A discussion On What Constitutes Abuse And What Should Be Done About It
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Chris asked me to remove my sig a long time after the noise and discussion initiated between both camps. I actually changed it quite soon after he asked, and if you go back to ' is this a bug' you will see that is the case. And then we cone to the 'community'. Chris posed the question here, and clearly the majority of people are un favour of allowing my sig, even if not agreeing with the content, so should I abide by the communities wish and reinstate it?
If you had removed the sig when recognising that it makes problems we would not have these discussions. Insisting is often not the best choice. I will now follow my own advice and back out from this discussion.
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If you had removed the sig when recognising that it makes problems we would not have these discussions. Insisting is often not the best choice. I will now follow my own advice and back out from this discussion.
I saw too much support from the community, that's why I didn't remove it. Whoever runs the site, without members, without the community, CP wouldn't exist, so its always the opinion of the majority that should be considered.
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Rohan Leuva wrote:
I condemn your reaction
Oh do you now. Who made you the judge and jury? You are just like many other people in the world, you cant abide difference. Well you are wrong in so many ways I am not even gong to bother pointing them out to you.
Munchies_Matt wrote:
I am not even gong to bother pointing them out to you
I don't care.
Munchies_Matt wrote:
Who made you the judge and jury
Don't you see label on the post which says
Rohan Leuva 5hrs 19mins ago? It clearly means that whatever i posted was my opinion. Everyone is free to express their views. If i was the judge and the jury, you would have got kicks before this discussion. Thank Chris that he still expects community to have discussion on this. After reading all your messages, i don't think you are mature enough to have some fruitful discussion(even arguments) in here. -
Munchies_Matt wrote:
I am not even gong to bother pointing them out to you
I don't care.
Munchies_Matt wrote:
Who made you the judge and jury
Don't you see label on the post which says
Rohan Leuva 5hrs 19mins ago? It clearly means that whatever i posted was my opinion. Everyone is free to express their views. If i was the judge and the jury, you would have got kicks before this discussion. Thank Chris that he still expects community to have discussion on this. After reading all your messages, i don't think you are mature enough to have some fruitful discussion(even arguments) in here.Rohan Leuva wrote:
Everyone is free to express their views
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is so deeply amusing. The whole point of this discussion is censoring me from expressing a view because, as some have pointed out, that view is an unpopular one with some people, including you, and now you say you have the right to express your opinion. So what gives you the right to express yours and not others?
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
Richard Deeming wrote:
On this site, your word is law.
And that is exactly the way to do it. Setting up processes/rules/laws to govern what may and may not be done introduces a never-ending stream of problems, because what is written can be intentionally misread and misrepresented -- and there are always plenty of people who just love misreading and misrepresenting stuff, to give themselves imaginary rights to treat others badly.
And there you go. Someone has decided to flag my above posting as abuse. The question we need to ask appears to be: Does CP need people who behave like that?
I agree. Look at this chap: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4986659/Re-A-discussion-On-What-Constitutes-Abuse-And-What.aspx[^] See how he claims he has the right to express himself yet has decided others don't? With people like him around how can you expect fair play?
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Rohan Leuva wrote:
Everyone is free to express their views
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is so deeply amusing. The whole point of this discussion is censoring me from expressing a view because, as some have pointed out, that view is an unpopular one with some people, including you, and now you say you have the right to express your opinion. So what gives you the right to express yours and not others?
Munchies_Matt wrote:
The whole point of this discussion is censoring me from expressing a view
Because you didn't follow rules. Views should be expressed within limits. It should not break the rules. You did because your generation believes in crossing boundaries,right?
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
The whole point of this discussion is censoring me from expressing a view
Because you didn't follow rules. Views should be expressed within limits. It should not break the rules. You did because your generation believes in crossing boundaries,right?
As others have pointed out it was the content rather than the fact it was political that caused a stir. Many posts of a political nature have been made in the lounge before without upsetting anyone. The only limits we abide by, in the UK, are those set down by racism, hate speech laws. Many other countries don't have such rules and speech is truly free. SO tell me, what rules does your country have regarding freedom of speech?
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I agree. Look at this chap: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4986659/Re-A-discussion-On-What-Constitutes-Abuse-And-What.aspx[^] See how he claims he has the right to express himself yet has decided others don't? With people like him around how can you expect fair play?
Munchies_Matt wrote:
With people like him around how can you expect fair play
Everyone is having fair play even if i am here since 2 years 3 months. If you are not able to, thats your personal problem i think.
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
With people like him around how can you expect fair play
Everyone is having fair play even if i am here since 2 years 3 months. If you are not able to, thats your personal problem i think.
And I have been here for what, 8 years? And in that time I have seen plenty of mobocratic behaviour. --edit-- make that almost 19 years.
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And I have been here for what, 8 years? And in that time I have seen plenty of mobocratic behaviour. --edit-- make that almost 19 years.
Munchies_Matt wrote:
And I have been here for what, 8 years?
Looking at your profile, soon it will become 'i was there for 8 years...' :laugh:
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
And I have been here for what, 8 years?
Looking at your profile, soon it will become 'i was there for 8 years...' :laugh:
This isn't my first account by the way. My original one was created in 2005.
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What did I succeed at? I didn't intend for sigs to be disabled, just for CP to maintain its lively character. Chris asked the community what it thought and it said my sig was OK. Clearly Chris is planning something for sigs, perhaps enabling them only in SB and BR, perhaps something else. Perhaps he wants to punish the community for not agreeing with him and has thus turned them off completely. Don't know, what do you think?
I had to admit that sigs has been disabled due to a bug. I apologise for presuming that yours leads Chris to disable them.
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I had to admit that sigs has been disabled due to a bug. I apologise for presuming that yours leads Chris to disable them.
Well that's very good of you to apologise, thank you. (And I couldn't quite believe Chris would just disable sigs. More like he would close my account. :) )
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We got rid of disco didn't we? :) (and prog rock).
Hey, what's wrong with prog rock. I'm not saying punk was bad, I have plenty of punk in my collection. Prog rock is still going too. Yes has just released a new album and Rush (not as big in the UK, but icons in Canada) a couple of years back. The Moody Blues toured recently .... Disco on the other hand. X| Ya young whippersnapper!
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Hey, what's wrong with prog rock. I'm not saying punk was bad, I have plenty of punk in my collection. Prog rock is still going too. Yes has just released a new album and Rush (not as big in the UK, but icons in Canada) a couple of years back. The Moody Blues toured recently .... Disco on the other hand. X| Ya young whippersnapper!
Oh come on, Genesis, all that other pretentious garbage? Punk was pure, fresh, honest! Thank god it came along when it did, it blew all the old crap away overnight!
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Rohan Leuva wrote:
Everyone is free to express their views
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is so deeply amusing. The whole point of this discussion is censoring me from expressing a view because, as some have pointed out, that view is an unpopular one with some people, including you, and now you say you have the right to express your opinion. So what gives you the right to express yours and not others?
Munchies_Matt wrote:
The whole point of this discussion is censoring me from expressing a view
Time to stop playing the victim, Matt. The whole point isn't censoring. There is no censoring. The point is: we have rules we ask our members to abide by in regards to posting the appropriate content in the appropriate forum and you think you're above those rules. You are showing absolutely no desire to get this sorted out, reach an agreement, or even acknowledge that we have the right to have Terms of Service on our privately owned website. It's not about censorship. It's not about politics or religion. It's about you wanting to be right, and posting false statements to support your argument.
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I saw too much support from the community, that's why I didn't remove it. Whoever runs the site, without members, without the community, CP wouldn't exist, so its always the opinion of the majority that should be considered.
Ah - the "12 people voted for me and that makes a majority" argument again. Just to summarise for those who are still reading: 1. Most people on the site don't care. The vast, huge, 99.9999% don't even know about Matt. Sorry. 2. Of those who expressed support, the majority expressed support for freedom of expression. 3. Of those who expressed an opinion I did not see a single voice saying "you should be able to post whatever you like in whatever forum you like regardless of the forum topic or rules".
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
The whole point of this discussion is censoring me from expressing a view
Time to stop playing the victim, Matt. The whole point isn't censoring. There is no censoring. The point is: we have rules we ask our members to abide by in regards to posting the appropriate content in the appropriate forum and you think you're above those rules. You are showing absolutely no desire to get this sorted out, reach an agreement, or even acknowledge that we have the right to have Terms of Service on our privately owned website. It's not about censorship. It's not about politics or religion. It's about you wanting to be right, and posting false statements to support your argument.
Chris Maunder wrote:
The point is: we have rules we ask our members to abide by
And as others have pointed out many political posts go by unnoticed in the lounge and it is more the content of my sig that raised objection.
Chris Maunder wrote:
and you think you're above those rules
No I don't.
Chris Maunder wrote:
You are showing absolutely no desire to get this sorted out
I have already changed my sig even though the 'community' in the main didn't object to.
Chris Maunder wrote:
It's not about censorship. It's not about politics
It is about both actually. as others have suggested.
Chris Maunder wrote:
It's about you wanting to be right
I dont have to want to be right Chris, because I know I am right. :)
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Ah - the "12 people voted for me and that makes a majority" argument again. Just to summarise for those who are still reading: 1. Most people on the site don't care. The vast, huge, 99.9999% don't even know about Matt. Sorry. 2. Of those who expressed support, the majority expressed support for freedom of expression. 3. Of those who expressed an opinion I did not see a single voice saying "you should be able to post whatever you like in whatever forum you like regardless of the forum topic or rules".
Chris Maunder wrote:
1. Most people on the site don't care. The vast, huge, 99.9999% don't even know about Matt. Sorry.
Why do you even have to say that? Do you really think I am looking for attention? You are miles out. Really. I am surprised.
Chris Maunder wrote:
Of those who expressed support, the majority expressed support for freedom of expression.
Which is what I said.
Chris Maunder wrote:
Of those who expressed an opinion I did not see a single voice saying "you should be able to post whatever you like in whatever forum you like regardless of the forum topic or rules".
I never claimed they did. What I did say, as many others did, is that a sig is not a post and thus shouldn't be subjected to the same rules. But anyway, I am bored with this. I have changed my sig so when you get it working again no one need have their tiny little world disturbed by a few words.
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Chris Maunder wrote:
1. Most people on the site don't care. The vast, huge, 99.9999% don't even know about Matt. Sorry.
Why do you even have to say that? Do you really think I am looking for attention? You are miles out. Really. I am surprised.
Chris Maunder wrote:
Of those who expressed support, the majority expressed support for freedom of expression.
Which is what I said.
Chris Maunder wrote:
Of those who expressed an opinion I did not see a single voice saying "you should be able to post whatever you like in whatever forum you like regardless of the forum topic or rules".
I never claimed they did. What I did say, as many others did, is that a sig is not a post and thus shouldn't be subjected to the same rules. But anyway, I am bored with this. I have changed my sig so when you get it working again no one need have their tiny little world disturbed by a few words.
Munchies_Matt wrote:
Which is what I said
You said "it is clear the community want the sig to stay Chris" and "The community clearly wants freedom of speech Chris, and my sig to be allowed" Freedom of speech, yes. And everyone has that. Posting messages that include politics and religion in the lounge? (and yes, a sig is part of a message). Show me the majority support for that. Please stick to the discussion (though I know you won't) and have another crack at this simple question: Do you feel you should respect the community and the site, and myself personally, and keep discussions in the appropriate (yet still very public) places we've asked you to?