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Re: who does chris think he is?
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date: 
Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:02:39 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
<snip>
One does not have to be college educated to be able to figure out if one has
violated the ToS.  I couldn't recite a single item from the ToS, because it
has been so long since I read it.  But I know the difference between crossing
the line over what is and what is not acceptable.  It is simple common sense.

I know the difference between appropriate and inappropriate as well.  I'm focusing in on this so called "pofanity" issue that the LUGNET admins seem to circling around like vultures waiting for prey.  If they are not then I apologize for making the genralization but, based on the recent timeouts handed down, at first glace it certainly it appears this way to me.  As I said in my other post, words in and of themselves are *not* bad.  It's all about the contex in which they are placed.   This is not to say that some the reprimands issued recently were not justified but I submit that *any* word can be used in a hurtful, spite filled manner.  This is what the admin should be looking for and not, for example, a post that quotes a suposed "bad" word as an example.

-Orion

P.S. Please do not take this post as a rant about the LUGNET admins.  Many of
them are my friends and I know that, in the end, they are trying to do the right
thing but this specific issue is a very hot button topic for me.



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  Re: who does chris think he is?
 
(...) That reminds me of a few moths ago when I used 'jackass' in a post. It's a word that has been used on 'regular TV' (not cable or after 9 p.m.) but I was offered a polite warning via e-mail. So, on the one hand I'm all for common sense (my (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
  Re: who does chris think he is?
 
(...) I agree with your reasoning, words aren't bad. It's all contextual. You can bet we're talking with people whose posts are inappropriate, trigger words or not. It's just that the ones with the f-bomb and such are only the most obvious. The (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  Re: who does chris think he is?
 
(...) Thanks Kelly, One does not have to be college educated to be able to figure out if one has violated the ToS. I couldn't recite a single item from the ToS, because it has been so long since I read it. But I know the difference between crossing (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)

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