04-18-2010, 06:31 PM | #1 |
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Wow-- I feel sympathetic shame for Mobileread
In this post:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=181 I used the utterly correct, clinical word "penis" in a non-offensive way-- only to have a moderator step in and edit to say "you know what." That is just sad. Shameful. Beyond shameful-- it defies belief. Is this site really so-- let's not mince words here-- so pathetic that the proper medical terms for anatomy have to be bowdlerized? |
04-19-2010, 03:02 AM | #2 |
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Moderators tend to be pretty forgiving on these forums, Ardeegee (with not a little help from a responsible membership). This edit surprises me. I must admit that I don't see the point. I wonder if it might be down to over-sensitive softwarfe. I remember one forum I used to visit where the word 'bad' posted as asterisks because the software included the innocent word in its obscenity-filter for some odd reason. Nothing could be done and members had to remember it use the bastardised spelling 'b-ad'. Cheers. Neil
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04-19-2010, 05:10 AM | #3 |
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Truly pathetic.
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04-19-2010, 06:56 AM | #4 |
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That was a bit over the top in my opinion. You didn't even use those other words; short-form-of-Richard or another-word-for-rooster....
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04-19-2010, 07:16 AM | #5 |
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Well, to be fair, you did put 'crazy-ass giant spiral' in front of it Maybe too many people were getting visuals and swooning...
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P.S. I also thought I sent you a pm about ti, but now I can't find it in my my outbox. Obviously I screwed up there too. |
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04-19-2010, 06:52 PM | #7 |
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No problem, I'm not holding a grudge. (FWIW, No PM arrived.)
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04-20-2010, 04:32 AM | #8 |
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Nicely, Nate. Here's karma to ya, pal. Neil
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04-20-2010, 04:50 AM | #9 |
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I think it is a classical example of difference between mobileread and some other places. Moderator apologizes? Well done Nate the great.
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