Are we all equal on FR?

[JoeV1]

I wonder if the rules on this forum are applied equally? Several weeks ago I was denied posting privileges because I jokingly advocated a "plan b" in fighting the so far failed war on illegal immigration. My "plan b" was to have border guards retreat to within 200 yards of the border and while fitted with night vision goggles simply drop any illegals attempting to gain access to America.

Now frankly I am not concerned with the fact I was denied posting privileges for a day(reason given was "advocating violence")but I wonder if the folks who post pictures of exploding nukes over text that calls for turning the middle east, or N Korea into a glowing heap of slag. were also denied the ability to post. I did a cursory check and found the names of the posters associated with the nuke threats posting regularly after the aforementioned posts appeared.

Is it possible that some are more equal then others here? I have been referred to as a "newbie" as if that somehow makes what I say less credible then someone here a longer period of time. I believe opinions are opinions and the length of forum membership does not serve to make ones credibility stronger.

It does seem that there is a "good old boy's" network operating here and the old timers are given more leeway as far as the rules then are the newer arrivals. While I have been a FR member for only 8 months I have been an avid political forum debator for 8 or 9 years on places such as the NYT, WP, LAT and others.

There was another incident in which I was accused of a personal attack although I was merely responding to an attack on myself. I never used profanity and merely responded in kind to another whose main complaint was that I was wrong in criticizing the post of another person because that person was a 5 year member. I was also told I didn't know what I was talking about. This resulted in a few back and forth retorts which I frankly found amusing and in no way took as an insult.

I thoroughly enjoy verbal jousting and never shrink from a confrontation. It appears that others see fit to run to the moderator at the first sign of getting back what it is they dish out. It is at that time that I believe the good old boys network comes into play.

If any of you would like to see the posts that caused this simply ask and I will happily post them.

[firebrand]

You may have been here eight months but you haven't been paying attention.

[Frank_Discussion]

heh.

[SlowBoat407]

If I had a dollar for every time someone called me an anally penetrating mechanical device.....*sigh*

When they should've just called you a cab...

[Netizen]

You an extra super slow learner ain't ya?

Isn't THAT a coincidence!!! That is what my home page said during my second suspension.

Are you a religion moderator?

ROTFLMAO

[JoeV1]

"Thanks a lot!! First you compliment me then you refer to me as a anally penetrating mechanical device."

Wow! vulgar and stupid in the same sentence!

WOW!!! Mindless and uncomprehending in the same post!

[djf]

There are times when I think the thread poster should be a defacto moderator. For instance the other day, there was a thread about government expansion and constitutional powers, written by Sobran. (I didn't post it)

The thread quickly descended into an argument about Sobran being a nazi or somesuch. All discussion about the actual content of what he said ceased.

If I had originally read the article somewhere, and decided to post it for discussion, I would have been po'd.

[MaryFromMichigan]

When they should've just called you a cab...

Ok. You're a cab.

/airplane joke

[Stu Cohen]

If I had a dollar for every time someone called me an anally penetrating mechanical device.....*sigh*

What a coincidence, that's my nickname.

[Free and Armed]

Who the hell cares? It's just a damn website and if it bothers you that badly, perhaps you should consider getting outside more.

[Netizen]

bookmarking and saving the page to hard drive.

[Lazamataz]

I'm mean to cats.

One time, I stared at one until it got up and walked away.

I must be really scary.

[Frank_Discussion]

"If I had a dollar for every time someone called me an anally penetrating mechanical device.....*sigh*"

You gotta talk to your union steward, I get a dividend every fiscal quarter.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The Rules on FR may not be failrly enforced

Well, there is your problem my dear.

Fair is either a weather report or the opposite of brunette. You expect the impossible as the concept of "fair", as your whine demonstrates, is purely subjunctive.

[Lazamataz]

What a coincidence, that's my nickname.

Well hello, dollar!

[Hand em their arse]

nobody likes a kiss-ass... :-)hehe

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Please identify any of these posters with access to nuclear weapons, and we'll immediately suspend them.

Do atomic piles count?

[Lazamataz]

I love you.

[JoeV1]

"If I had a dollar for every time someone called me an anally penetrating mechanical device.....*sigh*

Yeah, I know what you mean. Usually I'm usually referred to as the..err...female friendly cleansing device.

[Lazamataz]

Yeah, I know what you mean. Usually I'm usually referred to as the..err...female friendly cleansing device.

They call you "vaccuum"?

[Hand em their arse]

'Any thread I am on..."


Truer words may never have been spoken... :)