I wish I could write the filter. Alas, I lack both the knowledge and the privilege on PM to do that. That's why I feel discussions of profanity aren't going to get us(well, me at least) very far.

Have you noticed that no one seems to change their mind as a result of discussions about profanity? That PodMaster doesn't change his sig? That someone always brings the subject up again? Discussion is supposed to make everyone's opinion clear to everyone else. Is anyone unclear about anyone's opinion about profanity? How does this help PerlMonks grow if it changes nothing? A discussion of whether giving monks a choice of filtering profanity or not would end this type of discussion might do a bit of good. I somehow doubt that though.

I learned profanity in elementary school. By the time I was a teenager I had all the advanced degrees. The subject does not interest me, it is boring in fact. Perl is what interests me. As I said before, profanity is getting in the way.

xenchu

The Needs of the World and my Talents run parallel to infinity.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Profanity in the CB/Nodes by xenchu
in thread Profanity in the CB/Nodes by AcidHawk

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