O'Club Changes - Read this!

[Motherland]

This is by no means whining, its a matter of principle.  They provide a forum for off topic discussion yet you cannot discuss anything that is pertinent in to whats going on in the real world?  That is censorship, communism, whatever you want to call it.
So dont provide it, dont give us a place to discuss anything, this BBS is BBS. 

Some whining twit got their feelings hurt and now HTC gives in to the real whiner so that nobody can discuss anything pertinent to ADULT discussions.

If what you find offensive at the least, you simply dont have to read it or respond to it. 

What a joke this has become and HTC the jokes on you.

It's not because it's offensive; it's because every political thread degenerates into one of two arguments; either 'lol dumbacrat/republitard' or 'your religion/evolution is stupid'. It's become stale and it's bad for the community. The argument never goes anywhere, never accomplishes anything, and drowns out other fun/interesting topics. This is why so many Off Topic boards ban politics/religion discussion.
I applaud HTC's decision, I see the O'Club being a much more enjoyable place from now on.

[Nilsen]

Effective immediately, posts about politics, race, and religion are no longer allowed here.  It's been proven time and again that these discussions cannot be kept civil which is why they are verboten on most boards.  It's really something that should have been done from the start but better late than never. 

Our moderators have dwindled out over the last couple of years and I'm also looking to jump start that program again with a fresh set of mods and I need some volunteers.  The ideal volunteer is someone who reads a lot but posts little and is not emotionally invested.  If you like to argue and be in the middle of the fray then this is not for you.  Moderators will remain anonymous and will be limited to the O'club.  Please PM me if you are interested.

I welcome the changes. Hope it works out 

[eskimo2]

I anonymously nominate Nilsen as moderator.

[Max]

I second that emotion 

[Twister2]

Big Brother has spoken.

[BnZ]

Thank you for embracing that most of American principles, censorship of anything potentially offensive, on the Aces High II message board.

If only this had been done before, think of all the people who could have been saved, the ones who were killed or severely maimed because someone was nasty to them on the internet.

[mg1942]

If only this had been done before, think of all the people who could have been saved, the ones who were killed or severely maimed because someone was nasty to them on the internet.

It's a true story

[SuBWaYCH]

Extremely happy to hear this Pyro!
 

[mg1942]

Were the new rules created in case of Obama victory?

[SuBWaYCH]

Were the new rules created in case of Obama victory?

No. I think it was done to just get rid of these dumb political threads with endless trolling from BOTH sides. As someone mentioned in another thread, it was becoming a forum of external links, copy and paste emails, and political bashing with biased sources.

[eskimo2]

Were the new rules created in case of Obama victory?

Oh man!  What's the difference between humor and politics...?

[dunnrite]

an obama win?

[LePaul]

Its not like it was any shock how they would end, much less who would say what.

I don't think I have *ever* seen anyone here be persuaded to another point of view.  Just the usual ranting "You're wrong, here's why", yada yada.

And its their BBS to run as they like.  There are ample other places to zing, debate and roll in the dirt and so forth.

Thankfully, we can still talk about guns.  See?  Once again, they accomodate Lazs   

[mg1942]

an obama win?

You get a "change"