Just A Little Moan

Just A Little Moan

A Story by Suzy Hazelwood
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Censorship on WritersCafe

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Before I have a little moan in this write, I would like to firstly convey what a lovely writers website this is and thank you so much for all the writers who have made me feel so welcome here - you are an awesome bunch!!!♥



Okay, here's my moan!

I posted a poem called 'For The Love Of A Cat' about love and loss and relationships coming to an end and an old woman who is loved by her cats.  When viewing that poem last night (logged out) I found two words have been censored 'at this s****y hollow life'  now reads 'at this s****y hollow life'  and  'You thought she was mad, an old w***e' reads 'You thought she was mad, an old w***e'   LOL....what the hell??!!

I know there's a category for sensitive material on here, but that poem really doesn't come into that kind of category!  And since when has the word 'w***e' been an offensive word?  It's just a word.  It's even mentioned in the bible.  It's not been censored from that book - yet! ;o)

No doubt this work will also get censored too (for readers not logged in) as it contains those two same words. I'm wondering who exactly is it protecting from not showing words like that - children?  This is a website for mature minded adults isn't it???

I often give links to my writing on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.  But I'd be embarrassed to do that with words ***** out, making me look like I'm some kind of over sensitive writer.  So WritersCafe will lose out on links.

If you want to view that censorship please bookmark the poem and then view when logged out, and hopefully you will be able to see what I mean.

Has anyone else experienced this ridiculous altering of their writing?

Perhaps I'm the only naughty poet on here who uses disgraceful words like that?  And just think....I haven't even started on the F words yet!

I should be annoyed, but actually, I can't stop laughing!!! :oD

© 2015 Suzy Hazelwood


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Hmm, I am now intrigued as to what being logged out shows on my page now. Does it also work in reviews? I wonder what will happen if I say the you make a totally bitchin point, not that I usually would, but now, I wonder.
I'm glad I decided not to post that last angst ridden piece on anger. I'm sure everyone would be wondering what a God Dumb MotherFather was, or what I could possibly mean by calling someone a F*****G C**T. I mean, I call people folding coats all the time.
Maybe it's like soduko and is meant as brain training for the reader :-)

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

alifeacoustic

8 Years Ago

Yes, I think it was you tube I got it from. They have an app where you can convert video clips to au.. read more
Suzy Hazelwood

8 Years Ago

Yes, I know what you mean! I can remember my brother listening to a record of Jasper Carrot in the .. read more
alifeacoustic

8 Years Ago

:-)
I Jemember jasper. Saturday night tv, carrot confidential or something like that. Loved i.. read more



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Wow I never knew! haha I wonder how my poems look, I've used the F word in humorous writes lol. Fascinating story you shared. Thank you.

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Suzy Hazelwood

8 Years Ago

Oh those F words will definitely be starred out I'm sure ******!!! Childish by today's standards. .. read more
As a vulgar wordsmith I agree with this lol F*CK it

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Suzy Hazelwood

8 Years Ago

Haha....the best kind of response, thanks!! :oD
Hmm, I am now intrigued as to what being logged out shows on my page now. Does it also work in reviews? I wonder what will happen if I say the you make a totally bitchin point, not that I usually would, but now, I wonder.
I'm glad I decided not to post that last angst ridden piece on anger. I'm sure everyone would be wondering what a God Dumb MotherFather was, or what I could possibly mean by calling someone a F*****G C**T. I mean, I call people folding coats all the time.
Maybe it's like soduko and is meant as brain training for the reader :-)

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

alifeacoustic

8 Years Ago

Yes, I think it was you tube I got it from. They have an app where you can convert video clips to au.. read more
Suzy Hazelwood

8 Years Ago

Yes, I know what you mean! I can remember my brother listening to a record of Jasper Carrot in the .. read more
alifeacoustic

8 Years Ago

:-)
I Jemember jasper. Saturday night tv, carrot confidential or something like that. Loved i.. read more
Ah, now I see what's going on. A friend of mine said he couldn't read one of my poems without joining the site first. I had rated that poem "mature". It appears that work isn't really being altered, just blocked for visitors to the site. Why a visitor should be protected from something that they can see if they join the site, I don't know. Since this has got to be an auto protect feature, we can explore the limits by using less common restricted words. I wonder if they've programmed in "buggery" for example.

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Suzy Hazelwood

8 Years Ago

Yes, the work marked 'mature' is only accessible to those signed in, that makes sense in a lot of wa.. read more
Roland Petrov

8 Years Ago

Silly describes a lot of what humanity is about! On another note, Ewan has posted on this site as No.. read more
Suzy Hazelwood

8 Years Ago

Okay, thanks for letting me know!
I had never see it on mine until yesterday... I was restarted my mac and it makes you sign back in to everything.. well when I looked at one of my poems I was like wtf happened to it. So I logged on looked at it and it was normal. I guess we are just a little crazy and need censorship haha :)

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

AaronFreitas

8 Years Ago

I'm so out of the loop I need to connected outside of here some more haha :) Definitely send me a l.. read more
Suzy Hazelwood

8 Years Ago

I'm coming to back tomorrow and read some of your writing Aaron, it always takes me longer than I th.. read more
AaronFreitas

8 Years Ago

Oh nice... thanks... sweet dreams :)
I think that when someone cruses this site, without logging in, an automatic censor restricts the language (as per some FCC code of ethics established) to protect underage children who might read such content by accident. However, children learn worse language from conversations of their parents and other adults in their lives. I would not consider it censorship because everyone accept unknown visitors can read every word. As for virgin ears, what planet do they come from?

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Suzy Hazelwood

8 Years Ago

I'm sure it is some kind of auto censor that WritersCafe have set for non members but it seems a lit.. read more
VALORMORE DE PLUME

8 Years Ago

Children are being taught to write computer code in grade school, in many states, this will give the.. read more
I have not seen this, and I have read many poems with curse words and vulgarities in them... this is odd... do you know if someone complained? Did you receive a message from WC moderators? It is weird that they would have censored your work without giving you an opportunity to respond or even change something they were offended by. As long as a piece of work does not fall into Hate or Slander/Libel categories then as long as we label it mature then there should be no problems.

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Suzy Hazelwood

8 Years Ago

No, I never received any notice from WritersCafe to say my work had been altered. You can only see .. read more
I am so sorry your poetry got censored. I am very surprised as well. I mean, you can categorize your work as mature so that it puts a warning against children or teens that should not read things like that yet. But I agree with you, it is just words, you are just expressing yourself. I don't think works should ever be censored. After all, don't we have a right for complete self-expression in our works?

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Suzy Hazelwood

8 Years Ago

It is very strange to censor our writing on here, especially when they don't tell us and we can't se.. read more
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8 Years Ago

I agree... 100%

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Suzy Hazelwood
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