artschool Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) this thread reminds me of that movie "i am a bigot" "No, I'm a bigot" "No, I'm sparticus a bigot" Edited January 19, 2011 by artschool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 There you go again, playing the dunce card again. You are getting really good at it aren't you? We will move onto your ABC's next week. It has nothing to do with being a follower of fashion, it has EVERYTHING to do with the forum rules which you agreed to abide by when you joined. Although I will bet a pound you never even read them. As much as it pains me to agree with Paulos he is bang on, If you are really that annoyed demand your money back. It is fairly simple to me, abide by the rules or get your threads removed. Now repeat after me, A is for apple, B is for Boat And it is HIGHLIGHTED, I reckon you should be made a mod MC with limited mod privileges just to deal with people who don't get polite explanations. Doc the first thread was flying close to the wind to start with, got left a while for some banter and went over the edge so got pulled. fair enough its the rules we all know them, anything to do with fudge packers or illegal imigrants usually gets pulled. So you posted why did the post get pulled and thats a sure fire way to annoy the hell out of the moderation team it was left and then stopped when it got silly so you posted yet another. Thats why I'm not a mod I'd just have been hitting the ban button rather than explain my actions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) I reckon you should be made a mod MC with limited mod privileges just to deal with people who don't get polite explanations. Doc the first thread was flying close to the wind to start with, got left a while for some banter and went over the edge so got pulled. fair enough its the rules we all know them, anything to do with fudge packers or illegal imigrants usually gets pulled. So you posted why did the post get pulled and thats a sure fire way to annoy the hell out of the moderation team it was left and then stopped when it got silly so you posted yet another. Thats why I'm not a mod I'd just have been hitting the ban button rather than explain my actions why are there 2 doc holidays? will the real one please stand up Edited January 19, 2011 by artschool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 say what you say as long as you stand loud and proud for any backlash ....i am a self confess hypocrit no prob with gays but please dont kiss me.... no probs with immigrants as long as i can get a pint of milk and fill the car on xmas morning ...totaly love the ****** in our chippy and the indian in our takeaway all the rest can urinate off lololololol only joking or am i lolololol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 It would seem that, instead of challenging the powers that be, there is a general consensus among certain members of the forum populous that some believe "The rules is the rules" whilse other whine "If you don't like it then you can always leave" whenever a challenge to a decision made by the mods is passionately pursued. Well, for those of us that don't wish to act like sheep and have a brain and like to express our opinions in an adult and (mostly) non-antagonistic way, this is what this thread is all about. It's about having the right to challange a decision made by those whom moderate/censor this forum. In general the vast majority, including myself, agree that the mods do a fantastic job overall but they are NOT infallable. Show me where it says in the house rules that a decision by any of the moderating team cannot be challenged or that their decision is final or that I, as a forum user have to act like a sheep and follow the crowd. It's not that I don't agree that the decision made was or was not the right one but it was about the grounds on which it was made. It was mildy unfounded. As I said, there were certain indications on some posts that indicated a disgreement with how some people live their lives but surely we are allowed to say "Yes I agree with that" or "No, I do not agree with that". If the latter is aired then it is seen as being bigoted toward those who chose to live their life that way. What if the former is aired? Is that not being bigoted to the opposite degree? Or is it that we just have roll over and take it in the fashion of the latter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprackles Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Ok then......here is a post which I have borrowed in its entirety from a shipping forum I visit. I think its pertinent to this thread and leaves a lot of room for debate. Prejudice, Bigotry and Racism.There, now, that’s got your attention, hasn’t it? The three ugly sisters of the human family. Those horrible hags who lurk in our basements but who we deny being a part of our particular family. If this thread is allowed to fly I’d like to concentrate on just one of the three. Racism. All three are just too big a subject and each will interfere with the other. The other two can be discussed on separate threads providing we can debate this without FedEx-ing burning crosses to each other. I’d like your thoughts on why it exists and in whom. Because, of course, we all know it does. We all know someone, ourselves included, who declare (usually loudly) that lots of their friends are gay; black; Muslim; Jewish; Scottish; dwarves or hunters. Of course, only one of those categories is racist. That’s right: the black one. The others, if referred to derogatorily, are either bigoted or prejudiced. There are some who believe and promote the opinion that only white folk can be racist. This, I believe, is the accepted view of the Human Rights Commission. The promoted categorisation of the races are: Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black, Australoid, but I categorise the races as follows: Caucasian, Asian/Asiatic, Polynesian/Melanesian, Indian, African, Aboriginal. Is racism inherent in particular races? Are some races naturally subservient, thereby ‘encouraging’ racism in the dominant culture? How on earth did a couple of boatloads of raggle-taggle seamen, manage to subjugate entire continents of millions. Was it their self-belief that they were a superior race and their foes were always savages and, therefore, inferior? It hardly seems possible they could think such things when you look at the civilisations they discovered, and in some cases, destroyed. Did their domination give rise to racism and is it therefore an inevitable consequence of victory…or subjugation? Or were they racist beforehand? Does domination breed racism? There was slavery long before America had cotton fields. Was that racism? I watched a recent documentary by journalist, Rageh Omaar, where academics had devised tests that proved the smart races were the Asians, the Caucasians(whites) and the blacks, in that order. Caused quite a stir and Rageh, while trying to check his understandable indignation, managed to find enough academics to refute the findings which, naturally, were classed as racist. It seemed to me, though, that the thrust of the counter argument was not to disprove the intellectual superiority of the Asians over everyone, but to disprove the position of the blacks. Making them second would be less racist? Making everyone equally smart would be better. Is that, in itself, racist? If the whites had challenged the findings would the Asians have accused them of racism? Would it have been? If so, whither Rageh’s argument? I have an academic friend of similar vintage to myself who tells me that the accepted wisdom in Academialand is that it takes three thousand years for races to assimilate to the point where they all look the same. So we have a bit of a wait for Blue Mink’s Melting Pot to eventuate, it seems. So, to get back to the points of my post. Is it correct to state that, by definition, only Whites can be racist? And, secondly, what causes racism? Is it inherent? Is it taught? Is it cultural? Some will say that it’s just plain ignorance, and they’ll be right, but it doesn’t answer my questions. Will it be debated at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 ......It's not that I don't agree that the decision made was or was not the right one but it was about the grounds on which it was made. It was mildy unfounded. ..... Baaaaaa ! Although this Forum does not review the messages posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, Admin reserves the right to monitor and delete any message for any, or no, reason whatsoever and may block or terminate your membership for violating any of these terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpkiller Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 i followed the original thread on the gay vs christian case until it got pulled. I dont think it was pulled because of the discusion rather it was the language used by some of the posters which actualy supprised me as i usualy find this site to be very down to earth and even handed. The problem happend when people referd to gay people as being discusting and using semi insulting slang terms for homosexuals, and then there was a call for members to own up if they are gay. I know this was done jokingly but i thought it went a bit far myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I reckon this kind of thread rears its head during the day far more when the building and house maintenance trades are quiet. Its a bit like the PW gauge as to how well the economy is doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I reckon this kind of thread rears its head during the day far more when the building and house maintenance trades are quiet. Its a bit like the PW gauge as to how well the economy is doing That is highly offensive to tradesmen. Are you saying they are the most bigoted people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 That is highly offensive to tradesmen. Are you saying they are the most bigoted people? you work with a load I'm sure you must agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 That is highly offensive to tradesmen. Are you saying they are the most bigoted people? i think the term you are looking for is tradesperson, i find the use of the suffix men to be sexist, outdated and highly offensive . Mods please remove the entire thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 i think the term you are looking for is tradesperson, i find the use of the suffix men to be sexist, outdated and highly offensive . Mods please remove the entire thread Oh ****** you're right. Sorry, is "******" offensive to any members on here who may partake in that activity? best remove the thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Mods please remove the entire thread I would do, but I am enjoying the utterlyfailedmodbashingness of it too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twitchynik Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 He thought she was : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbhPWAMx2y0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineshooter Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I think there`s a law somewhere in Brussels outlawing modbashing But It`s not been too bad so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 you are all bigtits so bum to you all fight fight fight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I reckon you should be made a mod MC with limited mod privileges just to deal with people who don't get polite explanations. Doc the first thread was flying close to the wind to start with, got left a while for some banter and went over the edge so got pulled. fair enough its the rules we all know them, anything to do with fudge packers or illegal imigrants usually gets pulled. So you posted why did the post get pulled and thats a sure fire way to annoy the hell out of the moderation team it was left and then stopped when it got silly so you posted yet another. Thats why I'm not a mod I'd just have been hitting the ban button rather than explain my actions so are fudge packing muslims off limits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canis Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I believe in freedom of speech and the right to call a spade a spade, so I must be a biggot then. KW No its not a spade, its an earth inverting agricultural impliment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 so are fudge packing muslims off limits are you meaning do you need any special conditions on your FAC for them or do any of your current ones cover them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Good point LS, I'm curious too - unilateral or democratic? I guess some forum infringements are universal but how does it work? :yp: i bet your curious ... me personaly have never thought about it :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hi All Am i a bigot I would not want my daughter to marry certain races i have tried it and got divorced I am not homophobic but would not want my son to marry one I am not intolerant of peoples religion but when islamist fundamentalists say i should die if i don't join the club i will put up one hell of a fight. So by some peoples standards i must be a racist homophobic intolerable bigot, and i would die for the right to say so, and me alone should have the right to say who comes into my home, the mrs just said i am sexist too Geordie jeeez be to allah was like reading about meself then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I support the MODs, I've just bought a scooter :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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