Pyro's new rules

[bongaroo]

The 'report to moderator' button precludes honesty, personal morality and strength of character.

it's like 'dial 911 because the neighbors kids are having a loud party'

A man would go over, pee in the punchbowl and deal with the situation. A pantiwaisted liberal whiner picks up the phone and calls the cops.

The same disease that has infected this society.. that keeps totalitarian control over any society.. has spread to here. Your neighbor is an informer. If he doesn't like what you say, he rats you out. Gives a despicable worthless skirt of a man validation and satisfaction to do anonymous damage to others and increases the constraints on free men to speak their minds.

Your indoctrination to the new world order in action.  

Funny.  It's always the conservative old folks calling the cops about loud parties around here, not the libs.  They are at the party. 

[Hangtime]

I'm confused, Hang.

Is liberal a sufficient or necessary condition in this statement? Must one be panty-waisted AND Liberal to be a wuss? I don't personally qualify for either condition, as I wear boxers and don't know what liberal actually means when used pejoratively.

I would offer, that given the arsenal that some OC members sport, wading into their party and pissing in their punchbowl might be akin to suicide.

That your confused is not news. Most liberals are. That you'd call 911 or click the button to rat out a fellow citizen is a given... it's a major feature of the legislation you support. Your wardrobe notwithstanding, dealing with neighbors, armed or otherwise has never been a problem for me... or them.  

[bongaroo]

I'm so very tempted to find a reason to hit the "button" on one of those posts.
 

[Maverick]

Hang,

Other than your opinion, do you have anything to back up your claim as to the reason for the change in the O'Club. A link would be nice, something that says the complaints, if any were made, are the reason for no more politics or religion in the club.

[eagl]

So much for free speech.

That's a dumb thing to say.  There is no obligation for anyone to provide you with either a forum or an audience.  You can exercise your free speech all you want, but you have to be a hell of a lot more entertaining than most people if you expect someone to pay to provide you with a soapbox or someone willing to listen.

Not to single you out oakranger, but to all those whining about the rules change - get a grip folks.  If this really bugs you, you just might be investing too much emotional energy in one internet activity. 

If you want a forum where you set the rules, lease some webspace somewhere and put up a forum yourself.  Seriously, there is nothing stopping you (except of course the usual laws which outline "speech" that is explicitly not protected) from doing this and posting whatever you like.  HTC has been fairly consistent in their policy that they set the rules in their forums, yet it always seems to surprise folks when they exercise any control at all over this portion of their business.

Lazs has a point (this forum often has a net positive filtering effect not provided by other media sources) but it's HTC's call, always has been, and calling Pyro or other HTC employees names is not going to have any effect other than confirm that the rules change was necessary and to help point out some people who are a bit too emotional about it all.

You should note one thing - Some of the biggest trolls did NOT post even a single "buhbye", even though they may not have been PNGd...  They know they contributed to the rules change and they couldn't care less about anyone else in the forum.  They got the reaction they wanted and they're out looking for another forum to crap in.

[FLOTSOM]

Real Men who care about their cats........my 4 cats.
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well i have only one cat, his name is Cockroach. he is arrogant and wayward and believes the world exists to serve and pamper him.

i love him. he is awsome.

FLOTSOM

[lazs2]

dos equality..  of course you know what words mean in their current context.   you cried over it in one whole thread.   ooops....  might have roused bong boy up off his knee pads long enough to hit the report button..

lazs

[JAGED]

Lol Jaged... maybe someone should "fix" you, you poor soul.

Btw, and FYI.... ended up not sending that email.  Sending it would not have changed a thing, especially the gang tackling on these boards, by most. I got over it, and realized, really, that you can't help your simple selves.  It's just what you do, and HT has sanctioned it for a long time, simply by inaction.  It was inevitable, this change of rules, simply because posting threads specifically attacking a single member isn't going to fly.  That, and the fact that individuals like yourself, never had a thing to add, and simply went for personal attacks.
It was inevitable in any case.... sending one email wasn't going to accelerate nor stop it.

While I may not agree with many things that Lazs, Hang, Elfie etc may post....they have respected, with minor transgressions, my right to express myself as I feel.  I have done the same, except when any of their posts became personal attacks.  My apologies to them if I ever insulted them too far... I do get defensive at times when labelled.

 You, on the other hand, are consistent in your vehement hate.  You think yourself witty... simply by changing another's words and reposting.  I know you.  You're the yappy guy on the ice in my hockey games, who can't skate, yet thinks he's tough enough to get in someone's face...the yappy dog that barks out of a screen door, and runs behind a chair when you walk into a house.  Simply put, you've never been worth the time.

I will miss the debates... the "real" debates that a few of us have had.    to those who actually know that you can debate a man without debating him a man.

Hmmm, me thinks someone got their...

[bongaroo]

Good try laz.  Good try. 

Have fun spouting your hate filled rhetoric elsewhere.   





 

[lazs2]

what?  did you finally get the badge and chapstick?

lazs

[bongaroo]

what badge?  they gave me a few in boy scouts when I was little.  I can send you a few if your feeling left out.

[Curval]

I can't help but laugh watching all the new rule violations in this thread.

[bongaroo]

I think we're working on getting every thread in the o'club locked.

[DREDIOCK]

great wailing and knashing of teeth. .

 

It's HTC sandbox gentlemen, not yours.  Remember that. 

Life goes on.

Afraid it may not be that simple...or easy.

One thing This board has taught me to do is to look things up.
Like many whenever I have seen "freedom of speech" rants pop up. I've shaken my head. chuckled and said essentially the same thing.
"Its their sandbox"

Seems like a logical conclusion. Certainly has been the assumption I've always gone by.

Just for giggles I decided to look it up. the answer I found kinda suprised me
Unfortunately. We may be both right at wrong with that.
If you own a publicly accessed BBS. Your rights to restrict the content on that BBS. may be...
Restricted at best.

First, message boards, bulletin-board services and chat rooms, like privately owned shopping centers, may be open to all comers, subject only to reasonable time, place and manner restrictions. Said another way, online service providers with significant traffic, much like the shopping center in Pruneyard, may no longer be able to regulate who comes to their site and what they say, regardless of whether it is offensive to the online service provider or its users.

FindLaw > Library
Message Boards and Chat Rooms: Can They Be Regulated?
http://library.findlaw.com/2000/Jul/12/129653.html

Curious if there has been any rulings either reaffirming this article or refuting it.

[DREDIOCK]

BTW. Im not suggesting anyone try to kick the tires on this one here.
The goat might kick back. LOL

I put this up for informational and interest value and as a discussion topic only.