The Last Post

[Ripsnort]

 

Originally posted by Yeager:
If my girls are standing behind me watching when one of our arena drunkards goes on a self degrading slurfest I simply say "see what amazinhunks are like!  avoid em"
Yeager

Bravo, Yeag, Bravo!  You cannot shelter our youth from the butts in the  world, you  can only teach them to detect and avoid!

[Wanker]

Isn't it sad that a person feels compelled to leave a game he loves, because of the stupidity of a minority of idiots out there who's vocabulary consists of nothing but profanity.

I'm no prude, but in a public forum like this BB or in AH itself, I try very hard not to use profanity, or to insult someone else. I call it common courtesy. Unfortunately, in this day and age, those of us whom promote decency, chivalry and honor are laughed at and scoffed at for being "self-righteous" or "sentimental" or even plain naive.

Seems like to be accepted into today's gaming society, one must be skilled in the art of "talking smack".

Just watch this thread. There will be people defending and justifying the use of profanity in AH, stating that "that's how life is", etc, ad-nauseum.

I'm tired of being beat up and abused just because I'm a "nice guy". And I'm tired of seeing people like cord leaving AH because of the conduct of others. I say we throw out the jerks and the profanity users, so the rest of us can have fun and enjoy each other's company.

Can't wait to see how long it takes to label me a "whiner". Just watch, it'll happen.



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banana
308 (Polish) Squadron RAF "City of Cracow"
"On the whole, it is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them"

[ygsmilo]

<S> banana

Profanity= A weak mind trying to express itself.

Cord, I respect your decision but hope you change your mind.

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Milo

"A MiG on your 6 is better than no MiG at all"

JG2 "Richthofen"

[pzvg]

Well While I might not be flying right now, I have gotten my Bro-in-law into the game, so I do get to watch a lot of the action, unfortunately, so do my girls. While it is true one can use this as a learning experience for children, the US government would most profoundly disagree, which brings us to my point, unless HTC has plans to relocate beyond the national boundaries, they had better implement controls on this behavior that are a tad more rigorous than what is already in effect, The government is finally starting to stir on the internet issue, and I have reason to believe that "the guiding hand" of government regulation will be revealed as a stranglehold.
If one disagrees with this assertion, fine it is a free country(somewhat) but I have something on the side of my statement, it's called history.

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pzvg- "5 years and I still can't shoot"

[-towd_]

i sincerly hope that you wives give you your balls back at some point. or maby we can have a no cussin war simulation yall are out to emaciate the whole world. people have the right to say whatever they want, WHATEVER THEY WANT not till the make your delicate senseabilitys and implyin beccause a server is in usa all speach must be controlled to what you consider apropriate cause the moral majority or some equaly out of touch bunch of sanctimonious wife puppets. dont want their 12 year old girl to know men cuss givit a break you cant take it go to hell.

a personal opinion supported by the constitution of the united states at least till yall get a hold of it.

[pzvg]

Am I to infer that I, having served this nation in the field, am somewhat less than a "good" American to you?
God I hope so, 'cuz if you're the best we got, I'm learning Chinese

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pzvg- "5 years and I still can't shoot"

[Camel]

Sorry, Towd thats just idiotic!

[Wanker]

See? It didn't take long, did it?

Thanks for proving my point, Towd.

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banana
308 (Polish) Squadron RAF "City of Cracow"
"On the whole, it is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them"

[Fatty]

 

people have the right to say whatever they want, WHATEVER THEY WANT not till the make your delicate senseabilitys and implyin beccause a server is in usa all speach must be controlled to what you consider apropriate cause the moral majority or some equaly out of touch bunch of sanctimonious wife puppets. dont want their 12 year old girl to know men cuss givit a break you cant take it go to hell. a personal opinion supported by the constitution of the united states at least till yall get a hold of it.

Towd, the only context in which the constitution applies to Aces High is that they (the company and the staff of Aces High) are free to do what they see fit in terms of what they will and will not allow in their forum, in order to keep their broader customer base (and profit lines) happy.

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Fatty
FAT DRUNK BASTARDS

[sourkraut]

For the transmitters - It doesn't take much to keep it down. Just don't type it! If you feel the need to vent, do it out loud in your office/ bedroom/ livingroom. (That's what I do.) It's not a matter of rights or the constitution - I wish everyone would quit falling back on this as an excuse to be obnoxious.

For the receiving end - I understand your not happy about this. It seems to be a fact of life that this will occur. You should be aware of this just as you should be when exposing your kids to violence on TV. Squelch the offenders as they show up, squelch the open channel or don't allow your child to watch.

Just one man's opinion.

Sour

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Sourkraut
JG-2 Richthofen

"Hey - someone has to be the target...."

   

[This message has been edited by sourkraut (edited 03-24-2000).]

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[Torque]

TOWD  


Need I say more?

[Nashwan]

I'm not that sure of the technical details, but wouldn't it be possible for HTC to keeps logs of the text messages? If anyone complained it would be a simple matter to check the conversation and appropriate action.
banana, interesting point from somebody with a name like that  

[BigJim]

Heheh well I must admit that I feel somewhat dismayed by all this censorship talk???

The orginal poster wants to control the community for the sake of his daughter????

His actions were conceived and taken to some how enforce HIS ideas of whats right and wrong???

If HTC does implement a serious assault on some outbursts of frustration, I hope they extend it to HANDLES some of which are very suggestive and far and away worse than what I see in the text buffer from time to time.

I could go into the whole idea of introducing one's daughter to the idea of killing and maming (which of course war is all about) and the obsenity of same but I will leave that for some other time.  The fact is the poster has every right to not subscribe for ANY reason, he just doesn't have the right to impose his moral's on me or others who see things differently period.

BigJim

[Wanker]

Thus Spake BigJim:
 

...he just doesn't have the right to impose his moral's on me or others who see things differently period.

Jim, if you swear openly and often on the ch 100 buffer, isn't it you that is imposing your morals on him?

It can work both ways, eh?



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banana
308 (Polish) Squadron RAF "City of Cracow"
"On the whole, it is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them"

[Mighty1]

I hate to say it but I kinda agree with towd.
Not how he said it or all of what he said but part of it.

I agree that the language and the name calling degrades the game but on the same token I don't agree that someone should try to censor me because he/she can't tell his/her young child not to read the buffer.

It's on the same line as telling the TV company not to air a show because you don't feel it is appropriate for your child. Instead of telling your child NOT to watch something you would rather make it so NO ONE can watch it.

Cord I'm not saying what you are doing is right or wrong only you can decide that but there are ways of stopping some of the bad language. .squelch <id> works very well for the rants that go on.

You can also change the buffer so you cannot read it.

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Mighty1
The New Baby Harp Seals

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