YES!
NO!
Move it out of my sight.
Give it a banning system like EoEO, except for people who are willing. No, wait. For people who are willing AND who should have their license revoked.
World Events and how I hate it.
It's like a heap of cowdung, and flaming is the flies. Kill it, maim it, hurt it, burn it. Or move it to the end, where no one sees it. Or put it under EoEo. Or ban anyone who posts there. Or give me an option to "See / Do not see World Events on the front-page" in my options. Ban me from WE. Give me common sense not to dwell in that corrupted heap. INCINERATE AND PILLAGE IT LIKE SO MUCH SCOTTISH CITY BEFORE MY VIKING FOREFATHERS.
This forum keeps the flaming out of EoEo. I think we should keep it.
Talking politics on the net = Mass flaming, almost every time. I've yet to see a politics board that didn't include a medium/high amount of flaming.
Either way it goes, I'll never post in there again. I don't go to forums to be insulted, least of all by people who don't know me.
Yes, that was the initial reason the forum was made, because of the people who went to EOEO complaining about those sorts of threads. Now they're seperated, all you have to do is not click the link to the forum if you don't wish to see such threads. Other than that, you're reacting a little over the top about it, NaitOriginally posted by Black Ninja
This forum keeps the flaming out of EoEo. I think we should keep it.
EDIT: I think I'll start reading threads in that forum myself too which normally I wouldn't touch, there's currently only 1 activish one that I'm semi-interested in there now, so I suppose I could have easily missed a lot of stuff myself.
EDIT: I also don't think closing the forum would be a solution in any case, and banning all threads about politics anywhere is a bit silly, not to mention it might be hard to draw the line for some topics.
I haven't visited the forum since it was created. I think that's a good way to deal with it, nobody's forcing you to view it. I actually like it, because it moves all political threads out of GC and EoEO
Grab the opportunities life hands you, that's my motto!
I have no opinion on this matter. Do what you want.
Can someone give me a link to some of this flaming? There's been a huge fuss for some reason over World Events, and I've only seen one instance of very very slight possible-to-take-it-as-flaming-if-you-look-at-it-like-that post.
I mean I know flaming is bad, but I seem to have missed whatever it was that's led to complaints in three threads so far, a warning thread in World Events, and an announcement.
I say what I think. If you disagree, then that is up to you.
Someone made a warning thread there. *goes to look*
It was needed. Particularly in the case of War Angel. Like the thread said, there should be a fine line between Discussion about politics and whatnot, and outright insults. I'm surprised you haven't seen it; you posted in the thread that made it a concern several times.
Does this look familar to you: *boink*
Well HOORJ's comment was the slight thing I was referring to, and only because Unne seemed bothered by it.
"September 11th, and Iraq are two different things, but I guess you've been brainwashed beyond the point of normal" --HOORJ
Personally I took this as more of a statement about American propaganda tactics and the way terrorism has been made a buzzword for anything the media want people angry at. Even as a direct attack it would still seem unworthy of the fuss it's caused IMHO.
If there's more I'd love some quotes, because I'm really lost here.
I say what I think. If you disagree, then that is up to you.
"It's a sad, sad world." - Me
"Yes, because so many people don't dare look reality in the eyes. :rolleyes:" -WA
Now, I'm not a sensitive person by any means, but that was completly uncalled for. Just because I say one thing doesn't give some arrogant (insert profane insult here) the right to judge me based on one solitary remark I made. This sort of thing is why I dare not post in the completly unmoderated AOL News and Yahoo! News discussion boards.
As for Nait, well, that was taken care of already. :P
Ignoring the comments of everyone who's posted already, I think that, just on principle, it might be a good idea to have limited access to this forum, even moreso than EoEO, just because people get a bit riled up over things like this. However, I haven't been arsed to read anything in that forum, so my opinion is just based on principle.
ROFL, THE SMILIE IN QUESTION! God I loved that.
Okay I haven't checked the context again, but that actually sounds like a general comment from War Angel. I mean yes it could have meant you, but given War Angel's political views it could have meant anyone who didn't see Iraq as a major threat, in which case it's a reasonable (if debatable) point.
Honestly I do see what you're getting at, but these aren't direct flames, and they might not even BE flames. Maybe a short post from a mod in the thread was called for, but this? It's fairly extreme.
I say what I think. If you disagree, then that is up to you.
Better to kill the monster while it's little, before it devours the whole forum. *nod*
True but theres killing something, and there's throwing it into a giant blender before launching it into the Sun.
That was the first method of overkill I could think of, I don't know what it says about me.
I say what I think. If you disagree, then that is up to you.
The staff isn't taking away your right to debate. Just don't insult anyone. Like I said a fine line exists. Flaming isn't allowed. it's simple. The only reason this started was because the mods weren't taking care of flames that weren't being reported, and it was getting nasty in there.
As long as you don't flame people, I don't see why this should be a problem.
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