Board Thread:Community Voting/@comment-24839249-20160216191404/@comment-24772962-20160218042010

Mishkaiel wrote: Riolu777 wrote: Obi the LEGO Fan wrote:

Keplers wrote: This is like a toned-down version of the "n-word" trying to be unblocked based on the fact that it, as a word, does not mean anything racist and we oughtn't cater to parents regarding what their child can and can't see, and in any case if a black person wants to say something about their own race, they should be allowed to describe it how they like.

Incoming Flugzeugabwerkanone from people who think that what I said is totally different from this vote. Third, your analogy assumes that there are parents who don't want their children to see the word "boobs" or an equivalent. Quite frankly, that's absurd. There are a lot of parents who don't want their kids to see that word, or any word associated with "private parts," I can assure you. My mother always tell me and my brothers to not say "penis," for instance. I agree with this statement. Just because many of your parents let you use such words doesn't mean that ALL parents let their kids use such words.

And if you older users just want to be free to use whatever words you want to without having the restraint of worrying about younger users, then just go make "LMBW 17+" and let the younger generation take over this wiki.'

=l We also allow the words hell and crap here, which I know many parents don't care for.

As for that statement, I'll just quote Kat's earlier message: "This is a 13+ site. Technically, being under 13 here is illegal. As such, it is not our place to cater to the way users here are parented - if their parents aren't alright with that word being unblocked for whatever reason, that's not our problem. I highly doubt we're going to lose much of the community over this word. And even if we do, as I said - not our problem."