Announcement: In-thread Moderator Warnings

I'm a fan.

 

Makes absolutely no sense whatever.Even by yer own golden thread rules where
Threads can be Modified and shut down.
Why the sudden change of PF policy concerning threads.Was there outside pressure
exerted to make certain posters KNOW " You own whatever you say ".
That sounds like some kind of veiled threat.That posters somehow need to fear
what they post as if there may be ulterior consequences.
Knowing how we have definitive proof that ALL phone calls are recorded
and almost ALL computer internet traffic is being monitored by Big Brother,
I find it completely satisfying to know that this Forum is not exempt from such
Unamerican activity.
Where is the John Birch Society when need calls.

 

Getting a little sick of the mass Zimmerman posts. They all turn into flame fests. They should be banned.

 

Much better then letting the trolls spam and get a thread shut down. I like it great move mods.

 

I'm not advocating by any stretch the use of Flaming.
But we do have in this country a First Amendment Right of Free Speech.
That means that Bill Maher actually has the right to utter the " C " word when
referring to Sarah Palin.Or Ed Schultz calling Conservative talk Radio host
Laura Ingraham " a right-wing Slut " on his Radio program.
Even President Obama who regularly Dissed Mitt Romney on the runup to his
Presidential Election.Relying more on his Lapdog media to do his *Flaming.
However Obama did use the term " **********s " in an interview.
Also finds it completely apropos to remain in constant campaign mode,even after
his November win,basically condemning the House Republicans and the Tea Party.
If you find it so bothersome to have displayed this Right of Free Speech,
then maybe you live in the wrong country.There are vast number of countries who can
easily abide yer wishes of mass this or mass that.
Like once upon a time in Germany.Mass transit straight to the concentration camps.
Where near naked prisoners hadn't the strength to talk let alone get too excited over
current events.


* doesn't git any more Flaming than the Michael Moore Ad { MoveOn.org} attacking
Mitt Romney,last summer where a Retirement home of seniors are shown
in a video cussing out presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Using sexual profanity and threatening violence against the former governor.
The Ad was run to support the - turn out the vote for Barack Obama -.
I don't recall the President of the United States or even Stephanie Cutter
calling for the Banning of that Video.In fact,they did the opposite.They acted
clueless.Like some game.

 

my opinion is moot

we all post here of our free will. If we don't like the rules then we can stop posting.

 

For rules,any rules to merit respect they must first be established in a fair manner
across the board and then applied evenly.Rules should never be changed or
tweeked in the middle of a game.Changing rules often and indiscriminately is
how banana republics operate.

 

I like ice scream

 

and in a free society we must respect the right of the person who "owns the ball" to go home with it any time they wish. They in turn must also respect our right to walk away from the game whenever we wish. This is not like paying to see a movie and the manager turns on the lights just as the film begins, sends everyone home without a refund. There is no "implied contract" between posters and the site.

I again will not express my opinion about the new rule or the subjective manner in which it will be applied. My opinion is irrelevant.

The mods can delete every other word I post if they so wish, and I can choose to remain posting or go elsewhere.

 

I get it now.
Kinda like Orwell's - Animal Farm - 1945
Where it goes " All the animals are EQUAL. Then All the animals work,but
the workhorse,Boxer does more than others.Till the maxim ...
Napoleon is always right.

 

Yes, we do have free speech in this country. But I hope we are also adults and would know how to express ourselves without stooping to trash talk, like a bunch of young hoods. It would also seem that no matter what the subject is, it always turns political, even if politics has nothing to do with it. We have been become so Party loyal, that everything is the other Parties fault.

I love discussing issues. But it would seem that the issues aren't important on these boards. It's how can we blame the opposition no matter what the subject is. I expect that out of a bunch of juveniles, not from adults. So yes, we do have free speech in this country. But we also have a duty to act like adults. Calling a person you don't agree with a slut is something I would expect from a 16 year old punk, not a grown adult that can't seem to express himself any other way than a juvenile that hasn't been taught any manners.

 

I see no need for special warnings when the rules of the forum are already clear. It seems to me there is fear from the mods about issuing citations on an individual basis. What is the matter with slapping down the ones who don't meet forum rules? Why treat them as groups to be managed?

There is no need to shut down threads because of a few bad apples. Just shut down the bad apples and eventually they will learn there is a firm hand at the helm.

I realize that the mods often see the forum as a bunch of kids whining and that they must parent some of them. But a good parent doesn't add to the amount of warnings, they limit the amount of warnings by enforcing the rules at hand. It certainly does change behavior. It will become more civil in just a few days if given a firm hand.

 

Quote Originally Posted by Foolardi View Post

I'm not advocating by any stretch the use of Flaming.
But we do have in this country a First Amendment Right of Free Speech.
That means that Bill Maher actually has the right to utter the " C " word when
referring to Sarah Palin.Or Ed Schultz calling Conservative talk Radio host
Laura Ingraham " a right-wing Slut " on his Radio program.
Even President Obama who regularly Dissed Mitt Romney on the

Yes, no putting these Liberals down for being vulgar, but look how they crucified one woman for using the N word 20 years ago when a Black put a gun to her head when robbing the bank. Funny how we have two sets of rules for conduct.

 

Winter Bear, that was a solid reply. Thank you. Glad to hear about your philosophy on the matter. I look forward to a better PF. To better times!

 

Well the issue of freedom of communication on the internet goes a little beyond what you are addressing.....in our early days our founding fathers realized how important freedom of the press was...I say in these latter times freedom of communication on the internet is just as vital...our political leadership needs to address censorship on the internet...and this only argument well it is private property...they have a right to censor whatever they please....that is the law now but it needs to be changed.

 

I agree and their policy of moving threads around is often misused...aka placing a thread some mod does not like on one of the forums in the back pages.

There needs to be a forum for such topics as we are addressing here...there needs to be an opportunity for posters to confront the management of the board with objections, suggestions and just a general give and take between the management and the posters.

 

Two points here, because I generally never lack for an opinion on anything.

The first is for those who are against this, perhaps we should simply wait and see how it works before attacking the efficacy of it? Certainly with no data to support an opinion either way, reserving judgment may be well advised.

Second, it is a privately owned forum and the powers that be can do as they please. This is not an issue of "free speech".

 

My simple modest request is that if I report a violation, as I sometimes do now because I feel rules are being selectively enforced, that I at least get the courtesy of acknowledgment from the mods, instead of nothing 99% of the time.

 

Thank you. Acknowledgment is a basic courtesy.