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mags · Banana Republic

To The Administrators

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

ADMIN: Nothing wrong with expressing views. But abuse of other board members and Geldof himself is not permitted. Examples of abuse would be calling someone a prat. No one has said you can't say things about Saint/Sir Bob, have they?

mags · Banana Republic

i have not made any offensive comments against "sir" bob. And the reason i put the sir in inverted comma's is that he is only an honorary sir. Nothing offensive in that. (Quote)Examples of abuse against Geldof himself is not permitted. Quote again from yourselves "offensive contents get red card and i include those against Geldof now!)... arrgee.

So to read what you have written on the forum seems to contradict what you have said in your admin page.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

ADMIN: Where is the contradiction?

You had one post removed because you directed abuse at a board member. Have any of your posts about Geldof been censored?

mags · Banana Republic

Not yet, but we will see what happens!!

MJ · Tonight

I must admit it's a fine line, but here's the rule I used to judge if a post was abusive or not in the forum I moderated before:

Attack ideas with all your might, but don't attack people.

How does this apply? Here's an example: You don't agree with Bob's call for a march in Edimburg.

Attacking people:

Bob Geldof is an idiot for suggesting a million people march on Edimburg to protest...

Attacking ideas:

I think Bob Geldof's idea of a march on Edimburg is totally idiotic for the following reasons...

In my opinion, there's always a way to convey your message without attacking people.

meekus · Tonight

Look at it this way.

Everyone has the right to free speech.

BUT, any organization or establishment has the right to refuse service or edit content of any member or visitor.

Is that right?

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

meekus wrote:

Look at it this way. Everyone has the right to free speech. BUT, any organization or establishment has the right to refuse service or edit content of any member or visitor. Is that right?

You know I like that! Meekus, you are growing on me. And to think of all grief you used to cause

kia · She's So Modern

the whole idea of e-forum is that u get all sorts comments ...

let the comments appear but use auto delet to remove abuse from content of email ..( cover your month ) this way everyone is happy

this way we will all learn

abuse, anger, violance has no place in our society

Meeks idea of exclusive club is everything that bob stands against

Long lives freedom

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

kia wrote:

the whole idea of e-forum is that u get all sorts comments ...

Meeks idea of exclusive club is everything that bob stands against

Long lives freedom

Yes, but some of the comments are just unacceptable, and if they continue this board will be pulled. Not my decision to make. Look at me as the messenger.

Meekus's point was that the administrators have the right to curtail access and remove content. Now I'd rather not do that, but some comments made in the last month or so defy belief. People abuse the anonymity of the forum.

Don't believe that an exclusive forum is out of the question (and with Geldof's blessing). It happened before with Rat Chat, and if things don't calm down, it will happen here.

You are all free to set up your own forum. www.sparklit.com You are not free to post whatever you like here.

Long standing members probably see me as too tolerant (I fought the Clash and the Rats won!), but I enjoy a good discussion and let a fair amount go, but be warned there will be a clampdown (mmm, another Clash reference) in the next month or so.

oeokosko · House on Fire

Do you do a Clash board as well?

meekus · Tonight

That's a good idea, just have one board for us to go all out with no administrators.

Would that work?

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

oeokosko wrote:

Do you do a Clash board as well?

Mmmm, I think it's safe to say they did us for a while!

However, Geldof is pretty revered over there

http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/strummernews/vpost?id=339748&highlight=geldof

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

meekus wrote:

That's a good idea, just have one board for us to go all out with no administrators. Would that work?

Well, you're welcome to do it. The I Hate Geldof board is dead already, but nothing to stop you starting a LIVE 8 board and sending PMs to those who you think will be interested.

Save me a lot of hassle doing the admin. But you won't get a link off www.bobgeldof.info