Due to recent unpleasantries, I have seen fit to codify what I'd thought were common-sensical modes of conduct. To whit, here is the new list of Universal Rules. Rule #1 has had an addendum added to it, Rules #8 and #9 are new, and what used to be Rule #8 has been re-numbered and is now Rule #10. For ease of reference, all additions are in bold blue text:
UNIVERSAL RULES:
Everyone is welcome. Every opinion is welcome. Therefore, do not "de-invite" anyone or suggest that they go elsewhere. Please do not do this via e-mail or private message, either.
Do not post faux moderator comments. To this end, do not use red-colored font. Any message falsely portrayed as being from a moderator will be deleted.
Do not make mention of anything that allegedly transpired or is transpiring via the chat room or via private message that the source him- or herself has not overtly made public. People who communicate behind-the-scenes obviously intend their communications to remain behind-the-scenes. Any post on the board itself making reference to such things will be deleted.
Do not "derail" threads or otherwise insert commentary that has nothing to do with a thread's opening post.
If you wish to start a thread having nothing to do with Mormonism, do so only in the Off-Topic Forum. That's what it's there for.
"Cross-posting" from other message boards is allowed. Feel free. If you do this--or if you just mention content hosted at another site--always provide a link to that content so people can find out just what it is you're talking about.
Do not reveal personal or "in real life" information about any poster on this site that he or she has not explicitly revealed here. This includes avoiding mention of his/her actual first or last name, even if he or she has made it available on some other website.*
Do not make threats or take actions to disrupt the smooth operation of this message board, either through hacking, spamming, frivolous complaints, lawsuits against the board or its moderators, or any other means. Please do not do this via e-mail or private message, either.
Do not make threats or take actions to cause another member to feel harassed or fearful for his or her safety "in real life." Please do not do this via e-mail or private message, either.
Moderators and administrators will follow the spirit of the law, not the letter of the law. Try to see things from their point of view.
To that end, please observe these rules beginning now. And a big thanks to each of you for your continued participation.
Revelation at work!
Not quite....Shades the revelator forgot a major component: there shall be no bashing or mocking of posters. No personal attacks by a poster by using inflammatory words.
Without that addition, we will slip and slide into the other.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
why me wrote:... there shall be no bashing or mocking of posters. No personal attacks by a poster by using inflammatory words...
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
In 1937, the Nazis constructed the Buchenwald concentration camp, near Weimar, Germany. The slogan Jedem das Seine was placed over the camp's main entrance gate. Jedem das Seine was a typical propaganda phrase of the time, similar to Arbeit macht frei ("work makes [you] free"), the slogan placed above the entrances at some other Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, Dachau, Gross-Rosen, and Sachsenhausen, as well as the Theresienstadt ghetto).
In 1937, the Nazis constructed the Buchenwald concentration camp, near Weimar, Germany. The slogan Jedem das Seine was placed over the camp's main entrance gate. Jedem das Seine was a typical propaganda phrase of the time, similar to Arbeit macht frei ("work makes [you] free"), the slogan placed above the entrances at some other Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, Dachau, Gross-Rosen, and Sachsenhausen, as well as the Theresienstadt ghetto).
Yes, I know. "To each what he deserves." We, in Europe, all know it. I was in Buchenwald, in Oswiecim and in Terezín.
A rude joke - from the viewpoint of the victims.
As an answer to why me ("there shall be no bashing or mocking of posters") may be acceptable...
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
Not quite....Shades the revelator forgot a major component: there shall be no bashing or mocking of posters. No personal attacks by a poster by using inflammatory words.
Without that addition, we will slip and slide into the other.
No, I didn't forget that component. Those are found in the rules for the Celestial and Terrestrial Forum.
The reason you don't find prohibitions against such things in the Universal Rules, which I quoted, is because those things are indeed allowed, but only in the Telestial Forum.
For review, here are those rules:
RULES FOR THE CELESTIAL FORUM:
Keep all communications "Rated G."
No personal attacks allowed whatsoever. This includes personal attacks against a person's family members.
No disrespectful communications allowed. Address the ideas, not the person who posts them.
No swear words allowed. Not only does this mean to avoid the "F" and "S" words and any of their many variants, it also means to avoid lesser bad words such as "bitch," "piss," "ass," etc. Altering the spelling or substituting a symbol for a character does not give you a free pass to disregard this rule.
No specific temple content allowed.
RULES FOR THE TERRESTRIAL FORUM AND THE OFF-TOPIC FORUM:
Keep all communications "Rated PG" to "Rated PG-13" or better.
No blatant or otherwise obvious personal attacks allowed. This includes personal attacks against a person's family members.
Do not use the "F" or "S" words or any of their many variants. Altering the spelling or substituting a symbol for a character does not give you a free pass to disregard this rule.
No specific temple content allowed.
RULES FOR THE TELESTIAL FORUM:
Keep all communications "Rated R" to "Rated NC-17" or better. In other words, no blatantly pornographic words or images.
No personal attacks against a person's family members.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
Why do we need all these rules in the first place? Can't we just treat each other as God intended - as a ravenous mongol horde burning and pillaging our way across Asia and Europe?
"You lack vision, but I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on all day, all night.... Tire salons, automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see. My God, it'll be beautiful." -- Judge Doom
Tobin wrote:Why do we need all these rules in the first place? Can't we just treat each other as God intended - as a ravenous mongol horde burning and pillaging our way across Asia and Europe?
Dr. Shades wrote:No, I didn't forget that component. Those are found in the rules for the Celestial and Terrestrial Forum.
The reason you don't find prohibitions against such things in the Universal Rules, which I quoted, is because those things are indeed allowed, but only in the Telestial Forum.
Well, I have been mocked and bashed in the terrestial forum. Perhaps you need to school the moderators in what bashing and mocking means. But so far, I see it happening in the terrestial forum and until that stops, the board will slip and slide into possible threats.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
ludwigm wrote: As an answer to why me ("there shall be no bashing or mocking of posters") may be acceptable...
What the heck! Did I understand you correctly? That it is okay to bash and mock?
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
The report function works swell, by the way. When you see rules being broken just click the exclamation point at the bottom of the post.
~Those who benefit from the status quo always attribute inequities to the choices of the underdog.~Ann Crittenden ~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~
Did I understand you correctly? That it is okay to bash and mock?