Also, add the no homophobia stuff.

I've added that stuff, Cuddlebear and Dark, except for "insulting others," as I believe that's already covered by:

I want good discussion in the Lounge. To facilitate that, when you disagree with someone, feel free to debate whatever he's saying that you disagree with, but don't attack the person himself.

but snes roms aren't illegal

ace ur such a gay fag

You have just killed pretty much every type of joke in existence.

Racial jokes and sexist jokes aren't really that offensive to anyone. Hell, you could make it easy by asking "Will anyone be insulted by a joke consisting of a racial slur against *specific race here*?"

Genetics says there is no difference between one race and another, thus, in theory, there isn't such thing as anything other than the Human Race. With that in mind, all jokes do is single out a minority of the human race, where difference really is almost non existent and reinforce a stereotype which can bring about humour.

You've given us, Blond, Bush and Bar Jokes. But you could throw Bar jokes to the racist bin because the average English, Irish and Australian jokes rip stereotypes. And in theory, Bush jokes can and often do mock the americans as a whole rather than just Bush himself.

I agree completely with Tiberath. I mean, as long as you're not attempting to "offend" anyone, what's the real harm in one or two Polish Army jokes?

I agree with OFD, and I suggest more: Mutes really shouldn't exist. If people have a problem, they can ignore someone.

But, what if someone floods or spams? Well, that's an attack on the system, and they should probably be banned.

But, what if someone floods or spams?

if its bad, it can be detected by the program. and if its not that bad then people can easily ignore the person before the spam ruins the conversation. and if its *that* bad then they'll be banned, but until they're banned everyone can ignore them and it isn't a problem.

Mutes really shouldn't exist

agreed. when its known that a GM is around, how often do you hear "hey, mute so-and-so"? if there were no mutes, the same people demanding a mute would just have to ignore the person.

probably since chatters implemented the ignore command i've been asking for a command that lets you limit who receives your messages. since people have always been slow to use the ignore command, this is like a way to force someone to ignore you.

also, it allows you to talk semi-privately to several people without having to send tells to each person, which essentially creates your own channel within a channel. since "create your own channel" is the classic response to the question "what if we want to tell racist jokes?", by limiting who is receiving your messages you could tell questionable jokes to people who want to hear them without having to leave the main channel. that way you can say what you want to people who aren't offended by it, you don't offend people who wouldn't want to hear it, and you don't miss out on any conversation. its a win-win situation that will never be implemented =)

make wiz_chat preface every chat message with this: "i am sorry if this message offends you in any way. i assure you that i mean no offense to any ethnic, religious, social, or political group or any other organization, association, or congregation that exists or not. i am merely a web surfer trying to communicate with my fellow surfers and this is what i have to say"