If you're from Fort Gay, West Virginia...
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BlackArachnia,
Posted on: 2010-09-09 07:25 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
They're going with "it's easier to be too harsh and back off than be too light and have to tighten up" philosophy.
I don't blame Microsoft. I blame the customers that force them to make these kind of decisions.
Loose --> not tight.
Lose --> Did not win, misplace, cannot find, subtract.
One extra 'o' makes a big difference.
I blame the society that ruined a word that meant happy and turned into an insult. The same society that abhors sex yet promotes torture porn.
I agree with BlackArachnia.
I used to know a woman named Gay, having been born well before the word became a pejorative. I wonder what she's supposed to do in situations like this.
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In other news, Microsoft bans Marcia Gay Harden from using computers.
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Indeed... he's gay used to mean he's happy but apparently happy isn't allowed these days... |
Originally Posted by BlackArachnia
I blame the society that ruined a word that meant happy and turned into an insult. The same society that abhors sex yet promotes torture porn.
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The implied "dirtiness" isn't in the word but rather in the minds who decide it has to be "dirty". And then watch pr0n when everyone else isn't looking and are capable of things far, far worse than a moniker used to describe a perfectly valid sexual orientation.
In the words of Charlie Brown: "good grief..."
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This is literally a Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, and it's actually over something more stupid than sexuality.
| "You can be from Fort Gay, you just can't tell anyone with Xbox. |
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Just wait 'til they find out about the gamers from *******, GA.
(Alan *******, known for Nightcrawler as well as other roles, is not from there, for the record.)
people in many areas of lancaster, pennsylvania are so hosed.
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LoL I just had to look up the actor who played Nightcrawler so I could see what you were talking about. Btw, to the poster who mentioned he once knew a woman named Gay, that was my mother's aunt's name. I met her as a teen and used to giggle about it behind her back.|
Originally Posted by Primal
Just wait 'til they find out about the gamers from *******, GA.
(Alan *******, known for Nightcrawler as well as other roles, is not from there, for the record.) |
That said, I can understand why the guy's account was flagged. Like one of the previous posters mentioned, it's one of those words that get flagged by software. The fact that MS gave him back his account after they realized the mistake should be the end of it.
...don't mention it in your XBox Live profile, or your account will be suspended.
"...(Microsoft said) the city's name doesn't matter, the word "gay" is inappropriate content in any context."
Wow. Just...wow. At least M$ did reverse the ban on the guy's account. And I can sort-of understand M$'s action, as the word gay is frequently used in a pejorative manner. I'd just like to see a little bit of common sense used, and maybe a bit of human intervention before such bannings. Because computers can flag "inappropriate" words, but they are lousy at context.