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Do not post personal criticism of other members. Do not respond to personal criticism of yourself or other members. This is the biggest problem on OzPolitic. Too many members are easily baited into off-topic personal exchanges. If you participate in any kind of flame war you will be suspended, regardless of who started it or who you think ‘deserved it’.

Swearing
We have a swear word filter activated. If you would like to have specific words removed or added to the filter, please raise the issue on the feedback board.
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Should anyone post abuse &/or swear, then you may find those posts deleted &/or you may be banned!
This also includes posting in such a manner, as to avoid the site Spell Checker.

Jovial Monk wrote on Jan 13^th, 2016 at 1:09pm:


Thank you, for raising an issue!

Of course, people do have differing "perceptions", so somethings may be acted on, but not necessarily everything.

John Smith wrote on Jan 13^th, 2016 at 1:27pm:


Thank you, for raising an issue!

That said, people do have differing "perceptions", so somethings may be acted on & in this instance the Spell Checker is here to stay, as it does act as a deterrent, for those who may otherwise "cross the line" and as we know, everything has limits.

John Smith wrote on Jan 13^th, 2016 at 1:52pm:


As stated in the original post John -
"Should anyone post abuse &/or swear, then you may find those posts deleted &/or you may be banned!
This also includes posting in such a manner, as to avoid the site Spell Checker."

Of course, the Spell Checker can be updated, But "perceptive people" may not want to occupy their time, doing more than is necessary, just because others may want to push the limits.

Cheers & have a good day!

To ban strong language that is part of the Australian idiom - "bloody" "bugger that" and so forth - would be tantamount to police state censorship.
To ban language that is lewd on the other hand, of which there is clearly more than an excess, is a moral duty.

perceptions_now wrote on Jan 13^th, 2016 at 1:02pm:


Ooops. I used the f-word the other day (reported in arsie's "abuse" thread).

Goodness me.  This IS an Australian site, is it not?

In most cases, NO offence is meant and, IF we are all on our Best Behaviour and treat EVERYONE with "respect", and NEVER argue or use "naughty words",  the Forum will become .......... D.E.A.D.

Obviously, when one poster is "stalking" another and using "violent" words and so forth, they should be "told" to cease and desist.

Banning doesn't seem to work as those who have been given a LONG holiday return and continue on ..........  Plus I presume that "banning" is usually done because "somebody" got their knickers in a twist.  Pathetic.

Instead of TRYING to moderate the average Aussies and treat us all as idjits .... why not just WARN MEMBERS via a PM to pull their heads in or "else"?

OR you could just let it go on as a FULL BUN FIGHT ... best one wins. 

Actually, no harm is done and ANYONE who complains about something somebody said to just an ID on a Public Forum, probably should look at themselves.

So you don’t mind “harridan” Naffy?

What about “beldam?”

bogarde73 wrote on Jan 13^th, 2016 at 3:00pm:



I think 'naffy' is Neferti ....I could be wrong