The swearing filter on DDO should be removed

As you will notice, (maybe you didn't, but I did), airmax never really comes out strongly against the swearing filter. Instead he admits he isn't very strict about swearing, and pretty much says that the swearing filter is a mess. Like I said before, I strongly suspect that airmax thinks the swearing filter is bogus as well. But of course, he's the moderator, so he can't say what he really thinks about the issue.But what he does say about the filter, definitely points towards him thinking it is one of the more absurd rules on the site. Even the moderator of this site likely thinks that the swearing filter is a joke. This sounds more like a rule for the sake of a rule.My Case:DDO is a messAirmax seemingly agrees that there are many problems with the website. But he just insists that this has nothing to do with what we're debating. It does. I will explain below. In fact, in the previous round airmax stated many of the problems with the website, which just suports my point that the website is far less fun than it used to be. I'd like to point out that many users I have spoken with think the website is not as fun as it used to be, or agree with me on the swearing filter removal. Romanii. Danielle. Thett3. Wylted. Lannan13. ThinkBig. TBR. And many more.Not to mention, thett3 has strongly supported me."when did zmike go from being slightly above average to DDO's greatest member by far? zmike, every single thing you have said since you've returned has been 100% on point. I think even YYW is considering removing you from the blacklist" -thett3Airmax just dismisses my argument, despite many members being unsatisfied with the website. Listen to what 16kadams says:"I dunno why I am still on this site, tbh." -16kadamsMany of the users who have been around a long time find that the website has gone downhill. I am not alone.VotingVoting is very relevant to the topic at hand. As I have shown, debates these days do not get many votes. Even imabench who has criticized me agrees on this point. Debates used to get many more votes, but now, because of rules, voting is a much rare phenomenon. People are not interacting as much. The rules are so strict, many users don't even vote anymore because they know their vote would be removed.Rules are the problemRules rules rules. DDO is ruled by rules. Voting rules. Language rules. Personal attack rules. People setting 2 paragraphs long of rules on their debates. Rules everywhere. As I've shown, rules make things less fun. As rules have increased on this site, peoples' fun has decreased to the point we have reached now. Things started getting boring when people had the great idea they would tell everyone else what to do.Removing Rules is the solution DDO has way too many rules. We should make it fun again. I think everyone would agree on that. The best way to do this is to set a precedent about how the site will change. The only way to set this precedent is to remove the very oldest and obviously the most silly rule on the website. It used to be possible to have fun while the swearing filter was in place. Of course, this was always a stupid rule, but we mostly just ignored it, because overall, the website allowed us to be pretty free. But now, we need to change DDO. We need to add weight to the other side, and tip the scales back towards freedom and fun, and away from rules and boring. We need to apply an equal and opposite force to find ourselves in equilibrium. It's Newton's Second Law, guys. The sum of the forces = m*a.Swearing promotes an atmosphere for good debatersPeople who are good at using language swear more frequently. This is proven by science. Airmax ignores this.We want people who are good at using language on this website. So we should make the website welcoming to them. Airmax Refuted:Self-ShamingAirmax wants you to feel shamed for swearing. He says "The filter doesn't prevent profanity, but it creates a "self shaming" dynamic". -airmaxReally, this is ridiculous. People come on this website to debate, not to go back to listening to their mom tell them what to do.Ok, so airmax wants us to feel self-shamed for using the word "a*s" but not the word "nigger." Ridiculous. Unless of course, airmax wants to modify the swearing filter to include other words.But it's just a law of nature that it's always easier to throw something out than fix it. It would be so much easier to just throw out a broken watch than fix it.People who swearAirmax's argument here is essentially this:"My point was that casual profanity reflects a lack of maturity, and a lack of ability to express oneself in a proper fashion." This is just question begging. It means, airmax is assuming that swearing is bad in order to show that swearing is bad and shouldn't be allowed. He's assuming his conclusion to prove his conclusion. Reasoning in a circle, aka just plain hokey pokey.He apparently admits that people who swear alot are better at using language. People who swear alot don't swear because they don't know what else to say or lack maturity. They could express themselves with many other words, since science has shown they know many. They swear because they know how to use language, and they *choose* to swear.He also says: "Whatever point you are trying to make with use of profanity, can easily be made without it."We all know this isn't true. If you stub your toe, you don't say "Aww Gee Golly, Wally I stubbed my little toe!" No. You yell "Ahh f*cking sh*t!!!!!"Sometimes "Darn it!" just doesn't cut it.The Swearing Filter and FunAccording to airmax, since I had fun when the swearing filter was in place, the swearing filter hasn't caused me to be bored with the site. He must not have read my argument.I'm saying that the website has gone downhill because of rules. We need to change this. The best way to change this is to remove the oldest rule on the website and set a precedent. We will start the momentum on DDO to change. We will do this by removing the swearing filter which is clunky, doesn't work, is absurd, hurts free speech, and the moderator probably thinks it's silly too. Time to clean house.This is a debate website:This is a debate website. Free speech is the most fundamental part of being able to have an intellectual discussion. Free speech includes the freedom to swear.. Not allowing swearing is not allowing free speech. You cannot have a good debate website when the most fundamental aspect of debate is not allowed.ConclusionAirmax says I'm promoting a low road. Well then, the low road sure sounds alot better than a decrepid website that many members think isn't fun anymore, that doesn't allow free speech and is overrun by ridiculous rules everywhere.I've shown that the problem with DDO is that it isn't fun to the users anymore. I've shown this is because of the crazy rules. I've shown that the best way to make DDO fun again is to fight the rules by removing the oldest one: the swearing filter.Airmax hasn't replied to this argument. Probably because he realizes many people feel the same way, and he'd rather divert attention.Thank you for reading, and long live DDO.