Quote Originally Posted by unit View Post
...To clarify, we are talking about regular forums, right? (not "The Conversation"? I always assumed that most anything you might discuss with friends (face to face) in public (i.e. a crowded bar or shopping mall) was free game there)...
I'd actually like to think that every part of this site would allow for discussions with friends in public. I feel that the whole site is a discussion with friends in public. Guess it depends on who you and your friends are and where their boundaries are. I myself have used the word 'shit' and feel it should be allowed, I wouldn't have a problem using that word in public. Even the 'F' word was used repeatedly on a 4PM AM Radio National ABC program (Phillip Adams) only a week or so ago. I believe there was a warning that the interview contained 'naughty words'. I wouldn't use the 'F' word here, not without cartoon like asterisks, hash symbols etc.

I think my point might be that we all may have completely different ideas about what language is appropriate, and a lot of that would be a cultural thing, and a demographic thing, etc, but we probably all know what topics would be off limits. Stephen Fry's 'Planet Words' series was excellent in the episode where it dealt with swearing...