Posted by alexandra_k on January 1, 2005, at 0:57:19
In reply to Language, context, and civility, posted by Dave001 on December 31, 2004, at 19:16:07
>I find the concept of censorship by means of transposing a couple of letters in a word to be completely pointless. If I were to write to one of you (for purposes of example only), "f*ck off," how on Earth would that be any less offensive than if I were to use the term in its unadulterated form? I'm quite confident that most of you are capable of interpolating the censored letters in the example above, and would do so subconsciously as you read anyway. So would someone *please* explain to me the point of blipping a couple of letters from common "vulgarities," at least to the extent that it is supposed to reduce the offensiveness of a sentence, phrase, or string of words? ;-)
There is an answer here:
http://dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20041218/msgs/432337.html
poster:alexandra_k
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20041226/msgs/436241.html