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What is appropriate content for DonationCoder?
tranglos:
A wise man once told me that you can't be offended unless you choose to be...choose wisely.
-app103 (January 03, 2008, 10:05 PM)
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I must say I have very, very strong feelings about the issue CodeTRUCKER raised, so I was trying to avoid making a value statement one way or another, since my command of English at 5 am does not measure up to the courtesy of previous posters here :) Let me just say I have never been offended by any DC post.
Personally, I find the post CodeTRUCKER refers to as offensive a perfectly DC-suitable entry, at least inasmuch as it could have led to an interesting thread on niche (or not-so-niche) technologies. If it didn't, perhaps it was because many posters felt the topic itself was somewhat risqué and best avoided. There are very few forums on the net where one could expect such restraint.
Interesting idea about the HTML tag!
Lashiec:
What can be resolved is if people become more important than rights, but it appears my attempts at planting are not finding fertile soil.
-CodeTRUCKER (January 03, 2008, 10:28 PM)
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but a solution has been proposed, and some people has provided variations to make things easier for everyone. Judging from your reaction, you feel like is a good option, and mouser seems receptive to implement such solution in the forum. Most people agree with the arrangement, and philosophical, political, religious, whatever discussions aside, the problem looks fixed to me. Unless you want something else which escapes to my perception.
nosh:
Codetrucker,
just to reiterate, I do appreciate people having different sensibilities but I honestly don't get how a grown man can be so sensitive. It's three days past the new year and here's what I've seen in the news:
A man being assaulted (and subsequently beaten to death)
A school kid who hung himself coz he wanted to "prove his teacher wrong"
Two women nearly raped in public coz they ventured to the wrong place at the wrong time
There's so much craziness going around and here you are, a grown man appealing for kindness coz somebody made a post linking to a porn site and getting deeply offended coz another guy misdirected you with a hyperlink! How does someone like you survive in the real world? DC is one of the cleanest places I know... I've seen more nastiness in this thread than I've seen on the entire board in the past few months. I think the message is loud and clear and the minority has to learn to respect the majority. You can put up a poll if you have any doubts about which is which but I suspect you already know the answer.
As for the term "moral policing", it's a bit of a catch phrase in the city where I live, the media uses it all the time with reference to a narrow-minded right-wing party, a bunch of ass-clowns who try and do innovative things to get some attention, like vandalize movie theatres if they're playing something that "offends their sentiments" & try and ban Valentine's Day coz it brings about "unhealthy feelings" (laugh it up!) among youngsters.
CodeTRUCKER:
I think its unfair to assign everyone else to one single group.
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I stand corrected and I apologize for not being more precise. My original post has been corrected. Thank you.
Please reference my tag line. I ask you, "What's wrong with doing right?"
-CodeTRUCKER (January 03, 2008, 09:35 PM)
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Why? Are you saying everyone else is wrong?
I had written a lot more but deleted it since it was a reaction to your post and really served no purpose except venting.
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Now c'mon... isn't this doing the same thing you just criticized me for above? As far as venting I appreciate your restraint, but I am becoming disenchanted with this whole effort.
tranglos:
Please reference my tag line. I ask you, "What's wrong with doing right?"
-CodeTRUCKER (January 03, 2008, 09:35 PM)
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Why? Are you saying everyone else is wrong?
-Veign (January 03, 2008, 10:23 PM)
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Maybe not, but it does mean there is only one "right". We are really tiptoeing around awfully emotionally sensitive ideas here. The issue may not be censorship (strictly defined), but what's called chilling effect: when you refrain from posting reasonable, relevant material for fear someone, somewhere may be offended - or that posting will get you banned.
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