anything he wants to.
along with all of the previous issues, to make all of the
pages on this web site compliant with the editorial policy
that this column describes.
It has been brought to our attention that some, perhaps even many, of our
potential readers might be offended by our gratuitous use of vulgar language,
even though these words are commonly used in popular literature and
movies. Especially the word f##k, for some f##king reason.
We don’t want to unintentionally offend anyone. If we offend someone, we
want it to be intentional. On the other hand, we don’t want to censor
contributors from using whatever language they like. So we’ve arrived at a
compromise.
From now on any words that would be bleeped out on basic cable will be
written with pound signs for all but the first and last letters. So this is the last
time the word f##k will appear on this website. Under this system, f##k (oops,
that was really the last time) would appear as f##k.
Other words that will be “obscured” include, but are not limited to, c##k, c##t,
d##k (unless it’s somebody’s name, then it’s Dick), s##t, m##########r and
a#####e. This way, a person who is offended by the word f##k can pretend
that the word is fork. Of course, if we meant fork we just would have just
written it as “fork,” but we won’t point that out to them.
This policy is subject to change, but we’re going to try it out in the hope that it
makes us a more inclusive and family-friendly internet destination.
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