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KFP Censorship?

Started by FTL_Ian, August 20, 2006, 07:05 PM NHFT

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FTL_Ian

August 20, 2006, 07:05 PM NHFT
In Steve Lindsey's letter, did he originally write "f---"?

Kat Kanning

#1
August 20, 2006, 07:12 PM NHFT
He-- no.

FTL_Ian

#2
August 20, 2006, 07:19 PM NHFT
Not that I'm one to pepper articles with profanity, but what exactly is the editorial policy on this?

Russell Kanning

#3
August 20, 2006, 07:36 PM NHFT
I have no interest in having profanity in our paper.

Kat Kanning

#4
August 20, 2006, 07:38 PM NHFT
Editorial policy = my whim.   ::)

d_goddard

#5
August 20, 2006, 07:45 PM NHFT
Quote from: Kat Kanning on August 20, 2006, 07:38 PM NHFT
Editorial policy = my whim.   ::)
As it should be, dammit! :)

Besides, this isn't censorship, Ian -- it's just Bowdlerization

Pat K

#6
August 20, 2006, 09:01 PM NHFT
Quote from: Russell Kanning on August 20, 2006, 07:36 PM NHFT
I have no interest in having profanity in our paper.


Well their goes any chance for me.

Kat Kanning

#7
August 21, 2006, 05:15 AM NHFT
PatK:  Profane, but really really funny  ;D

citizen_142002

#8
August 22, 2006, 08:51 PM NHFT
May I request that you indicate removal of a profane word by leaving in ---- as it shows that a modification has been made to the original text of the article.

AmerTownCrier

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August 22, 2006, 08:54 PM NHFT
that's a good suggestion. that's what i did with my *#(@$ magazine

Braddogg

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August 22, 2006, 08:54 PM NHFT
Quote from: citizen_142002 on August 22, 2006, 08:51 PM NHFT
May I request that you indicate removal of a profane word by leaving in ---- as it shows that a modification has been made to the original text of the article.

I prefer inserting (expletive).  At my college paper, we decided to run a letter with profanity, and a huge fight broke out over whether to use (expletive) or f*******.  The stars won, unfortunately.

Dreepa

#11
August 22, 2006, 09:16 PM NHFT
Fucking thread!

citizen_142002

#13
August 22, 2006, 10:28 PM NHFT
Well f#@% indicates what was said without blasting the reader with profanity. I think that profanity is appropriate at times in inteligent discourse and literature, so long as it serves to convey a certain emotion to the reader and isn't just profanity for profanity's sake.

Braddogg

#14
August 22, 2006, 11:53 PM NHFT
Quote from: citizen_142002 on August 22, 2006, 10:28 PM NHFT
Well f#@% indicates what was said without blasting the reader with profanity. I think that profanity is appropriate at times in inteligent discourse and literature, so long as it serves to convey a certain emotion to the reader and isn't just profanity for profanity's sake.

f*#$@ just seems too . . . graphic for a respectable paper.  The dashes would be better, I think.  By using the symbols, it seems like you're actually blasting the profanity LOUDER than just treating it like another word.  Of course, sometimes the point is to draw attention to the profanity, but that's a very different use than using it in a conversation.
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