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I put a poem up on poetry.com and i went to look back on it today and they censored out words that i used that weren't even cussing... here is what they posted. I'll let you decide if this needed to be censored.

Something e*** this way comes.
They start the war, we sound the drums,
The drums that echoed through the night
And told the world "Prepare to fight!"
More recruits ran with all might.
Fear in their left hands yet pride in their right.
The valley full of dead men living.
They took from their country so now they are giving
Heart and soul, blood then life.
Man risking it all for his children and wife.
Heart and drums beating as one.
I'll never forget the screams of my son
As cold fate and blade left his corpse behind
But dragged off his soul and part of mine.
Holding back tears, gasping for air,
My eyes became blurry. I did not feel the tear
Of my flesh that grew damp. A splash as I fell.
Would I go to Heaven? Or be tortured in H***?
I sat up from my body weeping with sorrow.
I am cursed to remain in this field, no tomorrow.
Reliving this nightmare, hoping I'm in a dream.
Everyday forced to hear my first son's last scream!

The first word is evil and the second one is... well do i even have to tell you, it rhymes! anyway... i was upset by this and so looking to other art forms, it makes me upset when they get censored out... i mean even parts of the Christian Bible were censored out and removed from the book. it's starting to get ridiculous!:headbang:

Why would you censor 'evil'...? :confused:

Yep, sad times or something.

*Gasps* What...if...censorship IS art?

Seriously. Even if it is off-topic, has anyone considered that. It's kind of a wierd concept. But all sorts of stuff gets called art.

*Gasps* What...if...censorship IS art?

Seriously. Even if it is off-topic, has anyone considered that. It's kind of a wierd concept. But all sorts of stuff gets called art.

I'm sure the people at the FCC consider their jobs art...

THAT'S WHAT REALLY UPSET ME! It's crazy! You can tell that I wasn't using the words in a hurtful or hateful way at all... its just dumb.

THAT'S WHAT REALLY UPSET ME! It's crazy! You can tell that I wasn't using the words in a hurtful or hateful way at all... its just dumb.

so are you a long time nsg poster who didnt want to admit to having written that poem or are you a stranger who suddenly decided to use nsg as a blog?

i just found nsg. but is that even relevant to censorship? anyway i found a video on how a group is trying to get rid of the startbucks logo because they say its bad too. http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24538564#24666146

so are you a long time nsg poster who didnt want to admit to having written that poem or are you a stranger who suddenly decided to use nsg as a blog?

I bet it's secretly Fass.

That's kind of what you get for putting stuff up on that site. It's a total hustle--they tried to hustle me after I entered the young author's competition at my school in THIRD GRADE. Who tries to roll an 8 year old kid?

I bet it's secretly Fass.

lol

he does have delicate sensibilities and could never handle it if we dissed his poetry.

LMFAO. Poetry.com is a scam, anyways. They send everyone a letter saying their poem won some competition. One of my friends was all excited, and I had to break her heart by saying everyone I know got the same letter at some point in their lives.

LMFAO. Poetry.com is a scam, anyways. They send everyone a letter saying their poem won some competition. One of my friends was all excited, and I had to break her heart by saying everyone I know got the same letter at some point in their lives.

That's what you get for making friends with emos. :p

lol

he does have delicate sensibilities and could never handle it if we dissed his poetry.

honestly i could care less what you thought of my poetry, the only reason i put it up is to prove a point about censorship. it blocked my words without good reason... since when is evil a bad word anyway?

That's what you get for making friends with emos. :p

Shhh....I'm the most emo of all my friends. I conceal it well, though. Bright yellow tights will hide scars on your legs if you want to wear shorts, I've found.

honestly i could care less what you thought of my poetry, the only reason i put it up is to prove a point about censorship. it blocked my words without good reason... since when is evil a bad word anyway?

i didnt say anything about your poem. im not qualified to judge it but it seemed to be at least OK.

my question was about your identity.

how does a stranger decide that today is the day to post something personal on nsg?

I bet it's secretly Fass.lol

he does have delicate sensibilities and could never handle it if we dissed his poetry.
honestly i could care less what you thought of my poetry, the only reason i put it up is to prove a point about censorship. it blocked my words without good reason... since when is evil a bad word anyway?
i didnt say anything about your poem. im not qualified to judge it but it seemed to be at least OK.

my question was about your identity.

how does a stranger decide that today is the day to post something personal on nsg?

Based on this exchange, I don't think Tp is a stranger, I think Ifreann is right...

The one flaw in that theory is Tp response to you is much to dispassionate for it to be Fass...

lol

he does have delicate sensibilities and could never handle it if we dissed his poetry.

i didnt say anything about your poem. im not qualified to judge it but it seemed to be at least OK.

my question was about your identity.

how does a stranger decide that today is the day to post something personal on nsg?

i talk on a lot of forums i just haven't talked on nsg so there is a first time for everything! why so curios? what did you talk about your first time on nsg?

Shhh....I'm the most emo of all my friends. I conceal it well, though. Bright yellow tights will hide scars on your legs if you want to wear shorts, I've found.

So you're an emo but you don't dress like one? Isn't that like being a soldier but not being in the armed forces?

i talk on a lot of forums i just haven't talked on nsg so there is a first time for everything! why so curios? what did you talk about your first time on nsg?

politics

So you're an emo but you don't dress like one? Isn't that like being a soldier but not being in the armed forces?

Nah, I'm not actually emo. I'm just bipolar. Emo stands for emotive hardcore, which is a genre of music so far from what people think emo is. And I'm not even a part of that lame-o MCR, black-hair, ripped clothes emo thing, even though I do really like eyeliner. Quite a bit.

politics

see? first time for everything. Besides, even if i was someone else who didn't want people to know... y would i tell u or give you hints to who i was?

see? first time for everything. Besides, even if i was someone else who didn't want people to know... y would i tell u or give you hints to who i was?

Not if you were Fass, say what you want about him, but you're not the type to get duped that easy...

see? first time for everything. Besides, even if i was someone else who didn't want people to know... y would i tell u or give you hints to who i was?

because people do that all the time. i dont know why they use a puppet then hint that they are someone we know, but they do.

did you ask poetry.com what the problem is with the word evil?

did you ask poetry.com what the problem is with the word evil?

no, i don't really want to associate with them... i think they scam everyone. and the winner of their little "contests" is always just some random name from one of the employees so they don't ever have to pay anyone and they can just make money off of making books of other people's poems. its the most stupid scam ever yet everyone falls for it to claim their chance at being a poet. oh well... i'm just one more sucker.

no, i don't really want to associate with them... i think they scam everyone. and the winner of their little "contests" is always just some random name from one of the employees so they don't ever have to pay anyone and they can just make money off of making books of other people's poems. its the most stupid scam ever yet everyone falls for it to claim their chance at being a poet. oh well... i'm just one more sucker.

at least its still your poem and you didnt lose anything.

your work is your work.

at least its still your poem and you didnt lose anything.

your work is your work.

that's what pisses me off... they are getting paid from my work. Did you know that when they send out those stupid letters to people saying that they have been chosen to be put in the book (which they send to everyone who writes on their website) that they also include an order form for you to buy a copy! Those people didn't write shit in that book and here i am supposed to pay them for a copy of my own work along side of a million other suckers' work!?! Now i feel like an idiot for even showing them it!

Nah, I'm not actually emo. I'm just bipolar. Emo stands for emotive hardcore, which is a genre of music so far from what people think emo is. And I'm not even a part of that lame-o MCR, black-hair, ripped clothes emo thing, even though I do really like eyeliner. Quite a bit.

You know what they say--every time a girl gets a black spiky mullet, a unicorn dies.