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In the country where I live, journalists regularly rip into our most senior politicians on free to air TV, there is swearing on the radio during PG hours, often on TV also. Ok, not everyone likes it like this. Americans particularly seem very 20th century in attitudes to profane language in mainstream media, despite having a movie industry fostering ultraviolent deeds & language, all seems a bit weird to those outside Turtle Island.

Anyway I want to suggest we bring back the Hall of Flames. For those instances where pouring fire etc is the only honest response. If not, why not?

SeaGypsy wrote:In the country where I live, journalists regularly rip into our most senior politicians on free to air TV, there is swearing on the radio during PG hours, often on TV also. Ok, not everyone likes it like this. Americans particularly seem very 20th century in attitudes to profane language in mainstream media, despite having a movie industry fostering ultraviolent deeds & language, all seems a bit weird to those outside Turtle Island.

Some of our American moderators' delicate sensibilities were offended by the poo-powered bike:

a publicity stunt by the major Japanese toilet manufacturer Toto.

What are you all on about? What you portray is not objectionable material.

The "Hall of Flames" as it used to be known is now the "Open Topic Discussion".

The "Open Topic" forum is invisible to non-members, by the way. It keep the adolescent noise off the "social media" (what we used to refer to as rss, etc.), and thus off our own buzz feed. We want our media buzz to be about POD, not Facebook's 10 awesome-mind-blowing-tricks-or-amazingly-shocking-videos.

The toilet motor bike was funny, as long as it is in "open" (meaning closed to the public) territory.

I have a subscription to 'Trends in the news' a paid daily news report. No different than a paid newspaper subscription. Every day Gerald Celente does a newscast of today's top news. Only his news is the real news, no censorship, graphic images of kids killed in warfare, and he openly curses and swears during each broadcast. Here's a sample:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TK67eQ ... ilpage#t=1

This is the only 'TV' news report that I watch. I gave up on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, CBC, and everything else a long time ago. He's also really smart, unlike trying to sit through an Alex Jones broadcast, where the host is clearly nuts.

MD wrote:What are you all on about? What you portray is not objectionable material.

The "Hall of Flames" as it used to be known is now the "Open Topic Discussion".

Not according to the senior mod. Check 'Profanity' new one post locked thread.

It has been discussed from time to time but the staff consensus has been that adults can exhibit adult behavior on the internet just as easily as they can in a grocery store or other public venue.

Don't prove us wrong.

If you really feel the urge to say something inappropriate for public consumption then use the PM function, that is why it exists.

SeaGypsy wrote:

MD wrote:What are you all on about? What you portray is not objectionable material.

The "Hall of Flames" as it used to be known is now the "Open Topic Discussion".

Not according to the senior mod. Check 'Profanity' new one post locked thread.

I think you are overreacting.