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Started 1 year ago by Ofaliss
Latest reply from drzombiewilde5000
poll: Should we completely censor ourselves?
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No : (9 votes)

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Ofaliss
Member

This site has a great community, but it seems peace is coming at a cost, the inability to say what you want, without being policed.

I started a thread a few days back about hackers, and how they help ruin the PS3 community. I expressed my dislike for the sort of hackers that release codes that lead to cheating and piracy, and in my expression I used profanity, and other comments that would be deemed as hurtful. A few members here took issue with what I said, and what a few others said and it made me think, what is getting along with everyone costing me? Does getting along with everyone mean I have to give up the right to express extreme discontent?

I love not being called a noob because I don't have a 4.0 killstreak in Call of Duty, or not being looked down on because I'm not a PC gamer, but why should it come with a G rating? I can understand intervening in the disagreements that happen here sometimes, I've done that a few times myself, but policing what others say is too much in my opinion. Especially if your expressed discontent isn't even aimed at anyone at this site.

So what do you guys think, should we have to always censor ourselves?

Posted 1 year ago #
Carson
Member

should we have to always censor ourselves?

Absolutely not!

But, I do feel I have the right to encourage appropriate language in a public forum that anyone can read, I would not go so far as to force you to express your opinion in a manner you aren't comfortable with.

Should the question have been:
"do you think we should try to use language that all of society would be comfortable being exposed to"
Then, probably.

Posted 1 year ago #
Ofaliss
Member

I appreciate the feedback Carson.

I do understand that this is a public forum, but just like in your normal everyday life, your going to hear some things that's not suitable for all ages.

I like to think of this site as a bar/pub, everyone sitting and having a good time, and just like a bar/pub, there are going to be times where the profanities come out. Me personally, I'm a very profane person, but I hold that back most of the time on this site. You will see me use a few profane words from time to time, but not aimed at anyone. I just think that sometimes you have to vent. It's harder to do that with words that have more than 4 letters! :)

Posted 1 year ago #
volcane
Member

Hmm, that's a tricky one. An emotive subject to be sure.

I guess it's important to remember that there are people of all ages in this community (young and old) and our behaviour here should reflect the values and morals we hold ourselves to in the "real" world.

In life, we (like most reasonable people) choose to censor our language and behaviour differently in different circumstances. For instance, one of my favourite sports is kickboxing. When I'm sparring and a 6 foot black belt has just kicked me in the head, you'll hear all manner of fruity profainties issue forth from my mouth (assuming my gumshield has been kicked out). However, on the other hand when I'm at work I need to present a much more professional image and will very rarely swear.

To the question of how much self-censorship we should each use in the pspminis.com forum, I think that should be down to the individual to decide.

My own personal guideline (for myself) is to consider whether I would be embarrassed if my kids/wife/employer end up reading what I have put. I also feel that there is no such thing as "real-life vs digital-life". There is only "life". I try to present myself online in the same way that I do offline. For me, in this forum (as in the rest of my life) I feel perfectly comfortable issuing the occasional profainty (if the situation warrants it) but the vast majority of my communication is polite and respectful. Even if the person I'm talking to is a complete fuckwit! ;-)

Posted 1 year ago #
onmode-ky
Member

I do censor myself while in this forum. Not that I need to filter my language much at any time, but, for example, some links I would have liked to have posted here at one time or another I did not actually post, because those particular sites also had content involving female characters wearing rather minimal clothing. I personally have no objection to such content, but we clearly have readers and participants in this forum who are well below the age of adulthood. In contrast, I would be less likely to restrict myself in such a way at the AtariAge.com forum.

Ofaliss, due to the age thing, I would not recommend thinking of this forum as a bar/pub. Granted, I actually used dirtier language at 8 years old than at any other point in my life, but still.

Posted 1 year ago #
confuletlyf
Member

This is a reviews and news site first and foremost. As has been said, there are users of all ages. It isn't a general forum. Discussion tends to be limited to the PSP/Mobile communities.
The thread you started was very relevant to this site and a very good point. I agreed with your stance, but these are open forums. I wouldn't blame you personally Ofal. You cussed, yes. Other comments in the thread went into unneccessary detail.
This site is more like standing in your local EB Games. Browsing through racks, chatting with buddies. Odds are a few kids/parents are in the store too. (I fall into the latter)

Complete censorship is over the top, but when a point is made, leave it at that.

Posted 1 year ago #
drzombiewilde5000
Member

I agree with carson. And Its not "completely censoring yourself" to not curse. You are typing after you think what you are writing, and after that you have to hit the post button, so there is plenty of time to catch your cursing, whereas in public you may curse spontaineously verbally, and there are not multiple times for you to catch yourself. Plus ,even though I curse from time to time like a sailor in real life, when composing yourself in text, cursing loses its luster, and doesnt really help make for poignant comments. The emotion of it is lost and it ends up sounding ,no offense, but ignorant.

Posted 1 year ago #
Locke_VI
Member

If I offended anyone here with my language in that other thread, than I apologise. That was not my intent. I was frustrated and was just venting.

I used to work in construction; I guess I hit my fingers with a hammer enough times so that I grew comfortable with cussing.

I do not believe in censorship, but I do believe in personal responsibility. I admit that it was irresponsible of me to cuss like a sailor while at the same time basically accusing those hackers of being irresponsible with their knowledge. My opinion of those hackers hasn't changed, but in the future, I'll be careful to post my thoughts here in a more appropriate way.

Posted 1 year ago #
Shazbots
Member

@Ofaliss

Im with you on this one man, I fucking love to HATE censorship. Specially when is done in music, video games and movies, censorship is like saying "You don't behave like the rest of the cattle, so we are going to school you and restrain your opinions and stop you from expressing yourself". The hell with that man, express yourself and don't let anyone tell you how to feel or what to say.

Posted 1 year ago #
Takao
Member

I read the thread title and expected this to be on how a few of the Hot Shot Shorties games have had their characters altered in the English release compared to the Japanese. In the Japanese vaccuum cleaning game, it is a woman rather than a robot tiddying up.

Posted 1 year ago #
Shazbots
Member

@Takao

Because of the damn Feminist movement in countries such as the U.S and other European countries like England. The English version was change and know we have a stupid robot, so feminist woman would not be offended. I know man is lame.

Posted 1 year ago #
Ofaliss
Member

See, this is what gets me, the ones who had issue with what was said are saying, no don't completely censor yourself, but try to censor yourself. What?! If you take away what I said that you found offensive, your left with a totally censored statement!

I'm sorry I love this site, and the peace, but a few of you just want to take it too far. Nothing against you guys, I will still get along with everyone like I have been and approach these threads like I always do, but I will not allow anyone to restrict what I can and can't say.

This is not a dictatorship. Policing someone does more harm than good. It makes the one being policed, resent the one policing. That creates both hostility and tension and enough of either of those, and you potentially create a fallout that will ruin the peace that we all have worked hard to maintain.

Posted 1 year ago #
sp3c
Member

mweh I thought the thread in question was taking the freedom of speech thing a little too far, I agree that the guy is a douchebag but damn that was some smacktalking!

I think what he did stinks but it did not warrant the death penalty

so I didn't post untill some cooler heads joined it
don't get me wrong, post whatever you want but I do not want to take part in a conversation like that. ... teh intarwebz works that way for me

Posted 1 year ago #
sp3c
Member

when you take it that far, the other side is bound to show up and take it even farther

Posted 1 year ago #
thumbbandit
Member

I've always been against ‘Censorship’, I mean who’s to say what IS and ISN’T obscene? One mans (or womans) profanity is another man full stop (period). Christ, I mean, I know people who start (and end) each sentence with a swear word and they aren’t bad people. Coming from the UK, home of the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification), where (for about 20 years) one man dictated what was and wasn’t appropriate for me and everyone else to watch (although HE could watch it, our tinny brains couldn’t handle it… yeh right!).

Question
Who’ Censor’s the ‘Censors’?

P.S. Don't confuse 'Censorship' with respect... I respect everyone here... EVERYONE!!!

Posted 1 year ago #
drzombiewilde5000
Member

Shazbots
"I f'ng love to HATE censorship" -who does love censorship? Seriously? If you ask someone who is actually censoring something, they will probably even tell you they hate censorship. Respecting other peoples sensibilities and thier sensitivities is just considerate, if , say your mother just died I,knowing you are sensitive to the subject, wouldnt make jokes about your dead mom. Or we wouldnt curse out a child, just to rebel against censorship right? It doesnt really mean you are censoring yourself, just being a considerate person. I totally agree with not censoring music, games ,or any kind of art or media, but there just are times where you have to transcend that over rebelling mentality.

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