Normally I'd agree with you, Mike... but I think the article actually rationalized it reasonably well. It isn't to protect people from what they said... ...its to protect them (both the person and google) from what they DIDN'T say.
It is admitting that: 1) Their software isn't perfect 2) That it may be used in situations where it can't really be reviewed before it is used and 3) That it may make errors in a way that are considered inappropriate. In that sense, it is an interesting solution to the problem. On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM, mike <xha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another case of political correctness run amok. Heaven forbid adults get > to > say what they want. > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 1:50 AM, John Duncan Yoyo > <johnduncany...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > One of the iPhone aps does the same thing. I think it is Dragon > Naturally > > speaking. > > > > I would guess that Google Voice auto bowdlerizes as well.. > > > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Tony B <ton...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Weird. We recently turned off the cuss filter on our forum, only to > > > have one of our *moderators* begin to cuss like crazy. :( > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 3:44 PM, tjp <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > > > > An interesting dilemma... > > > > > > > > "How Google's Nexus One censors cuss words" (and why) > > > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10440115-71.html > > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/** > > > > ************************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > John Duncan Yoyo > > -------------------------------o) > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > > ************************************************************************* > > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
