Whereas words that really are swearing are never removed by this method - it is never possible to remove one particular word even by replacing all of its letters with four dashes and, really, the method does not "censor" the word at all or amount to censorship since the altered material still communicates it. Anyway, the blank space is now so associated with swearing that I wouldn't even want it even in places where I know the original non-swearword as it always brings something worse to mind and itself causes me upset and/or the PTSD reaction. I was unaware that it was the innocent words being censored and did not find this out until too late. This caused me misunderstanding and offence. Inoffensive words, such as "weed" and "gun", are indeed removed by this method and replaced by the implication of a swearword in their place, whichever is the most offensive word possible in the context of the surrounding material.
I don't know what is meant by needing to remove words in order to "censor it". In places in which the words would be offensive - or cause me such a reaction - the song should not be played in any version at all as any digital altering to the original soundtrack does not work. The song is already "fixed" in its original form. Anyway, I don't see that there is a need to remove so-called 'bad' words in places in which those words are not offensive or unsuitable for the people present and therefore you don't need to "fix" the song. They clearly are inappropriate if they cause me a physical reaction or make me uncomfortable as they did. The short space of silence, or whatever, between words carry a meaning and are still inappropriate in all places in which the original word would have been. It does not remove inappropriate lyrics as the lyrics remain inappropriate even in their technically partial form. It is impossible to alter the sound of an original soundtrack and create something that does not suggest or bring to mind the original words or worse instead in their place. Years after having problems with supposed "clean" versions, which still persist in the form of PTSD now, I don't think this ever works and it never creates an acceptable song in any places in which the original would have been really offensive.
I'm also unhappy with 'having possession of' the word (having the word in my mind) when it wasn't actually said - the 'silent' communication, which isn't as my mind isn't silent, is more uncomfortable, it's got that hidden secretive nature that I imagine the word is in the head of the people around me and I'm uncomfortable that they might be thinking it and that they might know what the material means in my presence when they are strangers in a public place and I'm unhappy about the manner in which the word was communicated - it's not merely about what is said, but the way it which it is said or conveyed or communicated, the snide communication sometimes (snide="offensive in an indirect way") - it's just such an issue and bugbear for me - instead of the word just being said and out in the open and clearing the air, they just make me more bothered by their hidden nature which isn't and by the language lingering in my mind afterwards (sometimes for hours afterwards), pointed out and like being in the air like a bad smell, rather than just saying it, getting it over with, quickly burying it and drawing no attention to it. It's because it's disguised (but truly doesn't disguise anything) that makes me uncomfortable with it and that is part of the offence, as well as its drawing attention. I think this itself causes me to concentrate on details of songs and alterations, however minor, indeed the minor things stand out even more and the major thing stand out anyway, part of the 'problem' is that in a public place environment (where I heard numerous so-called 'clean' songs that each caused me a serious reaction) I take in so much more information than the average person and don't shut out some of it.Īnyway, I came back to post that it's also because the soundtrack of altered versions is trying to "hide" the language, the hidden nature to them, when it truly isn't hidden since I know what they mean or get some meaning from them whatever that meaning is, makes the material more uncomfortable (when heard with other people - or in fact - it's worse - the 'clean' version is not merely heard but is *listened to* as it causes me to focus and concentrate on it rather than just hearing it as the original). I'm sorry I go on, but people may understand if I also explain I have an autism spectrum disorder.
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