honestly after reading all of this twice, i disagree with what fred did, but i understand why he did it, the fpsc community, its the same as it was before the mods and it will be after, i think its a "monarchy" one of those archy words *big grin lol* but anyways, what he did was right for the reason, but the reason was wrong, saying "dumb" honestly, calling someone dumb, if you cant take being called dumb by 2 posts and out 26, theres somthing wrong, your emotionally not fit to be in an online community, where no matter what mods do you have the chance of being flamed, saying dumb in my mind is nothing wrong, calling someone dumb is not wrong either, (my opinion) because lets think about it, calling someone dumb, thats well your opinion, your not saying they have to be dumb, your just stating your opinion. so what i mean is, if we cant state our opinion doesnt that limit our right to free speach
Now on the other hand, i know the AUP clearly states it. so fred had the right. but, i dont know how things work in the U.K. but in the U.S. Thats called censorship, which is illegal, unless you say these are "PRIVATE" forums. and i dont know what it says in the Terms Of Usage. but unless it states "Moderaters or admins alike,
HAVE the right to censor, and or edit anything anyone says." if it does not state that then i dont know what the big fuss, is both of the people were wrong, moderator and member.
But being a moderator does mean you have to moderate, and i guess with that means you have to stop the possible chance of a flame war. so...
Honestly, Both of you were wrong
Higgins, you abused the AUP.
Fredp, you used censorship
Now correct me if im wrong, does it state that mods can censor things, even if it is as little as calling someone dumb.
The fine line of what rich sees as a mod and what fred,keithc,and uman call a mod are two totally different things,
ive been yelled at for saying hell and pissed. honestly i was wrong. but this was done because it was "foul" language. Now in Rich's sig it states "bite my shiny metal ass"...kind of a double standard, im sorry if it has changed and im crossing the AUP but bear with me the last time i looked was, well when this happened.
So all im saying is, the new mods, are way to strict, but oh well, if thats what it takes to control the fpsc forums then so be it.
plus, higgins, of all people you should not be the one to whine.
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