Also, lets not forget the predecessor to HPR, TWATech radio :-). I think the explicit tag is nice as it lets folks who might run part15 radio stations a way to automatically keep their feeds sort of clear of harder content than they want to air, but this is of course a marginal use-case. However, any further subdividing and it really gets into a hair splitting game which invites politics.
-dosman > On Dec 13, 2016, at 5:35 PM, Mike Ray <m...@raspberryvi.org> wrote: > > On 13/12/2016 18:58, Dave Lee wrote: >> I have to disagree with this to a point. >> >> I think that having an explicit tag for the odd contextual swear word is >> fine, and I may want to listen to those episodes, so I'm not going to >> filter out episodes on the basis of the explicit tag. However, having just >> listened to the episode in question, I would not want to listen to >> gratuitous swearing for the sake of swearing, or - in this case - name >> calling. >> >> The language doesn't bother me, but the (and I think this term was used in >> the episode comments) _aggressive_ nature of the language used - e.g. >> "you're a political f---wit", and the very offensive use of the term >> "retard". >> >> I do believe that spaceman was making a really good point, but I think it >> ended up being diluted by the tone used. >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 6:50 PM x1101 <x1...@gmx.com> wrote: >> >>> I concur, HPR is a network for people to express themselves, and while I >>> strongly believe in a censorship-free HPR, that doesn’t mean that we have >>> the right to force someone to listen to explicit material if they do not >>> wish to. This ‘explicit’ tag gives people a piece of information to make >>> that choice for themselves. I know that I will always tag my shows as >>> ‘explicit’, because I don’t keep track of my language. While I appreciate >>> that there are other things that folks might find offensive outside of >>> technically explicit language, its a good start. >>> >>> Keep the vulgarity, keep the tag, and let us all decide for ourselves what >>> we want to produce and what we want to listen to. >>> >>> /x1101 > > I'm not offended by bad language. Too many people troll the internet > and social media in particular just looking for something to be offended > by so that they can get what they think is their fifteen minutes of fame > thanks to lazy journalists who just think they can make a few bucks by > knowing how to copy and paste. > > But when almost every word begins with 'f' and ends either with 'uck' or > 'ucking' it just gets boring and the content is diluted to the point > where I press the delete button. > > I would have thought there were far more suitable subjects than whether > to say 'Linux' or 'GNU/Linux' that deserve such a tirade, like systemd > taking over the world for example. > > Let's have less f***ing and more hacking. > > Mike > > > > -- > Michael A. Ray > Analyst/Programmer > Witley, Surrey, South-east UK > > Eyes-free Linux: > http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/ > > Raspberry VI: > http://www.raspberryvi.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
