Diana ...

[Black Planet]

But more importantly, why Is sh*t edited and bastard not???

Dunno. Surely nothing to do with the fact that QB has changed his post rank to 'Narrow BASTARD Overlord'?

nope, i just never thought to add the word bastard to the censored list... its a legitimate word after all

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bastard

bas·tard ( P ) Pronunciation Key (bstrd)
n.
A child born out of wedlock.
Something that is of irregular, inferior, or dubious origin.
Slang. A person, especially one who is held to be mean or disagreeable.

adj.
Born of unwed parents; illegitimate.
Not genuine; spurious: a bastard style of architecture.
Resembling a known kind or species but not truly such.

Sh*t is also a legitimate word:

http://dictionary.reference.com


n 1: obscene terms for feces [syn: crap, dirt, poop, turd] 2: a ludicrously false statement [syn: bullsh*t, bull, Irish bull, horsesh*t, cr*p, bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash, s**t] 3: a coarse term for defecation; "he took a sh*t" [syn: dump] 4: (obscene) insulting terms of address [syn: asshole, bastard, cocks*cker, mother f*cker, motherf*kker, mother, prick, son of a bitch, SOB] 5: something of little value; "it is not worth a damn"; "not worth shucks" [syn: damn, darn, hoot, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam] 6: a morphine derivative [syn: heroin, diacetyl morphine, {H}, horse, junk, scag, smack] v 1: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, peach, shop, snitch, stag] 2: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" [syn: defecate, take a sh*t, take a cr*p, ca-ca, cr*p, make]

Some other common meanings/phrases:

Excrement.
The act or an instance of defecating.
sh*ts Diarrhea. Used with the.

Something considered disgusting, of poor quality, foolish, or otherwise totally unacceptable.
A mean or contemptible person.
A narcotic or intoxicant, such as marijuana or heroin.
Things; items.
Foolish, deceiftul, or boastful language.
Insolent talk or behavior.
Trouble or difficulty.
A small or worthless amount: He doesn't know s**t.

interj.
Used to express surprise, anger, or extreme displeasure.

Phrasal Verb:
sh*t on
To treat with malice or extreme disrespect.

Idioms:
get (one's) sh*t together
To get organized; put one's affairs or possessions in order.

give a sh*t
To care the least bit.

no sh*t
Used to express disbelief.

Used to express contemptuous acknowledgment of the obvious.
sh*t bricks/a brick
To become extremely worried or frightened.

up sh*t creek (without a paddle)
In dire circumstances with no hope of help.

when the sh*t hits the fan
When the situation goes awry; when trouble starts.

[mugabe]

Sh*t is also a legitimate word

All words are. That does not imply that they are not vulgar, obscene, or offensive, though.

[Black Planet]

Sh*t is also a legitimate word

All words are. That does not imply that they are not vulgar, obscene, or offensive, though.

I knew I'd get you to reply, Mugabe.

I think bastard is far worse than sh*t in the vulgar and offensive category of words, and their meaning.

If I call a man a bastard I think he's far worse than a piece of sh*t.

Calling a man a s**t, however, is a very tame and lame insult in my book. It's little more than a tease at him! But that's just me.

[hallucienate]

I still think you should allow us to write c r a p.

[mugabe]

I think bastard is far worse than sh*t in the vulgar and offensive category of words, and their meaning.

Vulgar and offensive connotations, yes. Not the word itself. Cf. "jew", or "nazi".

[Padstar]

But more importantly, why Is sh*t edited and bastard not???

BECAUSE WE SAY SO.

THAT IS ALL.

Paddy

[James Blast]

Can't QB rename this, Bastard Fecal Chat?

[Clucking Belle]

Hang on an @rsing minute.

Isn't that JOHN LESLIE (the innocent man against whom all charges were dropped at Southwark Crown Court last year) in the swing door behind Diana?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3372593.stm

[Quiff Boy]

But more importantly, why Is sh*t edited and bastard not???

BECAUSE WE SAY SO.

THAT IS ALL.

Paddy

like the man says, because we say so...

and the precise offensiveness of any given word is more down to cultural definitions. what i was getting at was that bastard has a very real meaning beyond its usage as an offensive term. it means illegitimate, born out of wedlock. so there.



and even MORE importantly, as a legit word with a non-offensive usage, bastard doesnt usually get your site blocked by corporate firewalls. cr*p does. as does sh*t. and most other words i chose to ban.

you're all reading waaaaaay to much into it anyway. the list of banned words was thought up by me, off the top of my head, in a few seconds flat. dont sweat about it

[Padstar]

...and dont forget good old context!

Paddy.

[hallucienate]

so I'm not gonna get my c rap back then?

[Mrs RicheyJames]

But Quiffy, It changed the subject!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mayhem]

I want to be the Sister of Hearts

Classic.

[Sunsonic]

I dont understand why people did'nt give the same respect when Mother Theresa died around the same time, she was one lady I had time for and did a lot more for humanity than Princess Di.

[RicheyJames]

oh please, don't get me started on the papists again...

[markfiend]

I dont understand why people did'nt give the same respect when Mother Theresa died around the same time, she was one lady I had time for and did a lot more for humanity than Princess Di.

I wouldn't exactly say that I'm with Richey on this one, but I wouldn't have thought that a dogmatic "no birth control" policy is helping, especially in areas of the world with overpopulation problems.

To say nothing of the Catholic Church in general and Mother Theresa in particular supporting leaders of countries with, shall we say, questionable human rights records.

[RicheyJames]

I wouldn't exactly say that I'm with Richey on this one

just give in to it - agreeing with me isn't always a bad thing...

[markfiend]

just give in to it - agreeing with me isn't always a bad thing...

Well, go on then...

Interestingly, just now, trawling through the UTRs I found here:

The Pope
...Anybody who so consistently deludes the Third World into protracting the wretchedness of the Dark Ages deserves to do it from Nowheresville.

[Mrs RicheyJames]

Interestingly, just now, trawling through the UTRs I found here:

The Pope
...Anybody who so consistently deludes the Third World into protracting the wretchedness of the Dark Ages deserves to do it from Nowheresville.

[/quote]

[zigeunerweisen]

About Diana:

Believe it or not, when she was alive, even in Portugal we were inundated with <news> (and i use this term in a very general and loose way) about her.

All i could think when she died was that finally i wasn't going to hear from that woman again, that i wouldn't have to see in the news about the new dress she wore at this or that party, right after the news about 300 people killed in a train wreck or just before the news about land mines in Angola.
Alas, i was so wrong.

She, and the whole mass hysteria thing around public figures in the UK is one of the reasons i think brits are hopeless and condemned.

[James Blast]

She, and the whole mass hysteria thing around public figures in the UK is one of the reasons i think brits are hopeless and condemned.

Please don't tar us all with the same brush

[Black Planet]

Oh Ziggy, the poor Brits just can't help themselves....Love of Monarchy.

[Black Planet]

Glad you're back btw, Ziggy, and that avatar of yours..He/she is so cuddly! Is that your dog?

[Mrs RicheyJames]

balls to that, I fecking HATE the monarchy

[Black Shuck]

The fing about conspiracy theories (JFK, Moon landing photos etc.) is that not one of them has ever been proved to be true.
It's fun to read about alleged conspiracies and cover-ups, and it's even MORE fun to laugh at conspiracy theory nuts, but they are, sadly, almost certainly bollocks.

... does anyone care?

Pampered floozy dies in road crash. So what? Impact on day-to-day life equals ****-all-squared, IMHO.

And yes, I'm in a bad mood.

The day of her funeral, me and Mrs markfiend went to the supermarket, thinking "oh, at least it'll be quiet". They only **** shut it "as a mark of respect". WTF?

That day was the most nauseating example of mass hysteria I've ever seen. I remember seeing some dweeb saying that the death of Diana had affected him more than the death of his own mother

What is wrong with some people?

I was rather disturbed at the way British society seemed to shut down on the Sunday she died. My local ice Hockey team, Manchester Storm (don't laugh, but I was briefly into ice hockey!) cancelled a home game that day. What the f**k?
Princess Di meant literally nothing to me; I don't understand how she could mean so much to people who'd never met her.
Maybe she was a nice person, but so are billions of others. You wouldn't cancel a hockey game because Fred Bloggs the kindly lollypopman died, would you? WOULD YOU?

And anyway, I'm sure she wouldn't have wanted the hocky game + suopermarket to shut, annoying the level-headed peeps like me who rightly didn't really care that she'd died.