User blog comment:Random-storykeeper/Censorship/@comment-5386076-20120620221115/@comment-3541956-20120621071733

I don't particularly approve of this. This might sound stupid, but spontaneous decision on the spot seems like a decent option. The person who is swearing, even if it doesn't look like it, knows (s)he is swearing. If the people around him don't like it, they can tell him to stop. This doesn't just apply to swearing - for example, if for some reason Axiy doesn't like what The Mysterious User said about him, he can tell him to stop. If TMU continues, the punishment will not be for swearing (and it wasn't swearing anyway), but for impoliteness and (possibly) trolling. The problem with that is that the minority can end up controlling everyone else: If someone says "go **** yourself", then it is likely that most will disapprove of this, but if someone says "what the hell", someone like NTPYTO, who disapproves of religious references might express his discontent, while the rest of the people in chat are fine with it.