Oh it isn't. It's just I've now seen three threads with complaints, a thread devoted to it, AND an announcement on it. I've seen much worse flaming in other areas of the MB so I was curious as to the reason.
Thanks for the quotes by the way.
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.
Oh it isn't. It's just I've now seen three threads with complaints, a thread devoted to it, AND an announcement on it. I've seen much worse flaming in other areas of the MB so I was curious as to the reason.
Thanks for the quotes by the way.
I say what I think. If you disagree, then that is up to you.
I'm only stating facts. If you need any details about it, the staff knows more about this than I do. Try PMing them.
I'm off to bed.
Yes, that is rude. But it's not anything for a staff member to do anything about, IMO. If you discuss politics with people with totally different views, there's gonna be argument. Argument = some snide comments. If people don't like that, then you should delete the forum.Originally posted by Mr. Graves
"It's a sad, sad world." - Me
"Yes, because so many people don't dare look reality in the eyes. :rolleyes:" -WA
But I really don't give a damn, since I've never posted in there.
Right now, I'm seeing the WE forum as like a toy. People like to play (talk politics), but it seems nobody can play nice. I *really* want to take the toy away entirely.
If things don't shape up and soon, I think I'm going to have to invest a lot more time in that forum. Not that I *have* that kind of time, but I'll have to fit it in, so that I can close every thread in which anybody steps out of line.
On second thought, though, maybe it won't take so long, since I'll never have to read all the way to the bottom of a thread.
If people want to use emotionally-charged words and misdirection as a substitute for logic, so be it. If somebody wants to compare anything tjey personally dislike to Hitler because they know it'll make people angry, then maybe I should just start showing people what a nazi is really like.
For starters, I'm closing that thread that was linked to. It's gone far enough. If another staffer disagrees, open it again. I'm going to start closing when in doubt from now on, but I won't close the same thread twice.
I don't know how anyone can expect us not to flame in that forum. Look at our leaders. Freedom Fries? As soon as they learn then we can learn but since flaming is never going to end in polotics I don't think we should have to. Its a pretty sound arguement right here.
That's like saying that people without a university education deserve to be flamed because I, personally, know more than they.
Really. Whenever I'm in a bad mood now, I think I'll go on a thread-closing blitz in WE.
WE will be moved back under EOEO for the time being then, to see if it helps things improve. Also makes it easier to block people from both forums, since if they're not sensible enough to be in one, then there's no reason they should be in the other either with topics of similar sensitivity.
I say it's a good decision; I never really saw the point of splitting them anyway. Well done. :P
Speaking of that, no one ever banned me from EoEo.
Sounds agreeable to me. I'll still refrain from posting there, but its a good move. Hopefully people can discuss issues under calmer heads.
That should be a precedent here.Originally posted by Citizen Bleys
I'm going to start closing when in doubt from now on, but I won't close the same thread twice.
I think this is a good idea.
Am I missing something here because I don't see how that is even relatively close to what I said.Originally posted by Citizen Bleys
That's like saying that people without a university education deserve to be flamed because I, personally, know more than they.
Your argument is still unsound. Just because a leader does something doesn't mean that right and wrong are no longer valid. Other people's actions don't justify your own wrongdoings.
At the very least, you should be arguing that you should be allowed to flame our leaders. That has nothing to do with flaming our fellow posters while talking about our leaders, or while talking about anything else.
Unne has a point there, ed. Making fun of our leaders for their actions isn't against the rules(I don't think), but when it becomes a flame-fest because two people disagree, then it's gone over the line.
However, never having been to WE, I don't know how bad it is.
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