Let me preface this by saying that I hold Master's degree from a stellar NY institution and come from a healthy, well rounded upbringing that involved two loving parents who are still together to this day. I am not saying this to brag, I am telling you this because, guess what... I curse. I curse despite having an excellent vocabulary and very good communication skills. I don't always curse and I rarely curse here. As a matter of fact, for the most part, I choose to use *** instead of the actual curse but the curse is obviously intended. Yeah.. I know.
Hearing someone curse does not bother me. Reading a curse word does not affect me in the least. Judgemental people do bother me however. The basis that someone who curses is not articulate enough to express themselves is rather baseless as you would have to argue a point that someone like Kurt Vonnegat (who is notoriously profane) is not good with language. As you and I both know, Kurt Vonnegat knows his way around the spoken and written word. I am just using him as an extreme example and would like to get back to the case of Specktra.
Of course there are forums where profanity is not allowed. Just go to Delphi Forums and look around. Those forums are so heavily moderated that they are stifling. If you are expecting the type of forum that censors everything and where everyone holds hands around the fire, singing kumbaya with plastic vapid smiles, Specktra might be a bit of a shock or a let down to you. However, if you are expecting a place where a diverse group of people with different ideas and different ways of expressing their ideas can come together and co-mingle, then Specktra is just what you want it to be. Colorful people have a tendency to pepper their language with colorful words. That is a fact of life. I would rather hang out with a bunch of passionate and colorful people that curse every once in a while than anyone who plays language cop everytime something is said that does not fit their moral standard.
Cursing never bothers me. Intellectual and Moral elitism bother me.
I am not sorry for throwing around the F bomb every once in a while. I am sorry that you would make a statement that Specktra has the worst language in any forum that you have visited. You must not have visited many makeup forums (most notably the ones you find on Live Journal and MySpace) because if you actually do some research on this subject, you will learn that Specktra is one of the 'cleanest', safest and most welcoming of all the makeup forums/communities. Even though Specktra has very active moderators, I have learned that our main job is to encourage people, inform people and help keep the sight maintained. There is very little need to actually mod people here because the ladies that visit this forum (for the most part) are mature and decent women and girls who self moderate. Of course there is going to be a renegade that pisses (oops!) people off and posts things that in my opinion, do not fit the theme of Specktra. I even ranted about it once, but I would never want to see them censored unless they broke the most common rules of forum cohabitation (trolling, stalking, personal attacks).
One would have to look through rose colored glasses to think that any minor that visits the internet is going to run into swear words on Specktra alone. I am not a parent, I do not come to Specktra expecting to parent anyone either. I do not feel guilty in the least that a minor might see me post a swear word on Specktra. If the parent of a minor wants to shelter their child from what is deemed as profane language they should not allow their child on the internet.
One of the best things about Specktra is that this is a forum for people to express their opinions in whatever way they seem fit. Different viewpoints are encouraged and a debate about those ideas will likely begin but that is healthy. Thank god we don't agree on everything here.. it would be so f*cking boring.
what on earth does it have to do with feeling special? it is their choice to use profanity if they want. last time i checked, freedom of speech is a right here. if someone is not happy reading it, then don't read it. the holier than thou attitude pitting one forum's usage of language as opposed to another is quite silly imo. different people choose to express themselves in different ways, so it's quite absurd to try and force your ideals on them. just because you don't like it, doesn't mean everyone else is going to straighten up and fly right just to suit you. oh, and specktra folks ARE special!
