Re: The self-appointed moral guardians.
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:13 pm
warren zevon rip wrote:
> Who are these mysterious and unnamed posters? Surely we should
> be told.
You know who you are Wazzakins.
>
> For my part, I try to make sure that racist, sexist, homophobic
> and otherwise discriminatory rants (e.g. anti-"chav") are
> pointed out as such, and I am very proud of doing so.
Racist rants are not permitted by the mods under the FAQ's and it's their job to point out the miscreants. I've never made any sexist or homophobic rants! As I've stated before not all chavs are members of the underclass, I've previously mentioned professional footballers are, in my opinion, chavs.
Chavism (if such a word exists) is not about poverty.
> It is so easy to be cowed into submission on a forum,
I agree. I'd like to see more female posters on here, but I do believe that they have been scared off by mysogynist (spelling) forumites!
> and just
> go along with offensive posts because they are allegedly funny.
Something I've never knowingly done. If I have it's been done purely out of irony.
> How many gay readers will have left the forum after the latest,
> "humorous" thread regarding their private sexual preferences?
I agree with you. I've never made any homophobic post. I've stated before that I know a gay couple who are my friends.
>
> It seems to mention the unpalatability of such threads is to be
> castigated as some sort of self-righteous prude.
I'm certainly not preventing you from mention them. There are some that do actively search this forum wanting and wishing to find what they preceive as "offence", even when the thread started had been inserting humour into a subject.
>
> Perhaps the real "bully-boy tactics" are being exhibited by
> you, Trumpty,
Me, a bully-boy!! Understand this though, I will defend myself against serious and unfounded accusations such as being a fascist!
> as you have never forgiven a couple of us for
> pointing out the very clear flaws in your "no poverty" thread
> and this thread seems like an attempt to make sure we don't do
> so again.
I was never given a chance to continue with my arguement as I was having to defend myself against accusations of being a fascist. You can post what you like here. It's not my job the censor other forumites
> You have made a few posts referring to your hurt feelings on
> this matter, yet you have never accepted that yu were actually
> just plain wrong to suggest that poverty did not exist in the
> UK.
See my remarks above.
>
> Are we supposed to just let you post nonsense so you can feel
> more comfortable with your inaccurate opinions?
Are all posts here supposed to make sense or for that matter should they be accurate? As long as the post adheres to the forums rules (the FAQ's) then a poster can post what he/she wants surely?
> Who are these mysterious and unnamed posters? Surely we should
> be told.
You know who you are Wazzakins.
>
> For my part, I try to make sure that racist, sexist, homophobic
> and otherwise discriminatory rants (e.g. anti-"chav") are
> pointed out as such, and I am very proud of doing so.
Racist rants are not permitted by the mods under the FAQ's and it's their job to point out the miscreants. I've never made any sexist or homophobic rants! As I've stated before not all chavs are members of the underclass, I've previously mentioned professional footballers are, in my opinion, chavs.
Chavism (if such a word exists) is not about poverty.
> It is so easy to be cowed into submission on a forum,
I agree. I'd like to see more female posters on here, but I do believe that they have been scared off by mysogynist (spelling) forumites!
> and just
> go along with offensive posts because they are allegedly funny.
Something I've never knowingly done. If I have it's been done purely out of irony.
> How many gay readers will have left the forum after the latest,
> "humorous" thread regarding their private sexual preferences?
I agree with you. I've never made any homophobic post. I've stated before that I know a gay couple who are my friends.
>
> It seems to mention the unpalatability of such threads is to be
> castigated as some sort of self-righteous prude.
I'm certainly not preventing you from mention them. There are some that do actively search this forum wanting and wishing to find what they preceive as "offence", even when the thread started had been inserting humour into a subject.
>
> Perhaps the real "bully-boy tactics" are being exhibited by
> you, Trumpty,
Me, a bully-boy!! Understand this though, I will defend myself against serious and unfounded accusations such as being a fascist!
> as you have never forgiven a couple of us for
> pointing out the very clear flaws in your "no poverty" thread
> and this thread seems like an attempt to make sure we don't do
> so again.
I was never given a chance to continue with my arguement as I was having to defend myself against accusations of being a fascist. You can post what you like here. It's not my job the censor other forumites
> You have made a few posts referring to your hurt feelings on
> this matter, yet you have never accepted that yu were actually
> just plain wrong to suggest that poverty did not exist in the
> UK.
See my remarks above.
>
> Are we supposed to just let you post nonsense so you can feel
> more comfortable with your inaccurate opinions?
Are all posts here supposed to make sense or for that matter should they be accurate? As long as the post adheres to the forums rules (the FAQ's) then a poster can post what he/she wants surely?