Why can't we swear?

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Originally Posted by Earthquake

The swear words are in the english dictionairy, its part of the english language. please why cant we swear? Maybe we should be able to swear if we are not aiming at the person but maybe if we aim a swear word we get infractioned/warned

So like example:

Ermmm Lets say I call Xavier a ****** I would get an infraction

Now if I say, Oh for **** sake I can't stand Xavier = No infraction or warning?


DONT INFRACTION ME ITS JUST AN IDEA :'(

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That is the stupidest post i have ever seen, why can't you grow up like others?

edit: I'm not moaning about your suggestion, just the way you explained it.

Maby they could put an option on in peoples settings: a tick box, "Block Swearing?"

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Originally Posted by Scottizbak

This is a HABBO FANSITE

even habbo lets you swear now? so if the site itself lets you sweasr the FANSITE should let you aswell -.-

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Actually it doesn't, you just have an option to turn off the bobba filter. Habbox could make a forum which has no word filter (but is hidden away when you have it turned on) or have it optional for the whole board.

I personally don't see the reason in allowing swearing, it means talking to people would be like talking to a hyaena who has just learnt swearing and laughs at it all the time or they'll just swear and have a hissy fit if you disagree or make fun of them.

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Originally Posted by Pycan

That's just child talk...

If this forum allows people to swear.. and parents seen it they would ban there kids from visiting.

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Thats childish talk.


Parents swear. Infact i don't think i know a single person who don't swear. This forums aimed at teenagers+ and correct me if im wrong but teenagers use "Naughty words" frequently. Parents wouldnt watch kids what their on 24/7 and be bothered by seeing a few swear words, i think they'd be more bothered about seeing naked women on their browsers than a forum full of teens talking with the odd mild language. Perhaps it would make life a bit hard for moderators but oh well. At least theyll be infracting for a decent reason if someone was actually being abusive.

I think to save this argument would be to just make it optional. Obviously when someone joins it is turned on (the filter) but you can go to your control panel and turn it off. Some people don't wish to see swearing and when I think about it, I really would not care, unless some twit decides it would be fun to swear like crazy in an argument or have a swearing hissy fit and make no sense.

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Originally Posted by Earthquake

Babes where I live, ''Naughty words'' are conciderd the same as ''Hello''

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and were i live people like you are conciderd punch bags.

i disagree, this forum is used by kids and the second the filter is lifted it will be abused.

So make it optional? Getting rid of it will mean disaster.

i agree with beth, the filter should be relaxed alot. i don't see the point in removing it completely because there's too many immature douchebags on this forum who'd just abuse it. about being able to have the filter on or not, management always so no coz it'd involve hacks ect.

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Originally Posted by alcohol

i agree with beth, the filter should be relaxed alot. i don't see the point in removing it completely because there's too many immature douchebags on this forum who'd just abuse it. about being able to have the filter on or not, management always so no coz it'd involve hacks ect.

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i agreeee with craig x

This comes around every so often. The main reason is that this Forum is used by minors aswell as older teens. And we want the forum to stay clean. If we said right ok, you can swear. Every thread would be flooded with swearing just for the sake of it. And yes people do swear, but it's not nice to hear or read at all really.