The truth behind the "happened" censorship

[GribbleGrunger]

people were crying out for full PSN integration across all the regions so it's not surprising that certain words get censored, even though in our language they are innocuous... but i do agree that words within words should just be left alone

[kirbyman62]

Because I often sit there not being able to think of anything to get around 'happened', here's what thesaurus.com says:

Some of them seem fine, others (bump?) seem ridiculous. So yay.

[Apple2012]

people were crying out for full PSN integration across all the regions so it's not surprising that certain words get censored, even though in our language they are innocuous... but i do agree that words within words should just be left alone

Your post reminds me of all these cases of censorship that came from political accuracy. I understand "Analog", because of the first four letters, but "happened"? It only contains a substring that's not in our language. This censorship, as well as the Scunthorpe Problem, isn't the only case of politically accurate censorship. I know some worse cases:

1. New York City has banned words like "birthday", "dinosaur", and "Halloween" in schools. You can't say them anywhere, because the city digs deeper into the religious meanings (i.e. "dinosaur" is a reference to evolution). They ban the words to make sure nobody is offended. 1st Amendment please!

2. Last decade, nursery rhymes and fairy tales have been altered (not fractured) to make things less offensive. The nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty had the ending changed so kids won't get scared. It's now "couldn't make Humpty happy again" instead of "couldn't fix Humpty together again". The fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is now just Snow White. The rest of the title was removed so they can't offend people with height problems.

3. When TDI came out on CN, the channel had to carry out edits all over the show to make it less inappropriate. The worst part - even the mildest words such as "stupid" and "shut up" are censored and replaced with "lame-o" and "shut it". It's a long story, but it's true. "Lame-o" is the new "stupid", "shut it" is the new "shut up", and references to being fat have been removed.

I know this is all off-topic, but whatever the "happened" censorship was is a case of political accuracy. Same with the three I just mentioned. If we don't want to see this happen anymore, then don't go too deep into the vocabulary. This means you too, Mm.

[Kern•]

1. New York City has banned words like "birthday", "dinosaur", and "Halloween" in schools. You can't say them anywhere, because the city digs deeper into the religious meanings (i.e. "dinosaur" is a reference to evolution). They ban the words to make sure nobody is offended. 1st Amendment please!

2. Last decade, nursery rhymes and fairy tales have been altered (not fractured) to make things less offensive. The nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty had the ending changed so kids won't get scared. It's now "couldn't make Humpty happy again" instead of "couldn't fix Humpty together again". The fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is now just Snow White. The rest of the title was removed so they can't offend people with height problems.

3. When TDI came out on CN, the channel had to carry out edits all over the show to make it less inappropriate. The worst part - even the mildest words such as "stupid" and "shut up" are censored and replaced with "lame-o" and "shut it". It's a long story, but it's true. "Lame-o" is the new "stupid", "shut it" is the new "shut up", and references to being fat have been removed.

I know this is all off-topic, but whatever the "happened" censorship was is a case of political accuracy. Same with the three I just mentioned. If we don't want to see this happen anymore, then don't go too deep into the vocabulary. This means you too, Mm.

Okay that is the most ridiculous thing ever.

Do they ban milk in the cafeteria so they don't offend Lactose Intolerants?

Do they ban the use of bandages in the school because some tribes may believe in showing off a wound?

Do they ban other clearly demonstrable topics like the colour of the sky?

No.

[Apple2012]

Source?

Last time I checked the existence of Dinosaurs wasn't a religious matter and I don't believe the thing about Snow White.. What next?

Ba Ba Rainbow Sheep have you any wool
Yes sir or madam, yes sir or madam 3 bags full
Etc

The word "dinosaur" contains a reference to evolution, which makes no sense at all. It does not make a reference to evolution; it just makes a reference to life from the past. People made studies of life from the past references to evolution. There was some religious controversy on evolution in the 20's, so that makes evolution a problem. I know New York is not about creationism, but banning words that contain a reference to evolution? And what's with the deal about dinosaurs and evolution? There's no correlation.

Thanks for remind me of the "Baa Baa Black Sheep" nursery rhyme. The "Snow White" incident I talked about was real. Maybe it's not the movie, but the book's title was changed.