'****' and 'Bollocks'

[Cycleops]

Can anyone tell me why 'piss' gets censored out on here but 'bollocks' doesn't?

 

[mickle]

farked if I know.

 

[mark st1]

Sounds like a load of shoot to me.

 

[Dave Davenport]

There was a legal case when the Sex Pistols released Never mind the Bollocks which they won on something to do with it being an old English word (as far as I recall, it was a while ago). If that's got any bearing.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

**** knows

 

[MisterStan]

Can anyone tell me why '****' gets censored out on here but 'bollocks' doesn't?

I guess it's down to whatever the Mods have set for censorship and perceive to be acceptable or not.

 

[byegad]

fark is an old English word too. So that's not the issue. I suspect anyone who quotes old English or Latin as an excuse to do anything.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

As above, thanks to Virgin Records and the Sex Pistols the glorious word that is 'bollocks' has, since 1976, a legal precedent....

"The case was thrown out when defending QC John Mortimer produced an expert witness who established that bollocks was an Old English term for a small ball, that it appeared in place names without causing local communities erotic disturbance, and that in the nineteenth century it had been used as a nickname for clergymen: "Clergymen are known to talk a good deal of rubbish and so the word later developed the meaning of nonsense." In the context of the Pistols' album title, the term does in fact primarily signify "nonsense". "

 

[Andrew_Culture]

As above, thanks to Virgin Records and the Sex Pistols the glorious word that is 'bollocks' has, since 1976, a legal precedent....

"The case was thrown out when defending QC John Mortimer produced an expert witness who established that bollocks was an Old English term for a small ball, that it appeared in place names without causing local communities erotic disturbance, and that in the nineteenth century it had been used as a nickname for clergymen: "Clergymen are known to talk a good deal of rubbish and so the word later developed the meaning of nonsense." In the context of the Pistols' album title, the term does in fact primarily signify "nonsense". "

I love the phrase 'erotic distubance'!

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

I guess it's down to whatever the Mods have set for censorship and perceive to be acceptable or not.

The Mods set censorship wow.

 

[MisterStan]

The Mods set censorship wow

I wondered how long that would take - especially considering there's another thread on mods and rockers

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

seemed appropriate

 

[Lanzecki]

OK, I'll bite.

Why censor the work fark when we all know what has been typed, and if you are anything like me, you try and fill in the missing letters.

Nothing personal against this forum BTW. Great job and Thanks. Just a general comment.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

OK, I'll bite.

Why censor the work f*** when we all know what has been typed, and if you are anything like me, you try and fill in the missing letters.

Nothing personal against this forum BTW. Great job and Thanks. Just a general comment.

I've wondered too because I got a warning for it once! Yet a lot of threads have ***** in titles and pretty much every post, seems strange

 

[EltonFrog]

As above, thanks to Virgin Records and the Sex Pistols the glorious word that is 'bollocks' has, since 1976, a legal precedent....

"The case was thrown out when defending QC John Mortimer produced an expert witness who established that bollocks was an Old English term for a small ball, that it appeared in place names without causing local communities erotic disturbance, and that in the nineteenth century it had been used as a nickname for clergymen: "Clergymen are known to talk a good deal of rubbish and so the word later developed the meaning of nonsense." In the context of the Pistols' album title, the term does in fact primarily signify "nonsense". "

"without causing erotic disturbance" what a great phrase!