Double standard -- hypocrisy at TR

We're a bit stuck with a US censor. I would like to post the recipe for one of my favourite savoury dishes but I suspect that it will be asterisked by the Post Police.

http://www.yourcounty.co.uk/you/archive/recipes/faggots.html

OK, we got the URL through...

with [b]that[/b] advert...

couldn't resist, sorry.

And I wholeheartedly agree with you re the Ozzie Ad. My mum doesn't like it either. AND it has TWO swear words in it. Being strict chapel, d'you realise I was hauled over the coals by Ma at the age of 28 for actually saying "damn and blast" within her earshot?!!! :(

Jules - that word also makes me cringe, but for a totally different reason. The reason you find it offensive is not the word itself; it is the context in which it is used. With me, however, it reminds me when I was taking my friends little girl and my daughter out one day, not realising that my friends daughter transposed her "F's" with her "S's"..... :0

yup. she did. In the middle of the shopping centre, age 2, she screamed at the top of her voice that she "wanted a suck of her dummy..." :8}

Why doesn't a gaping great six foot hole open up and swallow you when you need it to?!

(Mae - I can hear you laughing from here! You were supposed to be sympathising!)

:D

GG

Now who on earth could he have been talking about with a word like that?

calves foot jelly
potted brawn
livery n'onions

oooh! oooh! and black pud!

pass your keyboard Neil, I've eaten mine and I'm still hungry now!

translation of title reply available here:

http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/GeordieDictionary.htm

(totally disassociated from NITS (tm) for the purposes of clarification within the UK)

:D

GG

don't pass out or that the world doesn't stop but I agree with you completely on this one!!! :O

Ideally I wish there were a lot of words that weren't used in communication but there's going to be and I can dismiss them for myself. But I do agree sometimes it seems like there is a double standard.

I did, however, get a certificate of achievement..

that in a post I just made to "Almost Friday Yuk" I used the VERY COMMON AND SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE PHRASE:
t_i_t for tat

and the friggin thing asterisked out t_i_t

The first definition given in a dictionary for this VILE, OBSCENE word is:

"any of various small songbirds esp. of the family Paridae."

Would you believe that several years ago I got so steamed up by the absurdity and constraints imposed by political correctness that I SERIOUSLY considered starting a political party called "The Politically Incorrect Party."

I called at the office of my local Federal member and asked his secretary the procedure for starting a political party. She and another staff member strongly advised me against starting a small independent party because it might be taken over and used by people with a different agenda.

This had already happened with the One Nation Party which had been set up by Pauline Hanson.

I was advised to join one of the major parties. Note [b]ONE[/b] of the major parties which I thought was pretty cool coming from the secretary of the Federal MP who resided over the second safest conservative seat in the country.

Well I joined the Labor Party but I am still on good terms with Dr Brendan Nelson MP and his staff despite us being on opposite sides of the political spectrum.

SG rephrase that answer immediately!

GG

but what did I miss?

our Stateside friends have a bit of a cultural breast taboo and that's why t:t is asterisked out. Boob, I suspect, being not "American" is missed just like "Arse".

It's all a bit schitzophrenic, as well; topless bathing and public breast feeding are frowned upon yet their entertainment industry couldn't function without push-up bras and silicone enhancements (so long as you don't show the business end of the boob!!).

An example: a couple of years ago, Janet Jackson (nearly) flashed a nip in an obviously rehearsed "risque" accidental disrobing moment during the Superbowl and the public reaction was one of incandescent fury.

That wouldn't happen here. We have Page Three.

It [b]certainly[/b] wouldn't happen in Oz!

please explain, in nice clear, concise English what is wrong with this sentence to OG

"I would be one of the first ones up!!!"

I know this is not the normal translatory service you provide, but under the circumstances, I think you should explain this to him, being a male, as he is.....I'd make him blush - again!

Cheers, marra!

:x

GG

never mind. :8} I got it now. Gee you have to be specific with a sentence... ;\

in the original t_i_t for tat post!
Shame on you!

Rob

nicer

Rob

teat. In case I get asterisked out again, t_e_a_t.

provide us with the reports of your expirements, wont you ?? ;\

]:)

you are even being politically correct in your description about having to be politically correct.

These terms have been perverted and distorted.

Who knew that "The Flintstones" was a gay advocate group? :0

While running around calling someone a f4g is intentionally hateful, if the INTENT to offend is not there it just shows the ignorance of the offended to jump all over it.

I can't tell you how many times I have been called a stubborn german over the last three decades. I never too offense to this, because it was true. B-)

When you open a can of worms, go fishing! :D F'em if they can't take a joke!

because it goes back to context and intent.

t_i_ts is crude and is always intended as crude.
boobs and or breast are natural, and are nice to behold/beheld. :D

That is where most of this comes in. If your being a rude, crude, intentionally offensive "arse" then you will use words that are intentionally crude in nature.

everyone should allow boobs! no crime there! ]:)

I would NEVER say anything bad about my boys female parental unit! I am MUCH too nice for that! :D

I did let ONE thing slip in front of the boys before. They were talking about their female parental units cat was having problems with its ears and they thought it might be "mites". It just slipped out "probably just from listening to your mother". (oops!)

Through the tears of laughter, they told me I wasn't nice..... ;\

and I usually do so good at not saying anything bad or negative about her when the boys are around too........

Maybe you havent had REAL mexican food. And anywhere in the U.S. north of Houston does not serve real mexican food, they serve that americanized garbage. I am talking about the good stuff with tounge, tripe and all the mixin's. I have had some REAL Tamales where My buddies mom boiled up a cows head and used the meat and other remnants as the filler. That was the best tamale ever.

Ron White said it best when he was making fun of Cincinatti for claiming to be the Chili capital of the world. "Hell Juan can kick your a$$ with a goat and an onion..."

I'd rather avoid saying t_i_t, aka teat, in the presence of females or even another guy I don't know that well. One time my dog had an infection of his teat gland. The vet was female. I don't know of a politically correct word for a teat gland so I had to say the word to her. I couldn't say that there was something wrong with the dog's breast b/c she would have thought I was talking about his chest. However, in referencing this same condition about a human female, I would have used the word breast, not teat. I wouldn't have dared to tell a doctor that something is wrong with a woman's teat. Why is that?

Welcome to America ? Home of Hypocrites; Land of the Puerile. Home of Bible Thumpers; Land of the Cowed. Home of Political Correctness; Land of the Pure as the Driven Snow (or we?ll close you down.

Does anyone know of a religion-based movement that gained secular power and did not restrict and abuse human rights? Does anyone know of theocracy that did not eventually commit atrocities against non-believers? I propose allowing religions a political voice only in exchange for their registration as political/lobbyist organizations and a complete, permanent surrender of tax-free status.

but you set yourself up for it JD.

[q]...did I mention I used to be a long distance runner?[/q]

Those sheep are pretty fast aren't they? :p

are genuine, and explaining to one another what we find acceptable is an important area of communication. "Consider the source" isn't always meant as a put down...it's an important consideration when sharing with people of different ethnic or national backgrounds.

And Mark, technically the the teat is the nipple (let's see if that word is allowed) and the breast is the whole ball of wax. For whatever the reason it's acceptable in this country (USA) to show a large amount of breast as long as the nipple isn't exposed. But there was a time when it was considered horrible if a woman exposed her ankles.
I can remember when there was a major issure about I Dream of Jeannie because the star showed her navel.

edited: typed about instead of amount

teats - 'tEt

t_t
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -- more at TEAT
1 : TEAT
[b]2 usually vulgar [/b]: BREAST -- usually used in plural

mean the same, but not the same intent.

Same as the different "slang" terms for the other mommie parts and THE male organ. some are good for anywhere, others are only used in porn production or by the crude and "uncouth".

B-)

Jell my man, your not keeping up with the conversation.

That was Marky Mark that said one day someone was his "lamb". Not only does he admit he likes sheep, but he like them YOUNG! :0

I do now recall M_a_r_k's affinity for livestock. :p

I beseech you sir and bid you good day! :D

How come it does not censor the words under the section "Discussions Participated in:" in "My Discussion" page?

Whereas it censors the same words in the actual discussion page? Case of Bug?

If a cow had a wooden t*t, it would have a wooden t*t, wouldn't it.

As a school teacher, in reference to caning:

"I hit him and I missed, but he died of pneumonia from the breeze."

mammeries?

BTW, t*t has been fairly acceptable in OZ throughout my life. Boob is a relatively new term.

If one wishes to avoid offending anyone, "bosom" is a pretty safe word to use.

The lass who employs me to maintain her garden has massive "jugs." In fact when we are eating out at a restaurant, she cannot get close enough to her plate and so places an array of paper napkins covering her bosom area to catch any spilt food.

We have a lot of laughs about her awesome accessories. She is not at all interested in s*x, but I regularly ask her to take good care of them for me in case some day she becomes aware of their most important function (that shouldn't take much figuring out).

Because I have put on weight from my meds, I have developed accessories that would easily fill a "B" cup.

So I love to boast: "Mine are bigger than yours."

Well I would love to illustrate this post with a photo, but we know what happened to the LAST photo I posted, don't we. ;)

Jules started this thread (a bit OTT for a Friday but that's what he's like) which quite rightly became a bit of Friday fun on the various things that do and don't get past TR's autocensors.

epw's small rant seemed a bit out of place so I though I'd test another word on it.

:D

How many egostistic self-righteous idiots hate the word FUCK without knowing what it means?

Because it was used in a social manner that meant it was bad the fact that someone was in jail for reasons of FUCK (For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge) meant that in our "enlightened" society it could not be used.

Since when has "SUCK" been offensive?

no one is talking religion here.

no one is talking censorship here.

What IS being talked about is a private company, providing a service to working professionals having the right to decide if there are certain words they feel are not welcome on their private server.

People that feel any deviant language is acceptable to all (like yourself) are always free to start your own private server and talk any way you wish.

Funny, but if I were to say something racist instead of perverted, would you still support that speach? Is censorship still not appropriate?

Note before you make an even more stupid comment, I do not make racist comments and do not support people being able to do so. Not all speach is protected, even in America.

Christianity revels in the carnal relations of man and wife... You have projected a false image, and many people who don't understand the reasons why. If you ever believe, I can educate you, but that is an unlikely situation...

I suspect you will spend your time in Hell, alone and cooking...

in trying to have a rational discussion with you, but nowhere in Scripture is there any reference to: "revelling in the carnal relations of man and wife."

The Church as an institution -- especially the mother church, the Roman Catholic Church -- has quite deliberately instilled guilt about sex into the minds of its flock so that they will feel the need to confess and be "saved."

being a punk with a dirty mouth and the way a business would choose to have people act while using their services.

From your responses, it is clear that you are new to the whole "working for a living", and think that you can say or do anything, anytime, anyplace.

I see many hard lessions in store for you, and if you don't learn from them soon, lots of being underemployed. I know there is no place for a punk with a dirty mouth at any of the tech places I have worked, and if you really have found a place that doesn't mind, you had better pray to the god you don't believe in that you never lose it. You are so screwed up because you don't have a core value that tells you what is proper behavior in a professional setting. You are also so screwed up that you can't even tell the difference between TR not wanting a bunch of dirty mouthed punks being different that the anti-christian hate your spewing.

After you work in the field a few years, and get fired a few times for being a punk, you will either learn a lession or you will feel you got fired because someone was picking on you.

Another word come to mind. TROLL. Should have seen it in your posts earlier, because it is clear you only talk tough on-line and not in the office.

You prove the old saying that "IT Consultant" is just a fancy term for "Unemployed".

A soup kitchen is more like the destination of someone of your obviously limited ability to reason and maintain proper behavior. Consultant, sure you are.

I found that jem when every email containing do[b]C_U_M[/b]ent or do[b]C_U_M[/b]entum got caught in the spam filter.

I wouldn?t like people using the word W_h_o_r_e, F_u_c_k or S_h_i_t in front of children. Censorship can go to far but that is because some people can?t censor themselves. They ruin it for the rest of us.

I to clarify, good sir am not a Christian. In fact I have once advocated Satanism in favour to Christianity.

And onward Christian soldiers marching off to war!! (sorry but you asked).

The offensive word was to have been "*uck."

We apologize for any distress caused to you and your offspring.

the frontal approach. :0

But the left and right can behandled nicely to. :0 :) ;)

Rob