You've got to know the offensive words that are being alluded to for alternative words to be recognised as such in the first place. Banning their use seems like backwards logic in what is clearly meant to be an amusing and witty advert, It's a bit like the non-story that made it into the news recently about a rude word on Countdown. If you are wondering what the rude word was it was pricks. A perfectly normal English word with no surrounding context to make it rude or not. Once again you can only claim to take offence if you know there are alternative meanings to it and it has context to show how it is being used. Look out Scunthorpe, you're next for the "I am offended by this word" gang.

Martin C

Hi, it's a strange thing about what words are offensive to many people. I've worked with many blokes who actually found it offensive when saying words like please, thank you and even excuse me and have even been told to speak the same way as they do, funny old world, but I think it was a case that they thought, that I was putting myself above their level, maybe they thought it was a form of snobbery on my part.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 11/05/2022 08:39:17

Hi Graham, I wouldn't worry about it too much, as my surname doesn't have any immediate expletives in it, but it didn't stop school mates and others to change one letter and add another slag word to form what could be classed as offensive if used in a serious manner, in fact my whole name has been used in such away that I could have taken offense to.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 11/05/2022 08:52:21

I always thought prick out was a gardening term but context is everything.

Mike

I had a friend who came from Scunthorpe.
When I met him somewhere else, he said he came from Shorpe.
He explained there wasn't one in Scunthorpe because he was not there!

Sometimes it is better to use a word which people recognise and understand.
There's the term making love – something which is very loosely defined, as Clinton used to his advantage. If he had used the four letter word, everyone would have understand exactly what he meant. After all – it appears several times a night on the box.

Surely programmers are clever enough to make something which does not just search for a string of letters, but then checks the context. OK, you're never going to find them all, but it could eliminate most of the Scunthorpe effect.

I'm making up some pipes today – just going to search for some nipples.

Edited By Anthony Kendall on 11/05/2022 09:23:23

Hi All,

I once got into trouble at school in our 6th form revue for my "skit"

I slowly walked on stage carrying a galvanised pail, placed it on the centre of the stage, took two or three steps back, ran at the bucket, kicked it over shouting "BUCKET" loudly but distinctly.

Audience loved it but I got a talking to from my house master!

Cheers, Martin

Derek,

Years ago we shot a TV commercial in Frinton, all I remember is it did not have a pub!

Sorry for the small hijack Michael!

Martin

This is just censorship which is just a form of control and dominance that is part of the human psyche. Any group from a small gathering of a club, a village community, church, religious sect, social media forum, company, has a number of individuals who wish to impose their ideas and 'standards' onto the rest and censure those who do not comply. These people can become pressure groups and activists and gather greater powers. They always have an excuse – HSE, your protection, provide you with personalised content etc.

At a wider level this is seen in institutions such as the BBC, and of course is fundamental to government which is entirely about control and dominance of the general population. When it goes 'bad' you get the KGB and the Stasi looking over your shoulder, reading your correspondence, hiding round corners and listening in to find ways to subjugate you and force compliance.
Epitomised in the book 1984 by A.Huxley even before the internet entered every home and provided an embryo of the two way screen to spy on you, the population.

Won't happen in the UK? We have just seen, in Parliament no less, that activists snooping on someone's private phone then mobilised activists to destroy their victim's career. Tacitly approved by your elected representatives. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Am fed up with the PC / "woke" brigade, who seem to search for things at which to take offence.

Wait until they read this!!.

Am presently in discussion with the school onto which we back (Built after we moved in in early in 1973. )

Our new security fence needs to be screened to give privacy to our house and the school.

My wife and I obviously are two paedophiles in their eyes!

Apparently it never occurs to anyone that any of the local residents can go upstairs to view the school grounds!

But the box has been ticked, so they will be happy..

Howard

“Epitomized in the book 1984 by A.Huxley”. – O brave new world that has such things in it – possibly even on the road to Wigan Pier.