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The Greatest Story Ever Told
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I've tolerated almost everything on this forum, so far. As I said, anyone is welcome to post their drivel, unless the scale of it becomes overwhelming. If something is posted on a public forum it's fair game for comment, though. I didn't see Michael's response as a personal attack. Why this has pushed the button for you, I don't know - it obviously has more to do with your personal process than anything in this thread. Zen, give me a break.............
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nutsandvolts said:
I'm a superstar???????....... Cool!
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I thought the thorazine comment was hilarious personally..... what's a discussion forum without a discussion.
It's virtually impossible to delete and censor everything anyone can consider an insult or pertonal attack against some entity without turning the place into a sterile room.. anything in moderation goes around here, within reason.
And 1 x 1 = 1 :wink:
It's virtually impossible to delete and censor everything anyone can consider an insult or pertonal attack against some entity without turning the place into a sterile room.. anything in moderation goes around here, within reason.
And 1 x 1 = 1 :wink:
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Say hello to " Blown out of proportion ! "
I recommend a stiff drink ! ( i'm half way into a bottle of red personally.. close enough ! )
I recommend a stiff drink ! ( i'm half way into a bottle of red personally.. close enough ! )
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I moderate for 2 car forums, and used to mod for an MMA forum as well.
People are welcome to block content from users from being seen. People are welcome to choose to continue reading offensive material or to stop reading it. You can even find material offensive to such an extreme degree on the web that it can offend me. Fortunately, there is a simple solution of not reading it.
The moment mods try to sensor and take enforcing action upon any comment (outside of spam), it always launches into a drama-fest. I've tried simply banning any one who is offensive, or becomes offended, but you generally loose large groups of members. As a general rule of thumb, forums are about 95-99% dead-weight, and the more dead weight lost, the smoother a forum seems to run, and the depth of topic stays at a good level. It would seem ban's are a good thing, but invariably moderator action of any type seems to offend a few in the 1-5% group, and causes a lapse in quality forum discussion because of it. If someone's life isn't being threatened (or spam noise), no moderation is the best moderation to continue a healthy forum.
In the case of this thread, I could make sense of the first post, and it brings up an interesting logic concept in quantum mechanics. The second post I wasn't able to make much sense of, but I simply skim over it as noise, and continue down. Michaels post made me laugh, which I appreciated, and always appreciate anytime something makes me laugh. Then I dismissed it as noise, and continued on. At this point, the thread has been interrupted and destroyed any chance of the original posters chance to discuss the topic which he felt was important enough that he wanted to share it with the forum for discussion. It wasn't Michaels post that did this, it was your complaints. Perhaps you owe the OP an apology.
People are welcome to block content from users from being seen. People are welcome to choose to continue reading offensive material or to stop reading it. You can even find material offensive to such an extreme degree on the web that it can offend me. Fortunately, there is a simple solution of not reading it.
The moment mods try to sensor and take enforcing action upon any comment (outside of spam), it always launches into a drama-fest. I've tried simply banning any one who is offensive, or becomes offended, but you generally loose large groups of members. As a general rule of thumb, forums are about 95-99% dead-weight, and the more dead weight lost, the smoother a forum seems to run, and the depth of topic stays at a good level. It would seem ban's are a good thing, but invariably moderator action of any type seems to offend a few in the 1-5% group, and causes a lapse in quality forum discussion because of it. If someone's life isn't being threatened (or spam noise), no moderation is the best moderation to continue a healthy forum.
In the case of this thread, I could make sense of the first post, and it brings up an interesting logic concept in quantum mechanics. The second post I wasn't able to make much sense of, but I simply skim over it as noise, and continue down. Michaels post made me laugh, which I appreciated, and always appreciate anytime something makes me laugh. Then I dismissed it as noise, and continued on. At this point, the thread has been interrupted and destroyed any chance of the original posters chance to discuss the topic which he felt was important enough that he wanted to share it with the forum for discussion. It wasn't Michaels post that did this, it was your complaints. Perhaps you owe the OP an apology.
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Sorry for that outburst.
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