Re^2: array of MySQL data for substitution

I disagree totally that censorship never works. Who are you to say this when you don't know the environment in which I am trying to censor? What if this was a chat system or guestbook for an elementary school web page? Would it be acceptable to allow the word ass?

I think not. If it's a business site I don't see how the word "ass" would ever come into play. And what about asshole? This should be blocked because no matter how you argue it, this is a swear word.

Same with the word fuck and shit, business sites or school sites shouldn't allow this. Are you upset with my fucking swearing? I only bring this up because someone wants this node deleted because you don't believe that swear words should be fucking censored.

No, I'm not mad. I'm just simply saying swear words are ACCEPTABLE to be censored but NOT acceptable to be said in most circumstances. And who are you to say what I can and cannot sensor on my web site? Isn't that sensoring what I'm trying to say or do?

I asked a question and most posters were nice enough to post solutions to the problem. There's always that one rotten apple in the bunch.

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Re^3: array of MySQL data for substitution by CountZero (Bishop) on Mar 29, 2005 at 21:49 UTC
You can do on your website whatever you like. I don't mind. If I don't like your website or you attitude, I just don't visit it. I'm not at all disturbed by swearwords, but that is just me. Other people might get very upset by swearwords (for whatever definition of "swearwords") and otherother people might get even more upset by censorship of swearwords: to everyone their own I'd say. But the only way your swearword filter is going to work is by including a dictionary of all known swearwords in all languages and I'm afraid such dictionary has not yet been compiled. And please, don't call me a rotten apple. If you were not so blinded by the swearword issue, you would have noticed I was one of the first to post a solution to your problem. CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler."* - Conway's Law	[reply]

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Re^3: array of MySQL data for substitution
by CountZero (Bishop) on Mar 29, 2005 at 21:49 UTC

If I don't like your website or you attitude, I just don't visit it. I'm not at all disturbed by swearwords, but that is just me. Other people might get very upset by swearwords (for whatever definition of "swearwords") and other*other people might get even more upset by censorship of swearwords: to everyone their own I'd say.

But the only way your swearword filter is going to work is by including a dictionary of all known swearwords in all languages and I'm afraid such dictionary has not yet been compiled.

And please, don't call me a rotten apple. If you were not so blinded by the swearword issue, you would have noticed I was one of the first to post a solution to your problem.

CountZero

"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

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