# Can we start calling each cunts in the pit again please? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 29, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148 "2009-08-29T13:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/1 "2009-08-29T13:02:34Z")
I think enough time has passed that Ed and Lynn can save face by claiming it was an experiment and they are happy - pleased even! - to return to the status quo. Where inappropriate language is one again appropriate 🙂 What say you? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/2 "2009-08-29T13:04:01Z")
Duplicate thread, please report it thanks in advance 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/3 "2009-08-29T13:18:59Z")
The other thread is closed now, so this one needs to stay open. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/4 "2009-08-29T13:23:06Z")
Good point. I’m such a cunt 😉 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/5 "2009-08-29T13:32:42Z")
I offer a compromise - we are all allowed to call **Angry Lurker** a cunt. I however shall refrain. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/6 "2009-08-29T14:29:14Z")
Calling someone a labia is so pretentious. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/7 "2009-08-29T17:09:36Z")
Let’s not go overboard. You need to ease in to these sorts of things. Why don’t we start off by allowing ‘twat’ and seeing how things work out? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/8 "2009-08-29T17:15:43Z")
Yes, reversing that one decision will fix everything that is wrong with these boards, because not being allowed to use that one word was the reason two splinter boards were created. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/9 "2009-08-29T17:42:17Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Yes, reversing that one decision will fix everything that is wrong with these boards, because not being allowed to use that one word was the reason two splinter boards were created. So you’re saying the splits were over http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=split"]splits? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/10 "2009-08-29T18:06:02Z")
Not really. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/11 "2009-08-29T18:34:55Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Calling someone a labia is so pretentious. Labium, you peasant. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/12 "2009-08-29T22:40:03Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Labium, you peasant. > > Regards, > Shodan Now now, not if he’s schizophrenic. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/13 "2009-08-29T22:51:48Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Labium, you peasant. > > Regards, > Shodan Bollocks aren’t you a proper guv. Knowing hows to spell all them highfalutin words.😛 That’s a head giving you a raspberry. It is proper to give royalty the raspberry I believe. At least the other peasants do it when you leave. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/14 "2009-08-31T03:40:11Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Calling someone a labia is so pretentious. Personally, I prefer the term “meat curtains.” ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/15 "2009-08-31T13:14:17Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > I think enough time has passed that Ed and Lynn can save face by claiming it was an experiment and they are happy - pleased even! - to return to the status quo. Where inappropriate language is one again appropriate 🙂 > > What say you? No. This was not an “experiment” to please anyone’s ego, this was an attempt to remind people that there are limits, even in the Pit. That had always been in the Registration Agreement, but enforcement was uneven and it wasn’t clear where the limits were. Now it’s clearer, and we believe the boards are better for it. Neither are we going to reverse the rules on racism, threats of violence, illegal acts, spam, links to pornography, etc. If you are unable to conduct a discussion without using words like “cunt” and “nigger,” then perhaps you should seek other boards where such things are viewed as “appropriate” (using your word.) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/16 "2009-08-31T15:22:11Z")
It’s the “words like” thing that gets you. I keep telling my sister that when she says “gosh darn it”, there is no ethical difference than if she had said “God damn it”. The phonemes are different, but the sentiment from the heart is the same. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/17 "2009-08-31T15:31:23Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > If you are unable to conduct a discussion without using words like “cunt” and “nigger,” then perhaps you should seek other boards where such things are viewed as “appropriate” (using your word.) Why couldn’t you conduct such a discussion, then? Are you planning on leaving? Also, I’ve been told time and time again around here that words have no fixed meaning, and that whatever meaning they have is dependent upon the intent of the speaker. Are you suggesting that certain words must always have a specific meaning? Can we get a list? ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/18 "2009-08-31T15:55:58Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > If you are unable to conduct a discussion without \*\*using \*\*words like “cunt” and “nigger,” > [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Why couldn’t you conduct such a discussion, then? Are you planning on leaving? Please review the distinction between \*use \*and _mention_: [Use–mention distinction - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinction) It would be difficult indeed to conduct this discussion without mentioning the word that is its topic. It’s a fairly trivial exercise to avoid using it to describe another poster in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/19 "2009-08-31T16:02:31Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > It’s a fairly trivial exercise to avoid using it to describe another poster in this thread. Can I use it to describe someone who is not a poster? Can I use it to describe the behavior of a poster? Can I use it to refer to the anatomy of a poster? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148/20 "2009-08-31T16:07:11Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Can I use it to describe someone who is not a poster? Can I use it to describe the behavior of a poster? Can I use it to refer to the anatomy of a poster? [This is all covered in the sticky,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508858) which says the listed words “should not be directed at other posters.” It also says “don’t play games” with comparisons. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508148.md?page=2)