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by benj111 1338 days ago
Do you want to block attempts to skirt the profanity filter? How to you avoid reintroducing the Scunthorpe problem?

Jeez, darn are all mild forms of expletives, should they be blocked? What about bloody? That many anglophones would go to if you couldn't swear?

Surely if you can't use those, people are just going to say gosh instead, or Smeg or frel. Should they also be banned. Swear words exist for a reason, you can perhaps get rid of the harshest forms, you are never going to remove the need or desire for people to swear though.