# On the Use of Rough Language in the Title

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-use-of-rough-language-in-the-title/393809>\
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**Created:** [February 26, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-use-of-rough-language-in-the-title/393809 "2007-02-26T23:19:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-use-of-rough-language-in-the-title/393809/101 "2007-03-12T07:14:10Z")

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> [@Nic2004](#):
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> fetus you have lived up to all I ever expected you to be.

I assume this is an insult. Well, censorship is one of those topics where you can expect me to get hot under the collar. There are others. Personally, I believe I’m one of the luckiest people in the world for living under a government that (mostly) allows me to dissent openly and use potentially offensive language wherever I please without fearing serious prosecution. Now, the right to say a naughty word on an Internet message board and the right to protest a war are vastly different. But one fits within the other, if loosely; I don’t want to be censored anywhere, and any group that wants my membership in exchange for undergoing censorship can expect me to be a stranger.

I suppose that would make you happy. You’re free to say so, should you choose to. Aren’t you glad?

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**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:** [March 12, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-use-of-rough-language-in-the-title/393809/102 "2007-03-12T13:03:23Z")

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**Nic2005** : Personal insults are not permitted outside the Pit. You will cease and desist, now.

**fetus** , thanks for not responding in kind.

A little catch-up and then I’m closing this thread, since it’s pretty much past usefulness, I think.

> [@jimbeam](#):
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> BTW IIRC it’s been a problem in the past to get folks to detail their titles enough to recognize the thread content, now we’re gonna go the other way

Well, I think titles like “Fuck this!” or “That cunt!” aren’t really very explicit, although they certainly are explicit, if you see what I mean.

> [@WhyNot](#):
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> Much Ado, one might say, About Nothing.

Perhaps, from a certain point of view, given how hot under the color some folks got over a simple discussion. But, from the other perspective, we do listen to member comments, suggestions, ideas, etc and we take them seriously. Some don’t pan out, some do; some are easy to implement, some are not. But discussion is certainly healthy and raises awareness.

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