Posted on 05/27/2005 8:31:06 AM PDT by 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.
What do the toilet cake thingies smell like?
Sorry, i'm taken.
But I do have a cool anally penetrating mechanical device you can borrow.
I don't know, but they taste like peppermint.... I, I mean someone "told me" that they taste like peppermint... :)
I don't know, but they taste like cherries.
Hey, newbie. I agree we mods are unfair. I reviewed your account. Had I been the moderator on the post you were suspended for, your account would've been nuked. Don't push yer luck.
Hey, don't let the screen name fool ya!! :-)
Whoa! Easy now! I didn't know this thread would be especially offensive to you. calm down and get a grip on yourself. Not to tight though, know what I mean?
HEY, YOU SAID THEY TASTE LIKE PEPPERMINT!!
You guys are so bad.
That's not a bad idea, but I think you would need to have a 'site' mod, too. That way the poster couldn't post obscene stuff and get away with it.
Act like we've been talking about politics.
OOOPS,Jims talkin to ya.
(Backing away slo-o-owly)
Your post:
"So much for face to face confrontations with the illegal scum. Time to turn to plan "B". The good guys fall back to within 200 yards of the border and by the use of high power IR scope simply drop the intruders in the dust and leave them there. No muss, no fuss and certainly no law suit. Also, dead bodies laying just this side of the border ought to have a chilling effect on the other illegals. 150 posted on 05/14/2005 11:08:55 AM PDT by JoeV1 "
Problem: Injustice
Solution: This will never be solved, because no matter how fair something may be, some damn whiner will bitch about it and come up with some lame excuse as to why it is unfair.
Check your mirror.
La-dee-dee-dum-dum-dee-dee (whistle)
Right. Well, I'm not advocating doing way with mods, maybe though for every thread there could be an "On Topic" and "Off topic" part, and the poster would be able to keep the thread on target. Just a thought.
I just like to debate, and a lot of good threads putter out because of the chaff.
Gee wiz Joe, when Jim posted it up as you wrote it, it didn't have that nice wittle bitty, whiny innocent wing to it anymore....
Raise your hand if you're hitting 'refresh' to see what Joe says.
Well, Anubis gave it a run for the money. Anubis was a COOL cat. You know how you buy a cat something and it would rather play with the box?
Not Anubis. Whenever you got it something, it would immediate know just what it was for and how to use it. And it would use it.
Anubis rocked. He was a Maine Coon, HUGE but gentle. He would only strike back if SEVERELY antagonized. When we first got Anubis (rescue, it was an adult), Nefertiti was just a kitten. And Nefertiti harassed poor Anubis day-in and day-out, as kittens will. Anubis just looked at us with these exasperated expressions, but he never struck out at Nefertiti.
Finally, one day, he had had enough. When she mugged him, he smacked her on the head. Not with an open claw, but just a smack.
You could hear it across the room. Sounded like an empty coconut had been struck with a drumstick. Nefertiti looked dizzy and disoriented for about a minute.
And she never mugged Anubis again.
Anubis was a COOL cat.
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