. I am glad that we agree there. Below are two examples of usage of the word "ass"; the former is acceptable, the latter is not. I once saw an ass at the zoo playing with the zebras! You are such an asshole!

LegoAlchemist - They changed "Snipe Magnet" to "Magnet Grab"? Who's translating this game, 4kids? TALK - Friendships are in direct contravention of mercenary conduct as delineated in your contracts, and on a personal note: I am very, very, disappointed with you. DTN: Correction. YOu used the term "asshole", which is not the same as the term "ass". At least they register as different in my book. And, like I said, "crap" isn't easily used offensively. Try it sometime.