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packerssuck Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:55 PM
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This website is very politically correct
I keep getting warnings over nothing. I'm not swearing or calling people names but I get warnings if I say anything to someone that is close to a derogatory statement. Kind of ironic.
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:57 PM
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1. I've noticed that myself!

n/t
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:58 PM
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2. You agreed to the rules...
when you signed on to be a member.

This is a privately owned board, and they can run it however they choose.

Don't like it, don't post. That simple.
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packerssuck Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:01 PM
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5. Well yes, that's understood.
Nonetheless, inhibiting freedom of speech seems to run counter to the ideals and freedoms which this board is supposed to represent.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:07 PM
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12. Once again
This is a private website. Deal with it. No one is forcing you to stay.
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:00 PM
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3. You could always go to a website that is politically wrong
Like Free Republic.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:01 PM
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4. also no offense
but after reading this post i searched for some of yours..and you are kind of rude...i think the admins are right..

i am not so polite myself and have only received one warning w/500 posts so i dont think they are particularly vigilant
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packerssuck Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:02 PM
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7. I like this website and I enjoy the articles and points of views.
I don't think I'm rude, I'm passionate.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:04 PM
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10. well i suppose the definitions of these things differ
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:20 PM
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17. I'm passionate, too-- ask anyone.
Edited on Mon Mar-01-04 06:22 PM by Cuban_Liberal
Almost 2,000 posts--- one warning.

You can be passionate without violating the rules...
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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:02 PM
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6. The moderators are all packer fans
you know, "cream of the crop" types. I've never once recieved a warning. And you should see what I told the Bear and Viking trolls in here. just ask kanrok.

With my avatar I am given a free pass.
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packerssuck Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:03 PM
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9. Ah, so the packerssuck username kind of sunk me, huh. lol
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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:30 PM
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19. well it is innacurate
and to answer below. Favre is restructuring his contract, we're getting all 22 starters back and making plays for free agents.

So yes, your handle will be wrong for sometime to come.
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packerssuck Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:06 PM
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11. What's up with Brett Favre?
What kind of stupid pass was that to throw in overtime. I think that he jumped the shark.
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renegade000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:03 PM
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8. well i haven't gotten any warnings...
but, that is probably because all my posts have been limited to lame oneliners. ;)
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:08 PM
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13. For the sake of intellectual honesty...
why don't you tell us what these "close to derogatory" statements were.
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packerssuck Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:12 PM
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14. I said that a member reminded me of Bill Oreilly cause he
professed to be objective over the Palestinian/Israeli conflict yet he always took the palestinian side. I got a warning for this.
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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:17 PM
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15. You should have been banned.
Anyone who views the Israeli/Palestinians conflict objectively sides with the Palestinians.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:19 PM
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16. i agree
and i am from india where most hindus hate muslims and i am hindu. and i think palestine is often in the right
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:43 PM
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24. there's your problem man.
NEVER, EVER go into the IP or the 9/11 forums unless you are prepared for flame wars. They are like Jurrasic Park, you think you're prepared, you think you have the big guns, then BAM, some dinosaur eats you and your friends are picking your cell phone out of a huge pile of poop to call home. They are not places for the sane or the objective.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:51 PM
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25. LOL!
I'm not afraid of the Devil himself, and I/P scares me...:P
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:30 PM
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18. It's good they are strict
Edited on Mon Mar-01-04 06:34 PM by Kamika
If they would allow name calling alot of people would leave (I know I would) and this lace would be really bad.. like a aol forum.


I really welcome a moderated, forum where you are not allowed to flame people.


Oh and I agree with the statement that if you are truly objective you will maybe not 'side' but you will feel how the palestinians are treated wrong.


That's the beauty.. you can think israel is horrible, or you can think the palestinians are horrible.. but you still have to be civilized
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:30 PM
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20. I've never gotten that feeling...
Edited on Mon Mar-01-04 06:31 PM by Dr Fate
...And my sense of humor often drives me towards saying a lot of "borderline" things...

The few times the Good Mods called me down were actually warranted...

Try not to personally insult too many people and you should be OK...
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:32 PM
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21. or make generalizations
about how stupid people from certain states are...
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:32 PM
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22. A survey of your posts...
I think you may be having some trouble with the concept of 'personal attacks'.

(11K+ posts, 1 warning here).

:hi:
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:32 PM
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23. Shit, dude.
I wanna hit "alert" just 'cause of your blasphemous username....
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 07:07 PM
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26. Locking
Please address such concerns in the Ask The Administrators forum.
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