Just to explain the difference, and not for the reason of agreeing with any point made in here or anyone’s defense or the defense of anyone on here who may be a trol, as has been talked about in here, but I think the difference MrDibble’s referencing is “having sex with someone” may carry possible real caring feelings or love with them, whereas someone you want to fuck is someone you may not have any feelings for but just have a carnal desire to get your rocks off or get pleasure.
I’m speaking in general here, in “having sex with” or “fucking” anyone.
It’s not the off-board two year old that matters, I was referring to the difference between directing the word “sex” *at another poster * or in reference to them to others, vs directing the word “fuck”
Fuck knows I’m no prude, but I’m also not so disingenuous as to pretend there’s no difference between the two.
I thought we were focusing on differences that would matter on this MB. Vulgarity, except for the word “cunt”, is not against the rules here. Yes, one is more vulgar than the other. So what?
Are you saying no warning would have been issued had the poster said: This guy really wants to make love to some kids.
But…who cares if a rapist has “real caring feelings or love” for his victim? By definition a pedo is a rapist and their feelings are utterly, totally irrelevant.
I don’t care if 40(?) year old pervert wants to make love to the 3 year old he has deep caring feelings for or if he just wants to get his rocks off. Either one is equally wrong (although the “caring feelings” one is more delusional).
Congratulations. That single, pointless nitpick has forced every single person on the entire intraweb to suddenly reevaluate themselves and promise to be better people.
But that vulgarity was not directed at a poster. It was describing an act. “Don’t fuck with the constitution” is not the same as “You are a fucker for what you did to the constitution”.
A lot of the later posts in this thread are focusing on pedophilia itself, which is not an ATMB topic. Feel free to discuss that subject in another more appropriate forum if you wish, but not here, unless it relates directly to the ATMB issue being discussed.
Are there any more questions or comments about the thread in question, its closure, or the relevant ATMB rules?
ETA: Just to clarify, the last couple of comments regarding vulgarity and what is or is not allowed on the SDMB is straying a bit from the OP, but this is an ATMB topic as it does pertain to the rules here.
True - it was about a poster, though, which is the same difference really - or do you think “PosterX should go away” and “PosterX should fuck off” will get modded the same?
Idle Thoughts: Can you answer this question? I think it goes the disagreement that Mr. Dibble and I are having. There is certainly a difference between the “fuck” and “make love”, but I’m not seeing a distinction in this particular case that makes one acceptable and the other not.
In the context of our discussion, the only difference that matters is whether the phrases would be mod’ed differently. If you have a Google site that can reliably predict how moderation on this MB works, please share that with the rest of us. If the moderator in question says that “make love” would not have been mod’ed then I’ll be happy to concede the point to Mr. Dibble. Until then, I don’t see a difference that amounts to a distinction.
IOW, was the moderation because of the use of a vulgar phrase, or because of an insult directed at another poster.
