Houston, I understand your point. This thread has nothing to do anymore with the avatar or sig-tag's. We'll get to this in a minute...
There is a difference between a lewd picture and text on a screen though in general. Since most people who would glance at a screen, or be walking by at work or home would not see the language as that would require stopping and focusing, they would see the picture.
That being said, do some of the guys use strong language, yes, do you have to, no. But, beyond that, the reason the guys continue is because this is an established community, some of us have been here a good while and believe we have developed something terrific. When new people come and are asked to change something, the response shouldn't be NO, unless the request is unreasonable to the extent of being offensive for all the politically correct reasons out there. At most it should be, okay, it's changed, but I'm just curious, why do you guys use profanity...
The reason for this, is that essentially this is a public board, but it is a community with established mores and a sort of unwritten (and written, see the TOA) code. When you go to a new country or city, and are checking things out, if a local asks you to change something simple that doesn't take away any serious right or freedom, you do it and then ask questions later respecting the culture. Same here, guys are mad because Vegas didn't treat the situation that way.
And so, the moral is, when you first arrive here, observe, interact, but most importantly, respect the culture that is here. If you end up not liking it, then you can go, no harm, no foul, no one is offended.
"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
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