Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Bizarre religious correctness...

In a comment on a post on Joe Carter's blog by one "Mr Ed," I noticed the "word" "p*rnographic."

That's kind of odd to me, since "pornography" literally means "writing about prostitutes."

So I wondered, was this some new thing? We're not supposed to say "pornography" now?

Well, off to Google....

Here's one instance of *-ing that offensive "o,"...

And here's another- with more words *-ed
...


And another...


Finally, I got kind of an answer here...


Some of our readers use Internet content filters to help them avoid explicit materials. In respect for this choice, please substitute a symbol such as the ~ to allow these members to read your post. Examples could be words like "s~xual addiction" or "p~rnography." In addition, please do not be unnecessarily explicit.



Ah, so...from an "LDS 12-Step addiction recovery group" no less...

Oddly enough, googling "sc*tological" gets you nowhere...

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