Editor - censoring do***ents?

[vittoria]

Ed, I posted a msg which contained the word "do***ents" and it has been partially replaced by asterisks - but why? The sense is clear all the same but I wonder what's wrong with "do***ents"?

[derbyram]

*come* now vittoria - surely you can see how the gentle folk who gather on Answerbank would be offended by such profane terms even if you did try to hide it within a larger, inoffensive word.

[nedflanders]

If you check the answer that you posted I have stated my opinion there. Never spotted this post until after I read your answer.

[Fitzer]

Indeed, you just try posting the name of a Yorkshire town where the A18 meets the M181

[vittoria]

Thanks for the replies; indeed, it was only after posting the above that I spotted someone else's msg pointing out that a seemingly innocent word had been censored for containing the *** (I am saving the filter trouble by using the asterisks myself). Well - I stand corrected...

[vittoria]

Found it, it was cir***stances (my asterisks); that's when the penny dropped. I am losing my innocence fast here.

[SteveD]

Fitzer, since when has "Sunny Scunny" been in Yorkshire?

[jenstar]

This sort of cretinous censorship saps the will to live from me. I suspect the people responsible are doing it simply to drive me toward despair and eventually suicide.

[AB Editor]

Users, please note that the site Editors have taken note of the currently oversensitive profanity filter and this will shortly be resolved.

[vittoria]

Thank you Editor, I think some amendments, if possible, are a good idea as the unintended side effect is that people's attention is being drawn to the "rude" part - I mean I would never have noticed anything about circ*mstances, doc*ments or even S*thorpe without the asterisks!!!

[Fitzer]

That's a Geography A level for you, somehow I'd got it fixed in my head that Sunny Scuny was in South Yorks, I hang my head in shame SteveD

[jil1986]

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[pinus]

Don't forget the Yorkshire town - yes it is in Yorkshire - P*n*stone