Why does Yahoo! Answers star the word B,I,T,C,H, but allow four letter words and phrases such as "murdering cow" to pass. Ask because I used the first but had to change it to " murdering cow" when describing Myra Hindley?
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2006-07-14 14:44:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
They are on the lookout for anything that might offend feminists, and also, PC stuff, racism, sexism. I have had answers removed that didn't contain any swear words. I am dead against censorship, but don't have a problem with removing obscene language.
2006-07-20 02:08:49 · answer #1 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, we now live in an international world that is divided by a common language or languages.
Many of the things people in America find insulting, we in the UK do not and vice versa.
For example as you point out B*T*H or *I*C* for those that want to overlay and remove the *s is a female dog in the UK, wheras "over the pond" it is a prostitute, or female of loose virtue.
Reversing it, "Fanny" in America is your backside or Butt whereas in the UK it is the other side of a female's anatomy to her gluteus maximus!
A cigarette in the UK is known as a "F*g" where the middle letter is an "a" (or a first-year student in a public school) whereas it is a homosexual in the USA.
So it's take your pick and don't insult the people who speak your language differently and let's agree to understand each other's language!
2006-07-15 12:54:09 · answer #2 · answered by Tony T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason is because Yahoo Answers is infected with the politically correct thought police - anyway you got round it in this question by doing what you did - B.I.T.C.H. - there's always a way round things - you just have to carry on thinking laterally like you obviously can. Course you can always use the other method and use the longwinded way to say something rude i.e. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge - get my meaning ???? Happy Cursing !!!
2006-07-15 17:12:25 · answer #3 · answered by beiterspace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess there is a list of unacceptable words, and cow isn't on it! I notice even questions about female dogs, when the use of the correct term would be quite acceptable, end up with asterisks in. Which reminds me, a friend of mine had an email with the word 'Arsenal' in it edited to '....nal'! That's what you get with computers!
2006-07-15 03:55:17 · answer #4 · answered by mad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i dont know why because you can always make out what the stars mean any way, and people do find a way around this like putting spaces in betweet letters and commers etc also by sayin b i t c h its not always said in a nasty way as some people referr to a b i t c h as a female dog i think its silly
2006-07-14 14:50:21 · answer #5 · answered by iminlove 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, murdering cow is offensive, but not a naughty word, whereas if you came downstairs to hear your 3 year old say b*tch they you'd be pretty shocked.
2006-07-15 01:41:54 · answer #6 · answered by floppity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also noticed that it stars *** too. Murdering cow is a pretty random phrase! Props to you.
2006-07-14 15:10:11 · answer #7 · answered by ♫ Abby ♫ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It`s probably fitered automatically.Stupid really when they allow the f word to get through and many others which most people would prefer not to see.
2006-07-14 14:54:54 · answer #8 · answered by sweynseye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
called the filter system
2006-07-14 14:48:42 · answer #9 · answered by abdu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos ***** is old fashioned - its beee-atch now!
2006-07-21 07:53:40 · answer #10 · answered by Allasse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋