The reason we have an active swear filter is because we try and encourage genuine conversation. Swearing (especially on the net) generally is the idiots way of trying to get there point accross and shows a huge lack of intelligence imho. Now i'm not calling anyone an idiot, even i've done it without realising. But come on Guys, trying to beat the swear filter isn't on is it?
Also, some of the people who peruse this site can be of any age and other people can be easily offended.
Luckily, we have a good mod squad who clear up things relatively quickly. but it's a pity there isn't a record of how many new people have joined, taken a look on a topic like this and then left again.
Could we please keep the swearing to a bare minimum please? In future, if anyone has noticed a swear word escaping the filter, can you please replace them with hash'es (***) etc.
Also, if you care to look at the 'Announcements' forum you'll see another good reason