Maybe gross blasphemy is acceptable in the UK these days. Maybe I'm too sensitive. Tell me what you think:
Regarding a certain thread title "oh my f*cking god". I complained about it to MN, saying it was unacceptable, especially as a thread title, where you can't avoid it. I asked that it be deleted. I'm not easily offended but this was beyond the pale for me. Here's the response I got from MN:
Hi there
Many thanks for bringing this to our attention.
We agree that this comment was in poor taste but we don't tend to delete on
those grounds because it would be really hard to know where to draw the line
- what one person thinks is funny can be another person's sensitive spot and
the truth is we don't think we should be the arbiters of what people should
fine offensive and what they shouldn't. On the whole we think it's better to
let the boards self police in these instances, as it's very rare that a
tasteless comment is left unchallenged. Certainly in this case, it wasn't and the OP has apologised.
Best wishes
I'm not satisfied that in this case it would be "really hard to know where to draw the line".
AIBU?