Timeline for Is the language "BrainF_ck" offensive?
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| Jan 24, 2013 at 14:05 | comment | added | JLRishe | @tvanfosson I see. Well, I'd agree with you there. | |
| Jan 24, 2013 at 14:00 | comment | added | tvanfosson | @JLRishe I would do it exactly as you did and respect the views of others by not typing the actual offensive word. | |
| Jan 24, 2013 at 6:34 | comment | added | JLRishe | @tvanfosson Do you even know what the question above is asking about? There is a programming language with the name brainf**k(asterisks added by me). How would you propose people "improve their language skills and" discuss this programming language without, "resorting to crudity and rudeness?" | |
| Mar 28, 2012 at 0:49 | comment | added | naught101 | "defer to the other person's sensibilities" - I'd agree in general conversation, but this is the internet. The audience is EVERYONE, so if one is to defer to the audience's sensibilities, one must defer to the lowest common denominator. That basically means you may as well just STFU in the first place. | |
| Aug 20, 2011 at 21:16 | comment | added | Jürgen A. Erhard | Long live the lowest common denominator! Ooops, that's a pretty incredibly low one on the worldwide internet. I'd prefer if we all broadened our sensibilities a bit... freedom of speech and all that (and I'm in Germany, I know what not really having it means). | |
| Aug 20, 2010 at 18:30 | comment | added | Dan Moulding | Very wise, very wise. | |
| Mar 10, 2010 at 0:10 | comment | added | tvanfosson | @user - give me a break. If you can't express yourself adequately without resorting to crudity and rudeness in a public space, then you need to work on improving your language skills. You'll also notice that I said nothing about the content of the message, just the delivery. If thinking that people ought to communicate in a civil manner is dangerous, then I'm glad to be dangerous. | |
| Mar 9, 2010 at 23:02 | comment | added | Rook | Your a dangerous man with dangerous ideas. The sort of ideas that aim to destroy others. Language is important and people should be free to express them selves how they see fit. | |
| Oct 1, 2009 at 20:20 | comment | added | Super Long Names are Hilarious | @Manni - Probably. Someone seems to be sweeping up comments. I suspect Jeff, since he also sweeps up the answers. | |
| Oct 1, 2009 at 12:06 | comment | added | innaM | polite == easily offended? | |
| Oct 1, 2009 at 10:27 | comment | added | dbr | You can't really say "kill all the zombie children processes and fsck the disc" in polite conversation... | |
| Sep 30, 2009 at 23:34 | comment | added | Super Long Names are Hilarious | What if I don't talk to polite people for very long? | |
| Sep 30, 2009 at 22:45 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | "If you can't say it in polite company, don't write it on a public web site." I'm all for this. But I figure it says more about my definition of "polite company" than it does about the intrinsic value of the language in question. Personally I think that name of the language in question is appropriate for polite company when the topic of discussion is esoteric programming languages, but the second syllable alone (and most of its inflected forms and compounds) is not. Take that for what you will. | |
| Sep 30, 2009 at 22:16 | comment | added | Wim ten Brink | I agree that we can disagree. Personally, I prefer to look at the context. Sometimes, the context is obscene and then don't use it. In other cases it's just okay to use, for example when you're talking about a specific travel agency from Germany. :-) | |
| Sep 30, 2009 at 21:55 | history | answered | tvanfosson | CC BY-SA 2.5 |