docellis wrote:PujolJunkie wrote:cardsfansince82 wrote:There's over 1000 members here and to my knowledge there is one that is under 18. Actually two...I forgot PJ. Maybe the cursing gets out of hand at times but there is a filter and all that can be read is "expletive" which shouldn't be offensive at all.
I'm 19 and besides that, I'm pretty sure I'm as guilty of this as much as anyone else.
What we need is a word filter.
Maybe we should have one installed.
You mean one that would say "expletive" instead of show the curse word? That would be neat.
That's almost perfect.
cardsfansince82 wrote:I know how old you are PJ, I was just joking.
Stuff like "[expletive] you Schumacher" doesn't really add anything to the discussion. If the argument is that people should think twice before posting stuff like that in the future, I would agree. But I would disagree that cuss words that are filtered into the word expletive need to go away altogether. We're all adults here and there is no mythical "kid who needs an example set for him". Reading "expletive" is extremely tame compared to what you can read on a million other websites, see on TV, hear in music, hear/use in everyday life. It's up to you what word you substitute for expletive in your head. Try puppies or something.
I was pretty sure you were but my playground rep is something I have to protect.
I think it's few and far between that you actually see someone specifically expletive toward a player on the team. I've seen people say things like "Damnit Ankiel" or say something to the effect of "Come the F on Ankiel" but very rarely, unless it's in flashchat where we all just go absolutely nuts, do I see anyone say anything like "F you Schumaker," although I did see that in the GDT for tonight's game.
I guess my point is, if you seriously want to see people take it overboard, go over to
http://www.DodgerBlues.com and look at their board. Every single post (I'm not kidding) contains the F word, a variant or something worse. Even NSBB is worse than us in that department. For the most part, we're a tame and mature bunch when it comes to baseball discussions. And even most of the discussions in Social. I don't think there's many (repeat: many, not any) mature adults on this forum who can say that the the word "expletive" just makes them feel terrible. I think the word filter does that perfectly.
And for the record, I don't care whether you're speaking in *real time* or *typing things out*, things can be said in the heat of the moment no matter the situation. I've done it a million times on here and many other places. Last time I checked, the heat of the moment wasn't just a song by ASIA nor did it have to be held down to any situation. It's just a case of being in a certain mood and saying things off the cuff.