How long this time.
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How long this time.
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I don't appreciate someone coming into my house and calling my other guests idiots, especially after I have repeatedly asked said first person to stop doing that repeatedly.
And especially since I tell the other guests I have invited here that this is a place where they will not be called idiots or personally attacked.
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OK. I'll clear my desk.Scott wrote: pretty slim.
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The sanctimony doesn't really wash, Scott. This isn't your house. It's just a commercial enterprise and your "guests" are just a means of making money, be it by squeezing a subscription out of them or using them as an audience for all the dubious adverts.Scott wrote: I don't appreciate someone coming into my house and calling my other guests idiots, especially after I have repeatedly asked said first person to stop doing that repeatedly.
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It is his house, literally.Alec Smart wrote:This isn't your house.
I'm assuming that the server we utilize for our own personal expression, education and/or entertainment while members of this site, whether a contributing member or not, is located literally in his house, and also that he must incur the time & money costs of maintaining and operating this site, as well as risk the inherent problems and dangers of such an activity.
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It's not a house, it's a **** website.Spiral Out wrote: It is his house, literally.
It must be worth his while.and also that he must incur the time & money costs of maintaining and operating this site,
It belongs to him and he can make the rules, simple as that. If you want to kiss his **** that's fine.
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Just as you presumably do in your own house. Yes? That's what I do in my house, so I get the analogy. Do you?Alec Smart wrote:It belongs to him and he can make the rules, simple as that.
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It's only a true analogy if you invite people round to your house in order to make money out of them. Anyway, I don't have a problem with the course of action, ie. moderation, banning, whatever, the rules are clearly stated and, to be honest, I can't understand why I wasn't asked to leave the premises ages ago. It's just a shame about all the idiots I never managed to get round to.Spiral Out wrote: Just as you presumably do in your own house. Yes? That's what I do in my house, so I get the analogy. Do you?
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But I am equally satisfied with altering my analogy to the following:
I don't appreciate some guest coming into my restaurant and calling my other guests idiots and violating the dress code, especially after I have repeatedly asked said first guest to stop doing those things repeatedly.
And especially since I tell the other guests I have invited here to my restaurant that this is a place where they will not be called idiots or personally attacked, or have to look at people who do not follow the dress code.
If this is restaurant, though, then we must be on an episode of Kitchen Nightmares and not even know it.
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I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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I can live with that analogy but I can't speak for Spiral, he's doesn't really do compromise. While I hold my hands up to the idiots charge I'm not sure how the dress code fits into our analogy. If I can't come into the restaurant and harass the idiots any more then I suppose I'll have to get used to living on takeaways. It's a shame because, although there are other internet philosophy restaurants, who have their own idiots, you seem to attract a better class of idiot here. If at any time you become overrun with idiots and you need some culling get in touch.Scott wrote: But I am equally satisfied with altering my analogy to the following:
I don't appreciate some guest coming into my restaurant and calling my other guests idiots and violating the dress code, especially after I have repeatedly asked said first guest to stop doing those things repeatedly.
And especially since I tell the other guests I have invited here to my restaurant that this is a place where they will not be called idiots or personally attacked, or have to look at people who do not follow the dress code.
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Harbal, you once made death threats upon me and I had flagged it then. The moderator then sided with you saying you were just being funny and so it was all okay. I thought that was a pretty idiotic comment but I can live with idiots; as you say, we have a fine class of idiots here. And I'm not claiming here that I'm not one of them or that I do want any of them culled.
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Take my word for it, Bruno, I'm not moderator material and I have no doubt at all that Scott would back me up on that, if nothing else.Empiricist-Bruno wrote:Harbal, I would recommend that those interested in culling power show interrest in becoming a moderator.
I'm not saying I never get it wrong but I think I've got a reasonably good radar for idiots.If you can't do that it only suggests to me that you can't really recognize an idiot when you do see one.
I don't have any objection to the rules, not even the ones I fell foul of. An exception would possibly be the putting of new posts in the queue.what I feel are sound rules.
I have no memory of that but I promise you I don't make death threats. If I ever said anything that sounded like one I can assure you it would have been an attempt at humour. Causing offence is one thing but threatening behaviour is quite another so if I said anything that sounded like that I apologise.Harbal, you once made death threats upon me and I had flagged it then.
Me neither. That is, I'm not claiming I'm not one.as you say, we have a fine class of idiots here. And I'm not claiming here that I'm not one of them
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I know you wouldn't think it but I don't really like the word "idiot". Apparently, I called somebody an idiot and that was one of the reasons I got moderated, and that is the incident Scott referred to. I think that's why I've emphasised the word, it isn't really appropriate.Spiral Out wrote:Just curious as to what specific definition of "idiot" is being used for the purposes of this discussion.
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