Hi, Robbie - If John puts the exact song title in the thread title, people can find threads on that song by using the Filter. If he puts a euphemism instead of the actual word, how are people going to know which euphemism he's using?

And then there's the question of which words should we euphemize. I'm still hoping somebody will post a list of the words that most commonly trip up a profanity filter. I have a feeling most filters sort out too much, and we'd end up going to ridiculous extremes in order to satisfy the filters. And there seems to be something offensive about kowtowing to a filter, even if it's something that has to be done to allow people access to Mudcat.

There are expressions that bother me, but I can think of only two words that make me cringe - f**k and c**t. Well, there are some racist terms for ethnic groups that make me cringe, too. I'd rather not see those words in thread titles - but if those words are in the actual title of a song, then I'd rather be consistent and see the actual song title in the thread title.

But that's my opinion. If it's the title of a legitimate (folk) song, I'm not likely to edit it out. It it's gratuitously posted just to provoke people, that's another matter.

-Joe Offer-