(December 5, 2012 at 7:13 pm)apophenia Wrote:
You know, I'm all for clean language, if that's one's choice. Myself, I can't get a sentence out that doesn't contain some profanity (Dragon Naturally Speaking won't translate swear words, so while I may be saying them, they're just not getting typed here). However, to come to any forum, you've made an implicit agreement to abide by the decorum of that community, and for someone to come on here, having accepted that, and then complain about the level of that decorum is just absolutely faithless and rude. I'm not going to debate the use of language, I like it flowery, I like it foul, but to come to a group of people, of your own volition, and then, as these people always do, tell them they are bad simply for being different, where the fuck do these fuckers get off? This is the same shit that resulted in millions of dead in Europe for the crime of "thinking differently". Now if you want to go home to your fragile little world and shit about the place with your fellow pigeons, knock yourself out: but do not bring it to my house. You are a guest, and if this is your level of decorum, disrespecting the mores and feelings of your hosts, then get the fuck out and don't come back.
I don't buy this argument.
Joining a forum means obeying the rules, but it doesn't mean liking them, or accepting them as ethically or rationally valid.
