Board censorship and Kim Morgan's review of "Without A Paddle"

[DonnachaOne]

HOM<beef>O!

Censored on the forum, yet it still gets used in Kim's review of Without A Paddle (http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=12030). Kim even goes one worse and says "fags".

So reviewers can use potentially offensive terms to illustrate a point, but woe to those who do the same in the forum?

[Groucho]

No big deal, instead of that word just use the less-offensive "Motherfucker."

[Preacher]

If she had more talent it could be offensive. But a gun in the hand of a moron is still a gun you can dumbass slap out of their hand.

[dick_grayson]

Originally posted by Preacher
If she had more talent it could be offensive. But a gun in the hand of a moron is still a gun you can dumbass slap out of their hand.
well put.........unless she's hot

[B.A.]

Originally posted by Groucho
No big deal, instead of that word just use the less-offensive "Motherfucker." "Motherfucker" does cross all racial, ethnic and sexual boundaries. It's a universal term.

[Preacher]

Originally posted by dick_grayson
well put.........unless she's hot Is she hot? Pics?

[pilot]

her picture on her review page (I would guess that's her): http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/bio.php?ID=49&reviewID=12030

http://sunsetgun.typepad.com/ her home page (you guys too lazy to click?) :p

[Preacher]

That would appear to be hot. All may have to be forgiven.

[dick_grayson]

Originally posted by Preacher
That would appear to be hot. All may have to be forgiven.

quite. she can say whatever she wants......so long as it's not about me

[bboisvert]

I think you are missing the point of DonnachaOne's post. If I'm reading it correctly, the point is that the review uses those terms (in a perfectly fine, non-offensive way). Yet if we try to do the same in the forums, we're censored. It's the double-standard within the same site (DVDTalk -- reviews vs. forum) that is being pointed out.

There's nothing to "forgive" Kim for... she did nothing wrong in her review. (A pretty good one, at that.)

[Bandoman]

Double standard double shmandard - let's see some bikini shots of Kim. :up:

[Preacher]

Originally posted by bboisvert
I think you are missing the point of DonnachaOne's post. If I'm reading it correctly, the point is that the review uses those terms (in a perfectly fine, non-offensive way). Yet if we try to do the same in the forums, we're censored. It's the double-standard within the same site (DVDTalk -- reviews vs. forum) that is being pointed out.

There's nothing to "forgive" Kim for... she did nothing wrong in her review. (A pretty good one, at that.) We got it. We just decided to talk about the womanfolk.

[Numanoid]

Originally posted by B.A.
"Motherfucker" does cross all racial, ethnic and sexual boundaries. It's a universal term. Wrong. Motherfucker can technically only be applied to males.

[Aghama]

You're forgetting about strap-ons.

[MJKTool]

I don't understand the beef? Why use the word beef!!

[El Scorcho]

http://sunsetgun.typepad.com/photos/gun_shots/km5.jpg

[Joe Molotov]

Originally posted by Numanoid
Wrong. Motherfucker can technically only be applied to males.

And people with mothers. If your mother died say during childbirth, then that could be a problem.

[S Galbraith IV]

"her picture on her review page (I would guess that's her): http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/bio....&reviewID=12030...."

Gee, no one ever says anything about <I>my</I> <a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/bio.php?ID=68&reviewID=10471">picture</a>!

[DonnachaOne]

Originally posted by S Galbraith IV
Gee, no one ever says anything about <I>my</I> <a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/bio.php?ID=68&reviewID=10471">picture</a>! Yeah, but you're married, Stuey. It'd be icky.

[Tarantino]

Originally posted by El Scorcho
fucking sick

That's what I was thinking too. People on these boards have low standards.

[veloce]

Originally posted by Tarantino
That's what I was thinking too. People on these boards have low standards.

I don't know. She's got kind of a strung-out, underfed Kim Kelly look. If you're into that.

[FunkDaddy J]

Come on, guys, how about a little decorum? Kim is a respected member of the DVD Talk staff.

[dick_grayson]

And a little decorum for my standards. I still say she's hot.

[Preacher]

Originally posted by dick_grayson
And a little decorum for my standards. I still say she's hot. Ditto. Be strong.

[El Scorcho]

Shes kinda cute in other pics but that one is terrible.

DVDTalk staff or not, I call em like I see em.

[DonnachaOne]

Originally posted by Jason Bovberg
Come on, guys, how about a little decorum? Kim is a respected member of the DVD Talk staff. I don't see how it's any different than the comments WhoGirl might get, or the short jokes ElScorcho gets, or comments about how I look in a suit; she may be a respected member of the staff, but that also makes her a respected member of this board too, and all that that implies.

[WhoGirl]

Originally posted by DonnachaOne
HOM<beef>O!

Censored on the forum, yet it still gets used in Kim's review of Without A Paddle (http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=12030). Kim even goes one worse and says "fags".

So reviewers can use potentially offensive terms to illustrate a point, but woe to those who do the same in the forum?

So, "fags" is worse on the insult scale than 'Ho<nothing>mo" ? Hmm.. you learn something new every day. I would have thought it was the other way around.


And you're right. We should be allowed to say the same content on the forum that is allowed on the site. I believe the logic behind banning those words is that they can only be used in a negative context. Like a$$hole. Odds are you aren't gonna be talking about a real physical a$$hole, you're probably calling someone that. Like Bandoman. What an assh...

Anyway, I don't agree with it...I'm just reitterating what I heard before. I think you should be able to say 'fags' and 'ho-mo' simply on the fact that they have an innocent meaning, too. Like when I buy milk at the store and the abbreviation on the receipt says 'ho-mo milk.' Hehehe.. I always get a snicker out of that.

[GeoffK]

I'll take the argument about letting loose more of the censored words on the forum under advisement.

Closing this thread.