Submitted by Gentleman John on Mon, 2006-12-18 12:15.
You are indeed right, Decreased. This is a cultural matter.
I believe that an amendment to the Comstock Act in the USA allows an individual community to decide what is obscene. Indeed, pretty much the same thing applies here in the UK. Thus, the applied standard of "common decency", which is pretty much the same as "common law". RPGLab, I believe, counts as a community with its own culture. If we feel any one of us has stepped over the line (which will be an individual thing, I admit), I am sure we will have the grace to let the offender know and retract their statement.
How do you decide what is taboo? Well, either you have abook that tells you, or you work it out for yourself with the aid of others in your community. Unfortunately, there is no "Big Book of Laws" for this site, so you're in the same boat as the rest of us. In the meantime, we are as polite and considerate of each other as we have to be.
Rahter than try and list all those things I find offensive (and I doubt I could do that for myself) put your ideas up. If we don't like 'em, we'll tell you, and tell you why. I hope that you will do the same for the rest of us when the boot is on your foot. Then we can work out the "norm" for our group here.
Precisely.
You are indeed right, Decreased. This is a cultural matter.
I believe that an amendment to the Comstock Act in the USA allows an individual community to decide what is obscene. Indeed, pretty much the same thing applies here in the UK. Thus, the applied standard of "common decency", which is pretty much the same as "common law". RPGLab, I believe, counts as a community with its own culture. If we feel any one of us has stepped over the line (which will be an individual thing, I admit), I am sure we will have the grace to let the offender know and retract their statement.
How do you decide what is taboo? Well, either you have abook that tells you, or you work it out for yourself with the aid of others in your community. Unfortunately, there is no "Big Book of Laws" for this site, so you're in the same boat as the rest of us. In the meantime, we are as polite and considerate of each other as we have to be.
Rahter than try and list all those things I find offensive (and I doubt I could do that for myself) put your ideas up. If we don't like 'em, we'll tell you, and tell you why. I hope that you will do the same for the rest of us when the boot is on your foot. Then we can work out the "norm" for our group here.