Let's settle this once and for all. When discussing posts or comments (on any Meta site), is it a problem to copy profanities and obscene words from that post or comment if relevant to the discussion?
There are two extremes:
- No profanities: they should be removed/censored, to prevent corporate firewalls from filtering Stack Exchange sites based on these profane words.
- Profanities are not an issue: it is not a Stack Exchange policy to remove/censor them. Leave them in the posts and respect the author's will and intent.
I would go with number 1 just to be on the safe side, although I personally don't like it.
This question is a direct result of the editing and reverting done on an answer to Why was this edit approved? which, due to that, was locked.