azzaman333
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A) A news forum would also be dominated by US news
B) A news forum was tried and it was a failure, so it was scrapped.
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A) A news forum would also be dominated by US news
B) A news forum was tried and it was a failure, so it was scrapped.
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
Music subforum ? 
Kozmos
Jew Detective
Okay when the hell did four chans became a censurable word? These forum rules are getting more ridiculous each day. I want old OT back, with stolen pants, Giant Death Robots and Ghandi advocates.
Oruc
Reactionary
I've been told they have had problems with it, I'm not sure what these problems were but their you go.
It does seem excessive to me.
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Let me see.... how many PG 13 sites do you know that allow direct links to sites that have child poornography and bestiallity as common themes?
When we had a steady increase of people linking there, and when we had people who had been intrigued by other people talking about that site, gone there and regretted it, action was taken. We don't tolerate anyone linking to any other porn sites - this is absolutely no different.
Good call.
I know none. I also know none that allow direct links to sites that have child pornography and bestiality as common themes.
Kozmos
Jew Detective
As long as it doesnt link directly to such a page I dont see the problem. People should be responsible for their own actions. If they choose to explore more of the site that's their problem, not of CFC. I mean frozen Buda on a stick! It's just talking about the site.
So why are we safeguarding people against their own stupidity? It's like CFC is big government trying to protect everyone from themselves. It's dumb in the real world and especially so here.
Furthermore do you know how many porn sites have innocuous sounding names? We can autocensor half the words of the english language then simply because we say those words we could be referring to it.
It's the same problem we have with nearly every word on the list: people can always find some way they can be used 'legitimately'. I recall a time when we couldn't refer to former Vice President Dick Cheney by his first name. While you can talk about "The Owl and the Pussycat", and "Puss in Boots", you can't talk about a cute little puss y. And never mind referring to a female dog.
A large part of that is based (subjectively) on frequency of use. Almost nobody here ever talks about female dogs. They use the term as a pejorative. And while that cute little kitten may get an occasional mention, the term is used almost exclusively as a euphemism for female genitalia. Likewise four chan is almost never discussed, per se, but rather it is used to link to the less savory parts of that site.
A large part of that is based (subjectively) on frequency of use. Almost nobody here ever talks about female dogs. They use the term as a pejorative. And while that cute little kitten may get an occasional mention, the term is used almost exclusively as a euphemism for female genitalia. Likewise four chan is almost never discussed, per se, but rather it is used to link to the less savory parts of that site.
Why not? This is a private forum and it is not a right to post here, it is a privilege. CFC can put in place any rule it wants to (within international and national laws). I understand and welcome the fact that CFC allows for debate over the rules, but in the end, it's just a forum on the internet. While they wouldn't probably admit it, there are certain people that CFC doesn't want posting here and the rules put in place are one of the means to that end. Frankly, safeguarding people from their own stupidity (in this instance and in the instances of other rules that have a similar impact) makes visiting the forum a lot easier on the rest of us who aren't so stupid.
Kozmos
Jew Detective
But what are supposed to laugh at then? 
Amusing yourself at the expense of the less intelligent is a form of elitism, thus against the CFC rules.But what are supposed to laugh at then?
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
I don't see much problem with censoring the name of that particular cesspool. As Padma said, filtering that string will prevent links, which are really the problem.
Is it verboten to spell out the four in order to reference it in a larger discussion? If that isn't allowed, then yeah, I agree that big brother's a little overzealous. It's not like its existence is a secret, and it's a lot more influential than deranged pornography. (Lolcats, rickrolls, so forth.)
And I'm gonna ask for bs to be taken off the naughty list every time this topic comes up.
It is not vulgar, it doesn't belong there.
Is it verboten to spell out the four in order to reference it in a larger discussion? If that isn't allowed, then yeah, I agree that big brother's a little overzealous. It's not like its existence is a secret, and it's a lot more influential than deranged pornography. (Lolcats, rickrolls, so forth.)
And I'm gonna ask for bs to be taken off the naughty list every time this topic comes up.
It is not vulgar, it doesn't belong there.
And spelling nazis too perhaps?Poor grammar and mistyped sentences.
Leaving that word censored probably isn't a bad thing- and it's almost become a meme to replace it with "female dog" in places where the word is entirely appropriate. E.g. "(blank, not a person) is a female dog".
