Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-24881871-20141004223618/@comment-24881871-20141005002724

Nommehzombies wrote: Likferd wrote:

ClericofMadness wrote: inb4 chat devolves further, but the rule was set in place not to ban all the things, but rather prevent us to devolving into 4chanian levels of monosyllabic grunting. This is an issue, but it's already been brought up by Ecuinach and addressed.

Nommehzombies wrote:

Sorry, I just don't think it is right. Can you explain why? Well to me, those words are already banned for reason. One day someone could be firing them off in chat, and a new user could come in and take offense to it. To me, none of the "reasons" stated so far clear any idea that these words can be hurtful to some people.

The problem is we can take offense to just about anything. True, some of these words are deliberately used offensively, but many of them had useful applications until their meanings were twisted over time.