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Originally Posted by booink
just to clear things up for those that didnt stay up till very late at night yesterday:
buzz wrote a little essay towards quantum about the profanity filter and other things. while i was writing a post (and maybe quantum replied and post got deleted) buzz decided that it wasn´t worth discussing, erased his post and quantum got banhammered (dont know for sure who banned him and doesnt really matter imo).
Not quite the way it happened.
I did respond to quantum. Sometimes when I write a post, something else captures my attention for a while before I am finished. And then some time may ensue from the time I start writing until the time I post. And that is what happened. I composed part of my reply, went to the laundry room and continued tending laundry, fixed some broccoli/beef noodles (delicious), and then came back into the computer room, finished my response to quantum, then before looking to see if anyone else had responded, posted my response, and finally went back to the laundry room.
In the meanwhile, quantum's post to which I had responded had been deleted and quantum had been banned (permanently). I had stupidly posted without realizing any of that. When I came back and realized my blunder, I deleted my post.
We mods cannot delete anything without a note of that deletion being left where the post originally was.
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then quantum made a 2nd account stating that it was so easy to make a new account and that he will never be stopped in his right of free speech. that post is deleted as well
Everybody has the right of free speech, but nobody has the right to post their free speech wherever they want to post it. quantum didn't get in trouble for his thoughts... he got in trouble for continuing to post egregious insults here after he had been asked not to do that.
This forum (the Omaha-8 forum) is a place for people who are interested in Omaha-8 and the thoughts of others who are interested in Omaha-8. For what it's worth, we're concerned about the drop in participation and we don't want to drive anyone interested in posting about Omaha-8 or the thoughts of others who are interested in Omaha-8 away. However, there's no evidence quantum was interested in seriously discussing Omaha-8 or the thoughts of others who are interested in Omaha-8.
This thread is interesting. Since you started the thread, booink, you know more about the original intention of the thread than I do. As I recall, you wanted a thread with little or no moderation, where posters could post freely. And it turns out this low moderation thread is one of our most popular threads.
But what are we to do as forum mods when someone complains to us about being insulted in this thread? (And that is what happened).
We choose words to describe our thoughts and feelings to others. "Mazzelpik," "lucky bastard," "lucky prick," and "lucky dick" all mean about the same thing to me. I don't take any of the three literally. To me those terms are all part of friendly male insult banter, actually terms of non-homosexual affection.
The secret of friendly male insult banter is having the good sense to know when it is and isn't appropriate... when it will be taken as friendly as opposed to taken as an offensive insult.
Alas, everybody doesn't have that good sense.
That's my opinion.
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i´m wondering how long it will take for quantum to realize that its a lot easier for a mod to ban a new account than for him making one.
this is Voll all over again. only thing that is missing is some beating on giff because the MU is too damn high!!!!111
Nice to have you back posting again, booink. Take care.
Buzz