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So apparently, spelling the cussing so that the censors don't pick it up doesn't count?
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well, no... it does count.. but I think words like sh*t, phuck are acceptable if they're not completely spelled out or spelled differently because they're now part of everyone's "common language"
but words like pr*ck or b*tch or "f*uck u"go over the top - IMHO - and will not be tolerated because they're words that are
directed at someone. that's my point.
All we want is for
everyone to use a little more professionalism and tact when posting... not just at the beginning of the topic but through to the end of the topic.
I dunno what to do about the english slang/abbreviation thing cuz everyone types differently - including me. I use cuz (abbrev) because it's faster for me to type it when i have a thought in my head and i want to get it out quickly... i think most people (like myself) who abbreviate do abbreviate for the same reason as trying to put words on paper as quickly as they can before they lose the thought....
so i hate to tell everyone that they
must use proper english/spelling when typing because then it's segregating the good spellers from the bad and we don't want to have those type of rules here - or do we?? we could put in the "rules and conditions" that it's more appropriate to use proper english when asking or responding to a post so that everyone can understand the users verbage.
but again - therein lies the problem in that forum context can be construed due to the reader's interpretation of the text... so where do we go from here on that level?? I'm open to suggestions cuz i'd hate to see another topic go this route.
don't get me wrong - Tanveer should be rebanned (i doubt he'd even come back) based on this "yo bitch i ain't no wannabe bad ass u lil ho's started this • now go • ur self "... which was
directed at the users posting in the topic...only thing is that he can come back and read the posts as well as create a new username because we have not banned the IP and i'd rather have doug take care of that than me - especially if it's from a public location...it'll be a few days before he can address this - so it may not do any good anyways...
Aviationfreak has already had his warning since he to
directed a comment back...and looking above, he's already choosen not to fly off the handle like that again.
MDPilot needed to keep his thoughts - inside... even though he wasn't cursing, he was still "directing" a comment and it's not nice (or professional) to label...
but I can't condone banning based on spelling or swearing because then we'd also have to ban R2F, ESF, MikeD, MDPilot & aviationfreak for continuing with the mockery and for getting just as low as Tanveer did...and i'm not going to go there...he was pushing your buttons at the end, boys - have to learn not to let people do that!
SGE did the right thing with banning him on sight based on how the topic was going down but in the future, i think we should leave the "icky" posts up there so that all of the moderators can see what's going down and i think a stern(!) warning should be sent before banning... SGE - I don't think you gave him a stern enough or to the point warning which is probably why it continued.
the only reason i unbanned him was to show you guys that 1) he wasn't the root of the problem but was in the end a contributer and 2) "contributing to the cause" is good and just when the topic continues down the path of normalcy... when it degrades like that - it's just wrong to let it push you to the limits and to keep it actively cruising downhill....and i know that I/we do not want to start banning all of our users because they don't use the same professionalism at the start & though to the end of the topic. and finally 3) he could come back as another user and i'd rather he came back as himself so we can "watch" from above...
let that be a lesson learned from momma JC (and she HATES to lecture)... We'll see what daddy JC has to say later (if anything)
best thing to do when topics go sour like that is just stop posting to it or have a moderator close it...and maybe, just maybe, everyone will forget about it so that us moderators don't have to intervene
