How do you get a book published? Page 9

Yes, there's a forum I was on that used to censor the word dyke, so we could never talk about Greg Dyke.
It used to censor the word nazi too. Weirdly. Which made any historical discussions a bit difficult.

Quote: zooo @ August 11 2008, 1:13 PM BST

You big gay.
I was born on a Tuesday.

Did you just finish something then?

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Sort of. I'll take a week to read and polish it and then send it in.
But is always nice to reach that word.

Quote: Griff @ August 11 2008, 1:19 PM BST

I would actually like to see a ban on the word Nazi on messageboards just so that people can try coming up with slightly more original insults/comparisons occasionally.

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Good idea, but they'd just use na zi.

Which is what we did.

Quote: Marc P @ August 11 2008, 1:20 PM BST

Sort of. I'll take a week to read and polish it and then send it in.
But is always nice to reach that word.

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What was it?
I am nosy.

Checkist?

Maoist?

Quote: zooo @ August 11 2008, 1:22 PM BST

Good idea, but they'd just use na zi.

Which is what we did.

What was it?
I am nosy.

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A book. With a lot of bad language and really unnecessary unpleasantness.

Ooh, lovely!

Quote: zooo @ August 11 2008, 1:13 PM BST

I was born on a Tuesday.

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New sootyj thread, anyone?

Quote: zooo @ August 11 2008, 1:17 PM BST

Yes, there's a forum I was on that used to censor the word dyke, so we could never talk about Greg Dyke.
It used to censor the word nazi too. Weirdly. Which made any historical discussions a bit difficult.

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Censoring is a very dangerous thing.

Agreed!

Most of the time.

Only most?

I suppose you could always sleep with the publisher.

Almost aaaalll of the time it is bad.

But there is that little part of me that thinks really stupid people with really stupid opinions should be forcibly shut the f**k up.

Yes, yes, I know, who decides who's stupid?

(ME!)

Quote: zooo @ August 11 2008, 2:06 PM BST

But there is that little part of me that thinks really stupid people with really stupid opinions should be forcibly shut the f**k up.

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But then how can those opinions be challenged and shown by the learned, to the as-yet-unlearned (well, students and children, basically), to be a load of f**king bollocks?

I point you towards that students at Oxford are c**ts:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/7103350.stm

Like I said, censorship is a very dangerous thing.

I know! I know all that, honestly.
I just, don't want to have to listen to their crap.

You could put on Playboy TV? They don't hold many controversial OPINIONS on there...

I do so enjoy looking at complete tits...