Bourne

Over-moderation. Gotta love it. One of the worst aspects of the other site.

So what are the actual rules? You can only talk about the subject of the thread and nothing else?

seamus

Is it that much trouble to try to stay on topic? Diluting the thread with multiple tangents just because gets confusing over time.

If you're looking for a religious debate and stumble into politics half way through, what good is even titling a thread?

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Bourne

Because that's the way conversations realistically flow?

No thread ever stays on topic as far as I can tell. They flow and meander just like a normal conversation would. To just arbitrarily shitcan something because you find it to be off the subject seems rather assinine, IMO. It's not like anything any of us had said was offensive in nature (which WOULD be a good reason for removing it from a religious forum), and those comments came about naturally due to the wider subject of the conversation.

ONEvcs

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CBRVFR

Because certain members opt out of religious or political debates by ignoring the forum, we have to keep the political stuff where it belongs. It's hard to get hold of the right way and degree to moderate this stuff.

I'm disappointed because Seamus deleted the one political post that seemed to stop SheepOfConservatism, which was nearly a religious experience for me... Frankly, though, the excision could have started much earlier.

Could we have moved that yellowcake argument back to politics? Yeah, maybe, but it wouldn't have gone much further.

The nature of real conversation is that once the argument isn't being addressed by the person who put the issue out there, it's over.

Come on, find something else to wind us up about. Nobody has said anything about Falwell yet..

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seamus

Mo, we're both human and have different viewpoints. I can see where you're coming from however, the thread was split in the first place for the same reason. It was taking on two lives so the competing lives were put in a rational place because, well...it's just rational.

Could I have moved the posts, yes. But then I'd have to come up with some inane thread title because it wasn't even remotely related to the original conversation. And I was feeling lazy then.

Then you forced me into a corner so I gathered up all the strength I had left for today and created it anyway. So here's your thread where you can bash me for making a decision complete with inane thread title.

If it gets off topic and goes on to bash other mods for what I did, I'll delete or move those posts too. But I'm going to make some coffee first, it's been a long day.

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Leelover

Now there's an good idea! I'm making a pot right now (it's Dinzler direct from Rosenheim, take that Seamus!). Now maybe some of that yellow cake CBRVFR spoke of, or possibly, a piece of pie?

Then we'd all feel better!

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Bourne

Fair enough.

The decision Seamus made was wrong, IMO.

Personally, I don't see any reason to delete anything unless it's a troll, or just an over-the-top flame war.

SheepOfBlue

Stop nope the whole thing seemed to lack interest and it was less discussion than diatribe so I moved on. Don't worry I still think you are a commy CBRVFR

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CBR929RE

oh man coffee and cake and/or pie. I could go for some of that.


don't take it personal Mo, Seamus deleted one of my posts too. somehow I made a duplicate post without both posts showing up on my screen. :dunno:

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SomeStrangeGuy

next time you'll be banned.

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Free post

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Bourne

Oh, I didn't take it personally at all. He deleted several posts. Just thought it was an odd decision. I've got no beef with Seamus personally. Besides, I was dying to see Sheeplys response to CBRVFR's post!



It's wht I get for questioning authority. No wonder my teen years were mostly spent behind bars.

CBR929RE

yeah I was just giving you shit. I'm not sure on what posts were deleted but I'm sure they had more value than a duplicate post of mine.

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PartsGenius

What kind of pie?

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