Rikki-UK:
Almost every single website has a line it draws regarding the content on it. That line varies according to what the website is meant to be about. Obviously a website that exists to provide graphic ■■■■■■ content could not have the line drawn at the level we do. Similarly on a website that caters for primary school kids the line would be far higher than here.
This website is set up to allow decent discussion of the transport industry and in particular the role of drivers within the industry. We hope to provide an enviromnt where all members of the industry, and those interested in it can participate and so drew a fairly high line for language and content.
Other websites have been succesful in also having the industry discussions but allowing more explicit content and language. that to my mind is a good thing as it gives the webuser the choice.
If people dont like or feel censored by the level we feel is acceptable on here we encourage them to use the other websites available.
Over the years many people have complained about the level we drew the acceptable line at, and in response we in certain areas “lightened up” . It is fair to say though that many many more people use the website without ever questioning our policies on content.
Its all about choice, people have the choice to come here and abide by the standards we have set, or use another website that allows them to post more adult content.
To take your comments and put them into an analogy,
We live in a small village (Lets call it internetville)
The village does have a small drugs problem
Most teenage kids in the village probably know which house (website) in the village deals drugs
By your way of thinking each house should have drugs in it because the kids already know where they can get it from and if its in the house at least you can supervise it.
My way is that it is the householders choice, and if they decide that they will not have drugs in the house all the other villagers can decide wether they wish to go round to, or their kids to visit their friends in a drug house or a drug free one.
If people then do not respect your wishes to keep your house drug free and insist on coming round and leaving wraps in full view sooner or later you dont let them through the door.
Maybe the example is a little extreme - but the logical process is the same. 
Yes it’s very extreme, this isn’t a small village it’s a massive mettropolis, with more hiding places for bad men to hide than even in the real world.
Different drugs have a different levell of accetability, take alcohol, a drug and very harmfull and addictive, they have shops on every corner selling that drug and we read in the papers what drink is doing to society. Do you stop that coming into your house, no in fact it is talked about and boasted about in lots of threads esspecially in Bully’s.
Cigarettes are another drug, I don’t know if you smoke but a very large percentage of the world do, I know it’s frowned upon by the altruistic governments of the world, but it is accepted. Even though it causes so many deaths.
There has also been mentions of drugs such has canabis mentioned in the forum, I know one of your mods smokes canabis so he is bringing it in to your house weekly, and you’ve made him one of your security guards.
Canabis has not been related to any death in the world, but that in your analagy is unacceptable.
This part of the forum by it’s very name is a place for adults to meet and relax, have a chat, tell a few jokes, some of them a little risque. Granted there is a line and every adult knows the line, I am not saying it should be a free for all with ■■■■ and swear words all over the place, the balance on the whole is good.
With what you are saying , this site is to talk about the transport industry, then their should not be a Bully’s truckstop bar. it says in the tag line to relax and talk about anything else apart from trucking. When was the last time you were in a bar that was full of truckers, I know the atmosphere is different now but not so long ago the air would have been blue. In the shop outside the bar there would be a stand with magazines, videos amongst the other truckers neccesities. All these viewable by kids along for the ride with Dad.
Now I don’t expect any rules to changed, I know there’s no chance of that, all I want is a discussion about what members feel towards the way the rules are enforced, how many under 18’s actually come on this site and are you actually protecting kids from anything with your stance on censorship.
The thing that makes me smile the most is [ZB], you don’t need much of a brain to realise what word as been censored. I showed a post to my 14 year old, with some ZB’s in it and he knew every word and even laughed at it saying what a waste of time that was.
