M3RBMW wrote:
I suppose the only clarificatiom I would like is what constitutes swearing.
I regularly use words such as crap, shit and such but try to use #@$ inside a word being used to highlighty an extreme.
But am I breaking the rules or are words like those above OK?
I agree with PeterE's suggestion that we have to make moderator decisions when necessary. I also recognise, Ross, that this leaves you in a particularly difficult position because cultural norms are different in the UK and Australia.
Please feel free to use appropriate language as you feel fit. If swearing seems to exceed our cultural norms (and I honestly don't suppose it will - it hasn't so far), then I'll send you an email and let you know. The last thing I'd want is to have you worrying about language when you should be "sharing information" with us.
If this was an "all adult" environment I wouldn't have written the rule. The main cultural need expressed in the rule is to shield children from excesses of swearing. (That said, practical reality seems to indicate that children swear more than adults, so I really don't know what purpose our cultural norms may serve!)