Foul language on Mumsnet…

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Foul language on Mumsnet?

Having newly registered with Mumsnet I am dismayed, after perusing uTube and other forum sites where obscenities constantly pop up, to note use of foul language on this ?family site?.

I reported the swearing, specifically, where ?arseholes? was utilised as a reference to political parties.

The return I got from Mumsnet HQ was ??we don't think we
should be the arbiters of what people should find offensive and what
they shouldn't.? and ??We generally find it's better to let the boards self-
police??

May I engage you all in a quick survey?

Hands up all those that deem ?ARSEHOLES? as an offensive expression that should not be used on these boards??

Thank you?

Hands up those that deem ?ARSEHOLES? inoffensive??

Thanks?

Looks like the arseholes have it!

Where's the finger?

Any fucker can I be your bitch for today?

Is arsewipe OK?

you can be my fucking bitch, if ya like

gosh thanks - wait a minute....

There now.

I don't understand how typing a swear word would take anymore effort than typing any other word...?

I don't mind swearing on here, but don't like it in posters names or thread titles....if a few swear words get thrown in during the course of a conversation....fine by me.

op;...yabu.

Personally I find my arsehole quite useful. Couldn't do without it really. Those who fail to acknowledge arseholes are full of shit. Literally.

This might be a "family site" but it is not where my DCs hang out of an evening.

If I want to swear, then I fucking will.

If you don't like it.... don't let the door smack your arse on the way out.

AnyFuckersBitch...what a pity I have to go out shortly

we could have had such fun^

Oh crikey, i think I might have called David Cameron an arsehole on this site..... I feel so bad!

Never mind Anyfucker - I've got to go to work in a few minutes anyway.

To paraphrase Malcolm Tucker, calm the fuck down or fuck the fuck off. HTH

another time...

I only clicked on this thread because I expected the OP to read "...is fucking great, innit!"

or maybe it was asshole??

OP is "dismayed" after "perusing uTube". Ho ho ho.

Mumsnet is not a "family site", microbe. It is not for children. It is for parents, who, we would like to think, are adults.

I thought I was being quite restrained to be honest because I think David Cameron is a cunt.

chicken

this isn't a "family" site, it's a site for parents. Some parents swear, I don't much but I don;t feel it's my job to tell others (except my DS!) how to use language and I object to being told what to do by a random stranger on the internet.

There you go a sensible response.

Now fuck off.

rooster

i find it quite refreshing to be honest. i hate having to type ahrsseh0le when on american sites so it slips through the nanny. so tedius.

So... hang on, is the OP saying that if you search 'david cameron is a cunt' then my post comes up???? thus bringing Mumsnet into disrepute???

crikey, this is intoxicating, i think i might have just been helped to understand how the internet works.... and I feel such a sense of responsibility... do you think David Cameron would google 'david cameron is a cunt' ?

goodness me, my foul language could really hurt his feelings

going to google my foul language right now!!!

thanks OP

and sorry David