Why did this get me banned?
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Why? It's sports, not religion or politics. Although, arguably, people can treat it as such. But they have cricket posts in the lounge, so I don't see the harm in this.
Jeremy Falcon
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Say what? "Network faster than light"???
N. F. L. Network. Faster. than Light. QED! ;P What else could it be?! :rolleyes:
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I have been a (Green Bay) Packers fan for over 40 years. In response to an egregious incident that occurred in yesterday's game, I posted this in the "comments" section of packers.com: "DonkeyKong Sioux and Dumbhick Crayola are the two dirtiest players in the NFL. Those two cats make whoever is the 3rd dirtiest player look like Anne of Green Gables." This was in reference to Ndamokung Suh and Dominic Raiola, who have both been suspended for deliberately stomping on opposing players' ankles (Raiola for an incident against the Bears last week, and Suh for the aforementioned incident yesterday). I subsequently attempted to post another comment on packers.com (this morning), and was advised that it could not be posted, because I had been blocked! I admit that what I had written was somewhat caustic, but block-worthy? Why?
B. Clay Shannon wrote:
"DonkeyKong Sioux
Because someone probably took that as a racial slur. Remember, PC stands for more than just Personal Computer. And yeah, I know the world is too damn PC. But you asked, and I imagine that the reason I gave is why. Marc
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B. Clay Shannon wrote:
"DonkeyKong Sioux
Because someone probably took that as a racial slur. Remember, PC stands for more than just Personal Computer. And yeah, I know the world is too damn PC. But you asked, and I imagine that the reason I gave is why. Marc
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You're probably right, and that is not at all how I meant it; I am probably the least prejudiced person in the world (tied, anyway). Except against anklestompers!
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I have been a (Green Bay) Packers fan for over 40 years. In response to an egregious incident that occurred in yesterday's game, I posted this in the "comments" section of packers.com: "DonkeyKong Sioux and Dumbhick Crayola are the two dirtiest players in the NFL. Those two cats make whoever is the 3rd dirtiest player look like Anne of Green Gables." This was in reference to Ndamokung Suh and Dominic Raiola, who have both been suspended for deliberately stomping on opposing players' ankles (Raiola for an incident against the Bears last week, and Suh for the aforementioned incident yesterday). I subsequently attempted to post another comment on packers.com (this morning), and was advised that it could not be posted, because I had been blocked! I admit that what I had written was somewhat caustic, but block-worthy? Why?
Borderline racist comment made by a 12 year old troll. :thumbsdown:
I'd rather be phishing!
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B. Clay Shannon wrote:
"DonkeyKong Sioux
Because someone probably took that as a racial slur. Remember, PC stands for more than just Personal Computer. And yeah, I know the world is too damn PC. But you asked, and I imagine that the reason I gave is why. Marc
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That's very likely the correct answer, Marc, sad commentary though it is.:suss:
Will Rogers never met me.
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I have been a (Green Bay) Packers fan for over 40 years. In response to an egregious incident that occurred in yesterday's game, I posted this in the "comments" section of packers.com: "DonkeyKong Sioux and Dumbhick Crayola are the two dirtiest players in the NFL. Those two cats make whoever is the 3rd dirtiest player look like Anne of Green Gables." This was in reference to Ndamokung Suh and Dominic Raiola, who have both been suspended for deliberately stomping on opposing players' ankles (Raiola for an incident against the Bears last week, and Suh for the aforementioned incident yesterday). I subsequently attempted to post another comment on packers.com (this morning), and was advised that it could not be posted, because I had been blocked! I admit that what I had written was somewhat caustic, but block-worthy? Why?
Because bad people are afraid that if bad things are said about them, people will notice how bad they are. You can say what you like about good people. They're secure in their knowledge of themselves.
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B. Clay Shannon wrote:
"DonkeyKong Sioux
Because someone probably took that as a racial slur. Remember, PC stands for more than just Personal Computer. And yeah, I know the world is too damn PC. But you asked, and I imagine that the reason I gave is why. Marc
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As a complete outsider to Leftpondian racial malarkey, this is yet another USian racial knee-jerk that I don't get. If that's what people call him (and I presume they do, as it doesn't look like a name that one would pull out of the air), then it's not a racial slur; it's a nickname. You're all weird, over there, with your taboo-word selection; e.g. "Chinaman" is another one that I've never understood. As an Englishman -- i.e. someone who comes from south of the Scotsmen, north of the Frenchmen, east of the Irishmen, and West of the Dutchmen -- I honestly don't see what the problem is with that word. The formula seems to be that if you treat a people badly, it's their name that becomes the dirty word. That's kinda f'd up, y'know? And since you're running out of race names that can be used in polite society, maybe it's "American" that should be excluded. Mind you, a pal of mine who worked at a UK car factory (making the mini metro -- oh, the shame of it!) told me that he was once chastised for saying that the colour of a seat-belt was "brown", rather than "chocolate", because that was the flavour-of-the-month you're-racist-if-you-use-it word, so we're not that much better in Rightpond.
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Why? It's sports, not religion or politics. Although, arguably, people can treat it as such. But they have cricket posts in the lounge, so I don't see the harm in this.
Jeremy Falcon
+1.
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The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Why not ask there? The chances of anyone here having sufficient knowledge to answer this are pretty darned small.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Why not ask there? The chances of anyone here having sufficient knowledge to answer this are pretty darned small.
Probably because as he stated in his post, he attempted to say something there and couldn't as he was blocked/banned.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Why not ask there? The chances of anyone here having sufficient knowledge to answer this are pretty darned small.
Probably because as he stated in his post, he attempted to say something there and couldn't as he was blocked/banned.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
And yet that has never stopped people here creating a new account to ask, or emailing the site admins.
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And yet that has never stopped people here creating a new account to ask, or emailing the site admins.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
And yet that has never stopped people here creating a new account to ask, or emailing the site admins.
Of course not, I didn't did I, I bitched here about the whiny twats on Code Project.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
And yet that has never stopped people here creating a new account to ask, or emailing the site admins.
Of course not, I didn't did I, I bitched here about the whiny twats on Code Project.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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As a complete outsider to Leftpondian racial malarkey, this is yet another USian racial knee-jerk that I don't get. If that's what people call him (and I presume they do, as it doesn't look like a name that one would pull out of the air), then it's not a racial slur; it's a nickname. You're all weird, over there, with your taboo-word selection; e.g. "Chinaman" is another one that I've never understood. As an Englishman -- i.e. someone who comes from south of the Scotsmen, north of the Frenchmen, east of the Irishmen, and West of the Dutchmen -- I honestly don't see what the problem is with that word. The formula seems to be that if you treat a people badly, it's their name that becomes the dirty word. That's kinda f'd up, y'know? And since you're running out of race names that can be used in polite society, maybe it's "American" that should be excluded. Mind you, a pal of mine who worked at a UK car factory (making the mini metro -- oh, the shame of it!) told me that he was once chastised for saying that the colour of a seat-belt was "brown", rather than "chocolate", because that was the flavour-of-the-month you're-racist-if-you-use-it word, so we're not that much better in Rightpond.
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
You're all weird, over there,
Oh, I totally agree. I've been going to a couple race relationship meetings here in the area to learn more about the different perspectives blacks/African Americans/people of color (they themselves can't seem to figure it out) have, and it really is quite astounding actually. There's the psychological issues, but then there's hard objective accounts of prejudiced treatment by "whites." However, the thing that really is an eye opener is what I saw as an unconscious reverse discrimination / self-victimization that perpetuates the problem rather than solving it. Like I said, it's eye opening to even minimally start to comprehend the perspective of someone who considers themselves a minority and also has a history of being brutalized by another race. Marc
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To be fair, somehow you were popular enough for us to petition for your ban to be lifted. ;P It's a puzzler.
It's an elephanting sunshine of a puzzler! :laugh:
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Why not ask there? The chances of anyone here having sufficient knowledge to answer this are pretty darned small.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Why not ask there?
So that we can all tell him that even if he's banned from posting on sport websites, here we still love him.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Why not ask there?
So that we can all tell him that even if he's banned from posting on sport websites, here we still love him.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
Cynical. I like it.
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
You're all weird, over there,
Oh, I totally agree. I've been going to a couple race relationship meetings here in the area to learn more about the different perspectives blacks/African Americans/people of color (they themselves can't seem to figure it out) have, and it really is quite astounding actually. There's the psychological issues, but then there's hard objective accounts of prejudiced treatment by "whites." However, the thing that really is an eye opener is what I saw as an unconscious reverse discrimination / self-victimization that perpetuates the problem rather than solving it. Like I said, it's eye opening to even minimally start to comprehend the perspective of someone who considers themselves a minority and also has a history of being brutalized by another race. Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote:
it's eye opening to even minimally start to comprehend the perspective of someone who considers themselves a minority and also has a history of being brutalized by another race.
I'm a red-head. There's nothing they can teach me.
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