Is the "Keep it Clean" rule still in effect?

[hong]

I'm keeping track of all those people using hong as a verb. Yes.

 

[DaveyJones]

I'm keeping track of all those people using hong as a verb. Yes.

hong stick.

[-]does[/-]hong that [-]count[/-]hong?

 

[Umbran]

I'm keeping track of all those people using hong as a verb. Yes.

We could do a comedic "slam dunk" competition, and see who gets the best hong time...

 

[w_earle_wheeler]

So, just to clarify, it's OK if I write a thread titled "My Half-Orc Paladin Pisses on Bitches" and it will be OK, right?

 

[Pielorinho]

So, just to clarify, it's OK if I write a thread titled "My Half-Orc Paladin Pisses on Bitches" and it will be OK, right?

No, that's not okay. Words have different meanings in different contexts. Some words are by themselves problems; other words are only problems when used in certain contexts.

Daniel

 

[Joshua Randall]

If you don't see moderation happen, that doesn't mean it didn't happen.

I think we debated this once in my theodicy class.

 

[Morrus]

So, just to clarify, it's OK if I write a thread titled "My Half-Orc Paladin Pisses on Bitches" and it will be OK, right?

No, just as "w_earle_wheeler is an idiot" is not, despite every word in that sentence being acceptable in other contexts.

 

[w_earle_wheeler]

OK, so, "piss" in reference to bodily functions is not OK (we'll put that in the same category as the S-word [not sword]). However, "piss-and-vinegar", "pissed-off", "pissing contest" and other colloquialisms are.

"Bitch" is also not acceptable when it refers to a human woman. Will it be acceptable in reference to a canine in heat (not to purposefully reference an old The Simpson's episode. As above, "bitching" is OK, as is "bitch" when used in the "to bitch" form. "Bitches ain't nothing" would not be acceptable.

So the sentence "I bitched to Eric's grandma about the upcoming 4th edition. She told me to shut my mouth because I shouldn't expect WotC to piss candy 24/7" would be nixed not because of "bitched" but because of "piss."






Being a moderator must be hard.

 

[Pielorinho]

OK, so, "piss" in reference to bodily functions is not OK (we'll put that in the same category as the S-word [not sword]).

I'm sorry, earle, but that's not it. We're not going to break each word down according to which definitions are acceptable to use. Instead, I'm going to need to refer you back to the rules of membership. Please reread those rules. They're intentionally vague precisely so that we don't have to get into this sort of minutia. This is a situation where we need our board members to display good judgment, not to try to codify every possible situation.

Daniel

 

[w_earle_wheeler]

I'm sorry, earle, but that's not it. We're not going to break each word down according to which definitions are acceptable to use. Instead, I'm going to need to refer you back to the rules of membership. Please reread those rules. They're intentionally vague precisely so that we don't have to get into this sort of minutia. This is a situation where we need our board members to display good judgment, not to try to codify every possible situation.

Daniel

Ok Daniel, I'm not trying to be purposefully obtuse here.

Like I said, it's not an important issue at all. Just a bit of minutia that interested me, and I was curious as to how the golden rule was enforced.