As to your other points, I think they are good. For me, intelligent debate does not talk about fucking anyone's whore mother in their ear. If that is what I was looking for, I'd read YouTube comments.
edit: admittedly, tptacek does have a point re: the flag button vs. blacklist.
Kudos indeed. I'm glad Tptacek brought up the often-neglected 'flag' feature.
Again, there's no accounting for taste, but offhand I'd say labeling curse words, and their creative use, as "childish" is quite overreaching. Have you read any David Mamet, Frank McCourt, or Larry McMurtry lately? Do you honestly feel a child would have sufficient skill to structure prose in that fashion?
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>I suggest you consult the dictionary on the definition of 'drivel'.
I meant drivel. The linked post starts with:
> So, I went with, “fuckyourwhoremotherinheronegoodear.”
Drivel is "childish talk" (mom insults, anyone?) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/drivel
As to your other points, I think they are good. For me, intelligent debate does not talk about fucking anyone's whore mother in their ear. If that is what I was looking for, I'd read YouTube comments.
edit: admittedly, tptacek does have a point re: the flag button vs. blacklist.
Kudos indeed. I'm glad Tptacek brought up the often-neglected 'flag' feature.
Again, there's no accounting for taste, but offhand I'd say labeling curse words, and their creative use, as "childish" is quite overreaching. Have you read any David Mamet, Frank McCourt, or Larry McMurtry lately? Do you honestly feel a child would have sufficient skill to structure prose in that fashion?
I never said anything about cursing. I said mom insults were childish. So yeah, if I had said that, that would have been overreaching.