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Originally Posted by Tipsy
Read above. Like many the guy's confused about the origin of the word and what it means.
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I'm fully aware of what it means, based on the novel by Nabokov. But origin has nothing to do with reality, if communities accept it as a good or bad refering word. Its policy, what people think, and it is difference between cultures. If online community decides that 'teen' is a bad word, and ban it, then its bad. Otherwise not.
If you take incest as example, we all know what it means, but that does not mean that the "incest" website really practising it? Its acting. So is it bad then? Well, that's up to the community; cc companies, billing processors, forums etc. Another example is hacking. First in mind is something illegal, but the origin word has nothing to do with illegal actions.
So, I'm not confused. Just curious about future policy
