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Please take this someplace else Stat. This is not the place to try to provoke Foxfyre. This thread is devoted to policy and guidelines for the SDZ. Please respect that.

 

This is the real issue: "But I have and will enforce rules when given authority or ability to do that." She wants to be able to control speech so that it does not allow far right and libertarian principles to be characterized as negative within a context of discussion.

 

No. You made a statement about debate itself, and that statement, which I find to be totally false, is absolutely cogent to this thread and this sub-forum.

I have complete understanding for you if you are not willing to stand by your own words. Everyone can make mistakes. I'm cool with that.

But where is it is written that 3 rules is not enough for a real debate? Care to answer? I am not trying to provoke you. I am trying to get you to finally take responsibility for your words instead of dancing in the daisies as if it never happened.

Do you not see that you seriously damage your credibility when you make such a blanket statement, then deny it, then claim it is an issue of context and then, when all other options are exhausted, you go the "take this somewhere else" route?

Too funny.

 

I know that and you know that C_K, but the concept seems to be escaping some including I think even some of the mod squad who are having to field the MANY reports resulting from those who intend to disrupt or derail a SDZ thread.

I do appreciate that the software makes it unfeasible for the OP to moderate his/her own thread with thread bans. But would it be possible instead of just making report after report of those who are there to be disruptive--that has to be terribly annoying to the mods who don't have time to read a whole thread--that the OP can request removal of an offender and that can be done provided a prescribed number of warnings have been given in the thread?

 

Okay, but I bet if you poll your mods, they are getting really REALLY tired of the reports. And in a recent discussion with one mod--one I respect, admire, and like without reservation--I think I was advised that unless I report EVERY violation by EVERY member, that the reports wouldn't be taken seriously? It was not phrased exactly like that but that was kind of the gist of it I think.

I prefer to not to report every minor slip or infraction--to me that would be silly most especially when it was obviously unintended. But those who are deliberately trying to derail the thread and/or disrupt the discussion and/or pick a fight I do report. And as a result my last thread in the SDZ was locked. (It has been graciously reopened.)

But as yet, when I have begged that an individual be removed from the thread, that has not yet happened I don't believe.

What I suggest is the OP give the offender three warnings in the thread and make a note of the offending posts. Then on the 4th infraction, send the offending post numbers in a report and ask that the offender be removed from the thread. Possible?

 

wait, i have a question. is it within the rules to use quotes in your signature line?

 

Sure it has happened. I got banned from one of your threads.

 

Hmmm. I don't remember reporting you but I don't remember most of the few reports I make. Must have been one heck of a violation.