House of Commons / Lords, Defecit Reduction Options

[blackdog]

OH FFS, this forum is so toddler based. I got censored on the word T W A T.

Probably because the forum knows what it means.

[newres]

OH FFS, this forum is so toddler based. I got censored on the word T W A T.

Moderated i'd call it rather than censored. Personally I prefer moderated forums. The word you used us not very different to the "c" word in mu opinion. Many forums ban FFS. I personally hate those Facebook threads full of morons swearing and am glad this forum is different. Even though I'm an irregular.

[Nothing Much]

Where would David Gilmour's son..demonstrate? Chipping Sodbury?
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[Nothing Much]

Maybe that will work
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[Simon Kirby]

Moderated i'd call it rather than censored. Personally I prefer moderated forums. The word you used us not very different to the "c" word in mu opinion. Many forums ban FFS. I personally hate those Facebook threads full of morons swearing and am glad this forum is different. Even though I'm an irregular.

I see tw@t and prat as pretty much equivalent in strength of insult, with tw@t being the milder if anything, and neither being very much stronger than twit - something like a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being numptie say, and 10 the 'c'-word. I have no objection in principle to profanity or insults but as with any cliche it can come over as weak writing and alienate the reader if it's not inventive and satirical.

I'd also use tw@t to mean smack, which I don't think North Americans understand but is perfectly acceptable British English.

[Simon Kirby]

Where would David Gilmour's son..demonstrate? Chipping Sodbury?
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S****horpe?

[Andy Capp]

I see tw@t and prat as pretty much equivalent in strength of insult, with tw@t being the milder if anything, and neither being very much stronger than twit - something like a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being numptie say, and 10 the 'c'-word. I have no objection in principle to profanity or insults but as with any cliche it can come over as weak writing and alienate the reader if it's not inventive and satirical.

I'd also use tw@t to mean smack, which I don't think North Americans understand but is perfectly acceptable British English.

Like a lot of things, I think the emphasis is on what people mean, rather than the words they use.

I have been blasted for using the other 'T' word, an expression which I see as being barely playground offensive, but others 'decided' to be deeply offended by it. However, the offence was the belief I was bulling.

[On the edge]

Interesting, fashions come and go. At one time, as those of us of a certain age will well remember, f*** was absolutely forbidden, now any poor comedian who wants to enhance reputation just precedes every sentence with it! Emblazoned and illuminated on petrol pumps in pre war years. Pratts perfection spirit, the precursor to Esso. Don't times change. Still, better not think of giving anyone a box of chocolate numpties this Christmas.

[spartacus]

I have a cunning plan.

Let's demolish the Houses of Parliament.

£5.7 Billion to repair it. No thanks.
Demolish it.

I doubt a developer could make profit in the middle of London. Well, not the developers from around here any way.

It would be a bit like the Sterling Cable site. So many dirty deals taking place on the same site for centuries - with the real filth being dealt in the last few decades - that it's a piece of contaminated land and a developer would need to spend a fortune to get rid of the stink.....

[spartacus]

Interesting, fashions come and go. At one time, as those of us of a certain age will well remember, f*** was absolutely forbidden, now any poor comedian who wants to enhance reputation just precedes every sentence with it!

Swear words and what is acceptable language changes from time to time. I used to hate the adults who thought it acceptable to be walking along with their kids in tow and the lot of them wearing t-shirts or sweatshirts emblazoned with the FCUK logo in bold letters and seem to think nothing of the sensitivities of any dyslexic passers by.... or people like me who might snap their necks as we did a quick double take when we thought we saw sweet angelic toddlers with the 'F word on their tops... It was a while before my kids pointed out it was French Connection UK.... yeah, right.....

In a bid to expose the hypocrisy I bought a t-shirt from the company which deliberately parodied the open use of that corporate logo and at the same time celebrated part of our shared European monarchical past... The Danish King Cnut who tried to hold back the tide has a whole website of clothing to celebrate his legacy kingcnut.com

(The guy who set up the clothing brand is local comedian Dave Griffiths... Nice piece in The Independent on how he got one over on French Connection with his French CoRREction cnut t-shirts linky thing)

Trouble is, in the end I wasn't as brave as the FCUK types to wear it in public.... or perhaps I was considering the dyslexics....


The 'N' word is another... It was alright for the squadron mascot of The Dambusters to be called it in the 40s but apparently that part of our history will be re-written when they do a remake of the film... the dog will instead be 'Digger'... Don't want to offend now do we.....(although at the MOBO Awards ceremony thing the other night - which was publicly broadcast - I'll bet every Rap & Crap 'artist' present couldn't string a sentence together without liberal use of the word "niggaz..".... alright for them innit... If any 'ethnic' used the word 'honky' towards me I'd think it was something to with the way I smell... )

(Apologies for the thread drift.....)