Pre-Qualifiers for this question:

a) I'm new here
b) Not sure this is the right board
c) Maybe I've missed a previous thread
d) Perhaps I'm a brute

...but...

I noticed today that the board automatically *****'d my use of a particular 4-letter word, commonly considered "bad" among Christians as it refers to someone being sent to the netherworld (ie. where Satan, etc. rules)...

Although I respect the decision of the moderators/software developers to automatically screen for expletives, it does beg a few questions for me. Would love to hear your thoughts on this as well:

a) The word in question really isn't a swear word.
b) I think that a frequent flyer board is likely to be principally used by people over 13. Those folks are likely to be able to appropriately filter expletives for themselves, and don't necessarily require a "posting nanny"
c) I'd be more concerned about preventing against personal attacks than deleting swear words if it was up to me...of course, I'm not the moderator
d) People _do_ swear in real life...no joke. All the time, in fact. Especially at UA customer service staff, it seems. But, seriously, swearing is a valid part of the English language, and doesn't deserve to be censored any more than the word .....rdly deserves to get someone fired.
e) Censorship sucks in general...and it's pretty transparent anyway (if you read my post, you'll know exactly what word I meant) - so why bother?
f) Who decides what words get censored, anyway? I'm sure if we looked at the list, we'd all find something to get p.o.'d about (ie. words not censored) - so again, why bother in the first place?

...anyway, I know this is a relatively minor thing, and shouldn't bother me, but I just wanted to see if anyone else thought that they could self-filter/self-police... seriously, all opinions (although not expletives) are welcome.

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