# Proposed:  No Toleration of any Slur Words in Pit Titles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-no-toleration-of-any-slur-words-in-pit-titles/531641>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 7, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-no-toleration-of-any-slur-words-in-pit-titles/531641 "2010-03-07T19:10:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-no-toleration-of-any-slur-words-in-pit-titles/531641/81 "2010-03-12T20:51:22Z")

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> [@NoClueBoy](#):
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> Damn Yankee Texans are what residents of Dallas are to all the other REAL Texans.

Ahem. Like all those ‘REAL’ Texans in Austin, yes? 😉

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-no-toleration-of-any-slur-words-in-pit-titles/531641/82 "2010-03-12T21:11:39Z")

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> [@Syntropy](#):
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> Ahem. Like all those ‘REAL’ Texans in Austin, yes? 😉

🆒

We like weirdos!

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**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-no-toleration-of-any-slur-words-in-pit-titles/531641/83 "2010-03-12T21:16:50Z")

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oops…didn’t see the new thread request. So sorry…

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-no-toleration-of-any-slur-words-in-pit-titles/531641/84 "2010-03-12T22:19:59Z")

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> [@Syntropy](#):
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> Ahem. Like all those ‘REAL’ Texans in Austin, yes? 😉

So y’all _know_ about my brothers and sisters in Austin (home of the best chili in Texas), eh?

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-no-toleration-of-any-slur-words-in-pit-titles/531641/85 "2010-03-13T15:12:46Z")

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> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> This thread is really drifting into not About This Message Board territory – though it’s fascinating.
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> Perhaps one of you should restart this conversation in another forum area – with a link to here if that’s appropriate.
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> This is really more of a MPSIMS thing but moving the entire thread there is not the thing to do.
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> Edit: Heck with it, I started it myself.
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> [What they say/what it really means - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555650)

Wow! Not only do I get two pages of “mileage” out of my questionable suggestion, my thread inspired a spin-off thread!

That’s one for the records! 🆒

_ **- “Opie”** _

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-no-toleration-of-any-slur-words-in-pit-titles/531641/86 "2010-03-14T17:32:50Z")

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> [@hajario](#):
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> Even more language restrictions! That’s exactly what we need.

How much longer will it be until we can’t use the words \*Fuck \*or \*Shit \*or similar words? Censorship is not a good thing.  
Signed,  
Mr. Prunebody.

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-no-toleration-of-any-slur-words-in-pit-titles/531641/87 "2010-03-14T20:04:03Z")

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> [@Jake](#):
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> How much longer will it be until we can’t use the words \*Fuck \*or \*Shit \*or similar words? Censorship is not a good thing.  
> Signed,  
> Mr. Prunebody.

That’s jake with me, **Jake**.

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