Gayle, may I address one point first. When I said "nothing wrong with a good, spirited, argument" I was not suggesting this to imply that I would enjoy putting someone in their place. I meant forum "toing and froing" in general - daily thrust and parry, as it were.
When I posted my homeless post to try to make a point to HDhandyman that his starving children post was way out of order, or put him in his place if you like, I did not enjoy doing so. I actually felt sad that he had not realised how inappropriate his post had been in the first place.
I still felt the need to do it however as without a wake-up call he might have continued on in this vein. I was surpsied that others thought what I was doing was as inappropriate as his initial post, however.
Now we are informed by HDhandyman that this was a "science experiment" .
Perhaps this is another manifestation of the cultural differences seen with some many different nationalities on the forum.
I subsequently deleted my posts as they had served their purpose.
I see this as nothing different to teaching children right from wrong.
I do not see it as being a bully as once a lesson is learned, we can all move on.
My concern with moderators is firstly that it is too onerous and difficult a job to expect anyone to do. I take Tony's (wingman) point and also ask who will moderate the moderators - and even more impossible task.
Nick's (Genphreak) list of rules is admirable, however I feel that this sort of straight-jacket approach will detract massively from some of the genuinely witty and spontaneous posts that we have seen over the years.
I applaud you Jeff (632 Regal) for your attitude and your dedication. Anything to stifle those with Jeff's sense of humour would be sacrilege.
My other objection to a set of rules is that interpetation of them would be difficult. Nick picks on religion as being a no-go area. I would ask why ? Is not the freedom to be atheist and therefore question anything religious just as important and honourable an ideal as to hold strong religious views and so question atheism ?
For what my opinion is worth, I say go forth as we are. The fact that we have lots of new members is a product of our success, so lets muddle on and hopefully have a little fun on the way !
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Originally Posted by Zeuk in Oz
Gayle, may I address one point first. When I said "nothing wrong with a good, spirited, argument" I was not suggesting this to imply that I would enjoy putting someone in their place. I meant forum "toing and froing" in general - daily thrust and parry, as it were.
about you guys, I'll tell you that I actually (and this is personal) go to a heavily modded forum about Harry Potter where people write vulgar short stories about fantastical relationships within that universe. I go because the writing is great, and I'm into Harry Potter theory. As it turns out, it's actually the best site for Potter theorists because the people there are unrestricted and incredibly briliant. Yet they also write Harloquen romance novels about sexual relationships within the Harry Potter Universe. Other Potter sites attrack the soccer mom crowd, and I hate em cause they're boring--they are also sterile with only slight modderation. The point is that even though the good site is heavily moderated, people feel secure enough there to just " go off" in terms of creativity and thought. Bottom line, it's all about the spirit of the board, and not what the mods do.
