Censored use of swears?

From what I see as the main points in this thread, it boils down to:
yes, we are using movie ratings, but as this is text and not audio "bleeping" out curse words isn't quite the same. There is the fact that the implication of the word would still be clearly shown, even if you technically aren't writing it. (PG-13 movies also vary greatly in their content--some are fairly clean and others have quite a bit more adult content. As we are not the MPAA, we need stricter, across-the-board guidelines to prevent confusion.)
This leads to the fact that bending the rules for one thread, with users who are used to/okay with cursing, would inevitably lead to a questioning of the rules across the forums. It's easier and safer to have the same rules everywhere.
Curse words do have inappropriate meanings and do make some people uncomfortable. This is also a fact. And this site is meant to be as fun and comfortable as possible for all users, and therefore that may require some users to give up things such as cursing for the benefit of the site as a whole.

I'd agree, but allowing cursing would definitely aggravate those fights, thus intertwining them.
Better safe than sorry. 
Plus, there's not really a forum-wide benefit to using explicit diction.

what's the point of this place being for teenagers, if the admins and moderators treat us and ""protect"" us like children?
what teenager doesn't swear or hear swears excessively in their daily life?
imo you seem to think we're a lot younger than what we really are, or you at least are trying to cater to the illegal children--which, mind you, makes zero sense.
but y'all do whatever. im just stating my opinion and thoughts on the matter. i know nothing will change because you ""dont want to give in"" or ""lose the argument to a mere reg forumer"" so i dont really care too much anymore tbh.

I admit losing to you then, you have valid points and I don't have the best defense around.
This is a site for cat books though I don't know why people need a boatload of cussing when that's the main reason for this place.
Again, admitting defeat.

oh cmon ros i won ):

psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/03/30/why-do-we-swear/
As Jay notes, “Swearing is like using the horn on your car, which can be used to signify a number of emotions (e.g., anger, frustration, joy, surprise).”

Swearing is beneficial in ways that people may underestimate or take for granted. Swearing is often cathartic — it often frees us of the feelings of anger or frustration we hold and allows expression for them....Swear words can also be used in a more positive manner, in the form of jokes and humor, storytelling, self-deprecation or even social commentary. Imagine when you want to emphasize how great you feel something is, a swear words emphasizes the positive feelings you have for that object, situation, person or event (“This concert is **effing** awesome!”). Sure, we could just say “This concert is awesome,” but the addition of the swear word emphasizes the emotional reaction we have toward it — and easily conveys that emotional reaction to others.

there's also a lot more to it than that, but it's just giving you a few examples. swearing has become natural to teenagers and adults in this day and age especially. i'd like the censors to be looser (to at least allow a** and p*ss), but i can understand still disallowing & banning the usage of swear words when being used to insult people and/or using harsher ones in topics and times where it would generally just be inappropriate & unacceptable, such as in the cats section or any debate thread, or using them against some person in any way, as said. but saying things like "oh sh*t i dropped my spoon" or "im so p*ssed, mother nature is being a pain in the a**" is perfectly acceptable imo in casual chat & roleplay. even "p*ss off" seems fine, when used in roleplay or in a casual chat thread where all parties can realize it's a joke.

I completely understand what you are saying. However, there are some kiddos younger than ourselves and we must accept the thought that they may be innocent. I wasn't allowed to even think about cussing until 14. I completely understand that people use cussing as a way to express themselves, but I also think it should be limited. While I believe words like "sh*t", "ass", and "piss" should be allowed on this forum, we still have to keep in mind of the younger crowd. Too much freedom on cussing may draw people away as they do not like cussing. So it's not a restriction thing on some people, it's keeping the community whole and content as possible.

to add on to Rain's post - People are not mature enough here to have much freedom on cussing besides "hell" and "damn". If the Mods allow more cussing, it will not be used as intended.

Saw that, Toothless. ;p

I'm gonna let the Staff take it from here; Ive already put in my two cents for what they're worth.

oops

I don't think the rules will change to accommodate the words, regardless if we want them or not. Suggestions for alternatives have been posted here, but I kinda agree with anime, except lifting the ban on b and f words. I just don't think the forum is ready for that, that's just too much imo but it's up to the administration and I'll support whatever they pick

Read your posts, not all of my post was directed towards you anyways, i should have clarified; sorry about that ^^;. Nothing wrong with the p word in my opinion.

it's been encouraged and, should people realize, that reporting makes things better for them & the community. see something you don't think belongs on this site if you've read the rules? REPORT IT.
hell, i'll even make a topic right now encouraging reports if that's what you want from me. i don't mind doing that one bit, it's part of my job.

i'm not saying to "ban everything" because if we would, this place wouldn't exist. we've given people more flexibility than they had on WCF. you weren't allowed to type a single cuss word over there-- here, you can-- you even get PMs to do things like that too.
here, you can use different avatars, posts links, talk about politics & lgbtq+ and other sensitive topics, no signature length limit only a word limit that proboards puts in on all of their sites.

everything has a con, everything has a pro; we're lucky to even have what we've got now.