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Why is the HN article title obscured with "*"? Does HN have a forbidden words policy?
by jrochkind1 6y ago
Why is the HN article title obscured with "*"? Does HN have a forbidden words policy?
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- yepthatsreality 6y agoChristians. You’re on their time.
- imglorp 6y ago"See, in our century, we've learned not to fear words."
- dragonwriter 6y agoLinguistic prudishness outside of specifically around violations of the Second Commandment isn't particularly tied to Christianity. As “shit” is not, even in the broadest Christian interpretation, a name of the Christian God, that doesn't seem to be the basis of any filtering of that word.
- stonogo 6y agoAre we now pretending anyone pursues the concept of 'profanity' or defines it as broadly as Puritanical christians? Seems a weird fight to pick, but ok.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Are we now pretending anyone pursues the concept of 'profanity' or defines it as broadly as Puritanical christians? Literally Puritanical Christians don't exist anymore, it's a defunct sect. Metaphorical puritanism in any sense relevant here isn't restricted to Christians. And, yes, plenty of groups are at least as opposed to profanity, and define it at least broadly, as any Christian groups (certainly, I've noted Islamic groups that that applies to.) Sure, in, say, the US if you run into this its mostly likely to be from Christians, but that's true of most things because the US is a majority-Christian country.
- zczc 6y ago"Kitsch is the absolute denial of shit, in both the literal and the figurative senses of the word" ― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- fallingfrog 6y agoThat was me.. I guess I was uncertain about whether it would get flagged if I put a curse word in the title. No deeper agenda there.
- jrochkind1 6y agolooks like it has been corrected!
- egypturnash 6y agoIt’s especially hilarious because the same word is right there in the URL.