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Using the term "rape"
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cover drive man
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Somerset's died?!
HeathDavisSpeed
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Yeah. Agreed. We need Del Shannon or Kurt Cobain gags like a hole in the head.
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cover drive man
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Sorry, I read 'someone' as 'somerset'
Uppercut
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Lolno. It's a proud Irish tradition.
Burgey
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Unfortunate headline.
Unfortunate headline.
Lillian Thomson
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How about "vasectomied" if the batsman is making the bowler look a bit sterile?
Outswinger@Pace
International 12th Man
It would be cool if some moderator/senior forumer puts up a post specifying words and phrases that are deemed inappropriate. I got a rap on the knuckles once (and rightly so) for the usage of this particular word, even though in a harmless context. It's simply because I wasn't better informed.
As is my wont, the first thing that I did when I registered here is look for specific guidelines of posting, but didn't find any. Maybe that's something that can be useful in the future on an online forum involving different cultures? You know, the definition of politically correct conduct differs a lot from place to place (and person to person, I guess) and it's easy for forumers to say something that comes across as offensive. Just a thought.
As is my wont, the first thing that I did when I registered here is look for specific guidelines of posting, but didn't find any. Maybe that's something that can be useful in the future on an online forum involving different cultures? You know, the definition of politically correct conduct differs a lot from place to place (and person to person, I guess) and it's easy for forumers to say something that comes across as offensive. Just a thought.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Putting up a list of banned words would be incredibly nannyish and stupid, anything that is overtly offensive can be added to the filter. For everything else an individual poster ought to have the maturity and sense of mind to identify when the use of a certain word might not be appropriate. This has nothing to do with different cultures, for it's hard to imagine any society in which the use of the term "rape" to describe a trivial act would be deemed appropriate, regardless of the level of tolerance it'd be subjected to. Just use a bit of common sense and tact, it's not difficult.
Burgey
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There is fresh evidence which suggests the moderators have no idea as to context and what posters mean at any given time..
Personally, the term is offensive. It's typically used by posters who are that young their idea of experience of the world is seeing an attractive woman on the way to school or uni and walking around with a fat a cat couldn't scratch for an hour afterwards. If you're that stupid, and those who run the site are that stupid, that they can't see using that word in the context of a sporting performance is at best disrespectful and inappropriate, and at worst offensive, then you're a pack of idiots. No wonder there are about three female members of the site, if unherently misogynist terms like this are tolerated.
I really can't believe the moderators would tolerate its use. Actually, I can. They're more interested in things that are far more "important" I suppose right now.
It's a ****ing joke that any of them would post seriously about "forum atmosphere" yet not raise an eyebrow as some idiot savant kid with two hairs on his chest and one on each testicle whose idea of being ***ually experienced is bumping into a woman on the train says "X is raping Y here".
It's a **** word. It shouldn't be made light of by using it in the context referred to in this thread and it should be filtered. The fact you even have to have a discussion about it speaks volumes for the priorities of the site and those who administer its every day functioning.
Personally, the term is offensive. It's typically used by posters who are that young their idea of experience of the world is seeing an attractive woman on the way to school or uni and walking around with a fat a cat couldn't scratch for an hour afterwards. If you're that stupid, and those who run the site are that stupid, that they can't see using that word in the context of a sporting performance is at best disrespectful and inappropriate, and at worst offensive, then you're a pack of idiots. No wonder there are about three female members of the site, if unherently misogynist terms like this are tolerated.
I really can't believe the moderators would tolerate its use. Actually, I can. They're more interested in things that are far more "important" I suppose right now.
It's a ****ing joke that any of them would post seriously about "forum atmosphere" yet not raise an eyebrow as some idiot savant kid with two hairs on his chest and one on each testicle whose idea of being ***ually experienced is bumping into a woman on the train says "X is raping Y here".
It's a **** word. It shouldn't be made light of by using it in the context referred to in this thread and it should be filtered. The fact you even have to have a discussion about it speaks volumes for the priorities of the site and those who administer its every day functioning.
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Smudge
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I'm with Burgey - its usage in relation to cricket is unnecessary. If someone uses it, it says plenty about their levels of maturity and their lack of interaction with the real, adult world.
Lillian Thomson
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In general I think the moderating on this forum is piss poor, which coupled with the bag of gunge that Cricket Chat has turned into is why I don't bother with it much.
However, on this occasion I don't think they did much wrong.
The following was posted:
However, on this occasion I don't think they did much wrong.
The following was posted:
People who were brainless enough to use it had been told to stop and without this thread that would have been that, with presumably people who continued being docked Brownie Points.
andyc
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I'm not sure why the moderators are getting attacked for this - this is something we've discussed at length and we're pretty much on the same page. We're not going to add it to the filter because there's times when the word will come up in legitimate conversation. When we see it used in an inappropriate context like you've mentioned, we've either posted in thread or sent them a VM saying that we're trying to steer away from it. We're not going to start infracting people for it - at least not yet - because it's something that we've only just started doing something about.
I'll point out as well that this thread wasn't started by a moderator, but a normal member. As it is, we were about to make an announcement in Site Discussion very soon regarding the fact that we don't want people using it in inappropriate contexts - in fact when I first saw the thread on my main forum page I assumed a moderator had started it.