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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
Once I got a warning from the admins that a post (in their lounge) had been considered offensive by someone. Someone had been sad that a world figure had retired. I said "His biggest legacy was concealing horrific crimes. I guess that got too strenuous. Anyone at all in their system would be better in that job." And I was being offensive? I logged out and never went back. Pity.
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That is my biggest gripe about forums; when the mods are too sensitive to discussion. People don't have to participate in threads or discussions that they are either not interested in, or too emotional to have a rational discussion, so threads should mostly be allowed to evolve without much external influence. While ad hominems are cause for a warning, simply disagreeing with something, or seeing things from a different philosophical perspective is no reason to sensor a subject.
People need thicker skin, not a padded white room where they are never exposed to anything that disturbs their fragile sensibilities.
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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
here, within the focus of Ecomodder, we're all one big, happy family.
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Someone here told me to "go to hell" (which I'm surprised that doesn't happen more often). I suppose some families are like that. At least they felt comfortable enough to bluntly express their feelings towards me.
It doesn't bother me, and I wouldn't even want a mod to warn someone for saying that. I'd rather know the limits of a person's ability to approach a subject reasonably rather than emotionally.