So you see a difference between taking a position on the French Revolution and attacking Inspector Javert? What about going after DCP if he ran over my cat with his Humvee?
Board spam pollution
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Cry Heaven and let loose the Penguins of Peace
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The rules here give the users wide latitude in terms of the content of speech. Some choose to use that latitude for interpersonal conflict. The fact that the rules do not permit moderators to censor speech on the grounds of “personal vendetta” does not mean this is a forum for personal vendetta.
What the forum is a space where people can speak as long as they do so in accordance with a rule set with minimal restrictions on content.
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When I go to sea, don’t fear for me. Fear for the storm.
Jessica Best, Fear for the Storm. From The Strange Case of the Starship Iris.
When I go to sea, don’t fear for me. Fear for the storm.
Jessica Best, Fear for the Storm. From The Strange Case of the Starship Iris.
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What you're describing is a forum that can be almost anything anyone wants it to be, except for what the majority of the posters here seem to want it to be. Any troll can turn it into a troll farm. No problem there. Any prick can turn it into their happy place for personal vendettas. The rules are geared to mostly benefit the fringe types who would abuse that latitude afforded them and hurt those who have invested many years into this little community under the delusion that it would be something so much better.Res Ipsa wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:31 amThe rules here give the users wide latitude in terms of the content of speech. Some choose to use that latitude for interpersonal conflict. The fact that the rules do not permit moderators to censor speech on the grounds of “personal vendetta” does not mean this is a forum for personal vendetta.
What the forum is a space where people can speak as long as they do so in accordance with a rule set with minimal restrictions on content.
The stability here or lack thereof, is always dictated by the whims of the fringe types who come here only to start trouble. And it is allowed. Because making those people happy is more important than pleasing those who have been here for nearly 20 years now.
"I am not an American ... In my view premarital sex should be illegal ...(there are) mentally challenged people with special needs like myself- Ajax18
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Yup.Vēritās wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:15 pm...
The stability here or lack thereof, is always dictated by the whims of the fringe types who come here only to start trouble. And it is allowed. Because making those people happy is more important than pleasing those who have been here for nearly 20 years now.
Maksutov:
That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
Mayan Elephant:
Not only have I denounced the Big Lie, I have denounced the Big lie big lie.
That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
Mayan Elephant:
Not only have I denounced the Big Lie, I have denounced the Big lie big lie.
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Vēritās wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:15 pmWhat you're describing is a forum that can be almost anything anyone wants it to be, except for what the majority of the posters here seem to want it to be. Any troll can turn it into a troll farm. No problem there. Any prick can turn it into their happy place for personal vendettas. The rules are geared to mostly benefit the fringe types who would abuse that latitude afforded them and hurt those who have invested many years into this little community under the delusion that it would be something so much better.Res Ipsa wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:31 am
The rules here give the users wide latitude in terms of the content of speech. Some choose to use that latitude for interpersonal conflict. The fact that the rules do not permit moderators to censor speech on the grounds of “personal vendetta” does not mean this is a forum for personal vendetta.
What the forum is a space where people can speak as long as they do so in accordance with a rule set with minimal restrictions on content.
The stability here or lack thereof, is always dictated by the whims of the fringe types who come here only to start trouble. And it is allowed. Because making those people happy is more important than pleasing those who have been here for nearly 20 years now.
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Indeed. By refusing to place some real governance structures in place, the community cannot protect itself and so it becomes subject, not to democratic consensus, but rather the demands of sociopathic driveby posters who want to cause chaos above all else.Vēritās wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:15 pmWhat you're describing is a forum that can be almost anything anyone wants it to be, except for what the majority of the posters here seem to want it to be. Any troll can turn it into a troll farm. No problem there. Any prick can turn it into their happy place for personal vendettas. The rules are geared to mostly benefit the fringe types who would abuse that latitude afforded them and hurt those who have invested many years into this little community under the delusion that it would be something so much better.Res Ipsa wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:31 am
The rules here give the users wide latitude in terms of the content of speech. Some choose to use that latitude for interpersonal conflict. The fact that the rules do not permit moderators to censor speech on the grounds of “personal vendetta” does not mean this is a forum for personal vendetta.
What the forum is a space where people can speak as long as they do so in accordance with a rule set with minimal restrictions on content.
The stability here or lack thereof, is always dictated by the whims of the fringe types who come here only to start trouble. And it is allowed. Because making those people happy is more important than pleasing those who have been here for nearly 20 years now.
Shades is demonstrating the paradox of tolerance described by Karl Popper. Any system which will not take ethical actions to protect itself will fall to dissolution.
Just as real life marketplaces must have many different regulations in order to exist, virtual marketplaces of ideas must as well. Without stronger rules against spam, this board will become nothing but spam.
I would strongly prefer that this not happen. But it will without better leadership.
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Why are you crying now, Mike?
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I've created a DCP thread in the telestial forum, I completely agree that he's not important enough to be discussed in terrestrial. Except perhaps when he does something especially stupid or noteworthy.
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All the evidence points to the wokies' belief that Daniel Peterson is one of the most significant individuals alive today. Why else would he have so many threads in the terrestrial forum devoted to him?
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It’s an important area for the forum to improve. I completely agree we need to focus less on him. I’m doing my part.