DAMMIT ALL OF YOU, GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!
Bollocks! (Meaning ‘I disagree’ It’s a Brit thing and not particularly insulting).
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Originally posted by Squishy:
Bollocks?…you’ve pretty much stated everything that Deliena said, basically don’t get personal.
Actually that’s not quite what I said. I don’t think that I explained it particularly well, but what I meant was; it’s very hard to tell the difference sometimes between when someone is insulting you and just being passionate about the way they feel.
If you are face to face with someone and you see the look in their eyes, you can generally tell what they are feeling (and to some extent, how sincere they are). On the net it’s different. I’ve seen posts on this board which at first glance look downright insulting and yet reading them in another way, they don’t seem that way at all.
It could be that someone forgot to put a smiley in the right place… eg. when could a joke become an insult.
Therefore I think that people should not be too quick to judge. I am absolutely opposed to censorship of posts (however angry they may seem) unless there is a direct personal attack that is not relevant to the discussion.
A heavy handed approach would not only mean that some of us would be a little frightened to speak our mind on a sensitive topic or even worse, someone types a word which they don’t think is insulting and they get banned.
(Bollocks is a good example. It isn’t a swearword – not where I come from anyway.)
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I would say that Dt’s and Alecks views are for the best part well thought out and tend not to overstep into insults, i.e swearing and outright name-calling.
But we have had people who don’t have an argument, but just wish to antagonise others, that’s when it’s bollocks.
No it isn’t bollocks, it’s breaking the rules and for the most part, those people were dealt with. It must have worked because there have been very few instances since.
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I completely agree with Deliena on this, what attracts people here is the lack of flaming, but it sounds like you are happy to go with that so long as it doesn’t get personal, yet you can still flame someone without resorting to insults.
I can understand your desire to allow a certain amount of things to fly, as most lively debates involve heated discussion and is no doubt good for the board, but it’s still the good natured people here that on the whole makes this a good place to come too…lose that and your board won’t seem so appealing.
I don’t quite understand. We don’t allow flaming on this board!?
quote[quote]I’m not sure how you feel about this, or whether in fact you care for the impression your board gives, but you would do well to remember that finding a site/forum that is devoid of people attacking each other left, right and centre is a very rare thing on the net nowadays…and it is also coveted.
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So, did you just flame me then? You insinuated that I may not care about the impression SadBOARD gives on the net. [i]I’ve spent 4 years and a lot of money trying to develop the site to what it is today. I care very much about the visitors, registered users and the moderators.[/i]
Maybe I could have taken what you said as insulting. [b]Of course you weren’t being insulting[/b] You were arguing (quite passionately I think) vigilance in moderation when it comes to flaming and bickering. But Squishy, you yourself could have inadvertently caused offence
quote[quote]But I think that is what Deliena is trying to tell you, so beginning a reply with ‘Bollocks’ is really telling Deliena that maybe he/she was wrong to make that assumption.
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And now, the heart of the matter, I wasn’t disagreeing with Dilenia, I was disagreeing with the person who started the topic (super_joe_yammerman) – (I didn’t quote Dilenia). ‘Bollocks’ used to express my disagreement with the topic title.
[b]DAMMIT ALL OF YOU, THIS IS A PEACEFULL BOARD, people who flame (make personal attacks are edited and or banned). I am absolutely opposed to censorship under any other circumstances.[/b]
From what I’ve read, everyone seems to be in general agreement (including me). My whole convoluted point is that this topic is ‘nuts’
Super_joe made a mistake and was clobbered (post was edited by a moderator) for it! If anyone else does the same, it’ll happen to them too (and it has!).
SadBOARD isn’t too agressive. It’s just right. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]