When I first saw this post, I concluded that the poster was an incoherent coward whose 'thoughts' (I term I use
very loosely) were deserving of no dignified response. I resolved not to feed the troll. However, since the troll has now been fed by others, I may as well add my response.
First of all, there are four levels of credibility on this board: co-owners, admins/mods, members, and those who are too lazy to register. The last group generally has zero credibility (though there have been rare exceptions, but this isn't one of them). Guess which group the incoherent coward is in! You get three guesses and the first two don't count.
(From this point forward, the incoherent coward will be identified by the initials 'i.c.' .)
[!--QuoteBegin-incoherent coward+Sep 4 2004, 07:08 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(incoherent coward @ Sep 4 2004, 07:08 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]This topic shouldnt even reached the open area- it makes people uncomfortable usually on places like this-all matters that has something to do with someones posts, or moderation in general, should be clear and just informed from above -swift and clear -no voting , polls or "free chat" about the rules.
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I started this thread, under the assumption that if it were truly inappropriate then RW or Mav would delete it. Obviously, the opinion of the i.c. differs from that of our beloved monkeys. This might mean something if he/she/it were a regular here, but I've already covered that issue above.
Why should discussion about 'the rules' be forbidden? What's wrong with informed discussion by those who will be subject to any 'rules'? The position the i.c. advocates is dictatorial; while the co-owners might have a legal right to act in this manner, I applaud the fact that they generally don't.
And while I agree that the majority of polls are silly, I happen to enjoy most of those silly polls. We've already confined the polls to their own forum; if one dislikes polls, stay away from that forum.
[!--QuoteBegin-incoherent coward+Sep 4 2004, 07:08 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(incoherent coward @ Sep 4 2004, 07:08 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]*n00b is a bad word btw -nothing cool about being a racist-
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I have never heard of any racism associated with the word 'n00b'. The membership here has never tolerated racism; if 'n00b' were racist, objections would already have been raised by people whose opinions are respected.
[!--QuoteBegin-incoherent coward+Sep 4 2004, 07:08 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(incoherent coward @ Sep 4 2004, 07:08 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]and this post will probably be deleted emediatelly since its critical to the policy -not the board in general
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Unlike the i.c., we do not fear opposing opinions. After all, it's quite easy to demonstrate the wrongness of misinformed posters (as I'm doing now). Deletion of contrarian posts would be another dictatorial trait which our beloved monkeys are generally loath to use. Yes, they have occasionally deleted some pointless and idiotic posts. But they have never deleted anything simply because it criticized them.
[!--QuoteBegin-incoherent coward+Sep 5 2004, 06:09 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(incoherent coward @ Sep 5 2004, 06:09 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Nazi moderation has nothing to do with the nazis itself - they know it. Its a general term for someone being intolerant...
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'Nazi' is not a general term at all. It refers specifically to a political ideology whose defining feature is hatred, and to the wholly evil people who have espoused such an ideology. Misuse of the word 'Nazi' is a horrible thing. Just try and say that same thing around a WWII veteran who risked his life and watched his friends die fighting the Nazis ... I made that mistake once and will never do so again.
[!--QuoteBegin-incoherent coward+Sep 5 2004, 06:09 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(incoherent coward @ Sep 5 2004, 06:09 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]To say to my defence is that its a common term used -like you use n00b:s - for some -both terms are equally hostile.
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As implied above, 'Nazi' is extraordinarily hostile. On the other hand, 'n00b' is at most a term brought on by annoyance, no worse than calling someone a dimwit. Sure, it's derogative, but it's light-years away from "equally hostile".
[!--QuoteBegin-incoherent coward+Sep 5 2004, 06:09 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(incoherent coward @ Sep 5 2004, 06:09 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]I however see -that emediately as someone post an in your opinion offencive line -you fire back... you have never heard of listen first ..can it be true?
THEN fire back!
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We did listen. We read your entire post, i.c. Were we supposed to wait a few days to see if you had anything more to say? Or are we allowed to "fire back" after you have posted your drivel?
[!--QuoteBegin-incoherent coward+Sep 5 2004, 06:09 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(incoherent coward @ Sep 5 2004, 06:09 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]give them a fair chance to read [the rules] -before you start to ban around- if you come up with a new rule.
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As will be addressed below, bans are rare on this board. The above accusation is therefore nonsensical and inapplicable. Then again, what better could we expect by this point? I haven't labeled this poster as an
incoherent coward for nothing.
[!--QuoteBegin-incoherent coward+Sep 5 2004, 06:09 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(incoherent coward @ Sep 5 2004, 06:09 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]I cant send people to you, as long as you dont treat people nicely.
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Then don't. Somewhere around 2000 new members have signed up here in the last year alone. Evidently, we don't need your help, i.c.
[!--QuoteBegin-Perun+Sep 5 2004, 07:13 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Perun @ Sep 5 2004, 07:13 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]As long as I know Mav -which is not very long, I admit- he's banned only one poster, that ancientmariner1309 guy, and he literally asked for it.
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I know of only one more, the legendary AnC^MaRiNeR. And even in that case, Mav went to the lengths of asking for input from other board members before banning that entertainingly deluded soul. As much as we may sometimes be hard on the n00bs (a point this thread was meant to address), going as far as banning them is rare in the extreme. For all our superficial intolerance of n00b-like posting, the monkeys and members here are actually deeply tolerant of other Maiden fans as long as the posts aren't actually piles of uncalled-for abuse.