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OCBucksFan;971125; said:
Out of curiosity are you informed when you receive one of these infractions? Or is it all part of a major conspiracy? I have seen lots of members here banned for a week at a time, a couple perma-bans, and some seem to fly out from no where. I figure there was a thread or post that was deleted that caused such a dramatic action, so I don't ask any questions.

Basically, if you screw up are you informed or is there suddenly a 7-14 day ban and the admins inform you how often you've screwed up?

As for the rest of this thread, why is it that by staying out of the poli forum I miss most of the good shit? :sad2:
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We've got quite a file on you, buddy. We've shared some of it with the FBI.
 
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Sushi was the first to respond in support of Brutus' actions, so there goes that right wing theory.
OCBucksFan;971125; said:
Out of curiosity are you informed when you receive one of these infractions? Or is it all part of a major conspiracy? I have seen lots of members here banned for a week at a time, a couple perma-bans, and some seem to fly out from no where. I figure there was a thread or post that was deleted that caused such a dramatic action, so I don't ask any questions.

Basically, if you screw up are you informed or is there suddenly a 7-14 day ban and the admins inform you how often you've screwed up?
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Yes they receive notification from the mod who handed out the infraction.
 
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Best Buckeye;971268; said:
But wasn't it Ty who got Taos Banned?
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Ty is the reason Bucky Katt is even thinking about transferring --

of course we've got all the mods we need and there are more in the incoming recruiting class for 2010 - if they make it to signing day.
 
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sandgk;971294; said:
Ty is the reason Bucky Katt is even thinking about transferring --

of course we've got all the mods we need and there are more in the incoming recruiting class for 2010 - if they make it to signing day.
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are you implying that Ty will soon be a Mod? :yow1:
 
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Big Papa;971473; said:
Really?? Huh. Interesting.
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No, not so much... this is his 9th infraction or warning... and... quite a wide range of mods have given them.... at least 6 different ones, anyway.

As to the other comments about being able to say whatever you want...

I'll reiterate the usual BP line on free speech... and... its no one's intent to stifle anyone's opinion on the poli board... but... if you want to talk about dubya lying or whatever... there are 8000 threads to do that. And... the argument, "well this guy might have lied, but that guy lied more, so its okay" isn't exactly what we're looking for here. But there is still room to point out hypocrisy and to tie in other related issues within threads... but... constantly lobbing completely unrelated hand grenades is counterproductive.

Bottom line is the Poli board was orginally a temp forum... for the '04 elections... and... its nearly been closed on a number of occasions...

Back when not too many people posted on it... it was easy to police... primarily by just threadjacking... and... for those of us who were around here during the '04 election... things got pretty heated sometimes... but... it was a small enough group that we could just poke fun at each other to lighten things up.

Unfortunately for Taos... and others who have come and gone from both sides of the spectrum... this stuff is far to important to them for comedy, lightheartedness or even tolerance apparently. So different tactics are sometimes needed.

The long and short of it is that "being outraged" by the comments or views of others isn't going to fly in the long run... nor is viewing your own opinion as "inherently right." or others as "inherently wrong."

And.. yeah... people get warnings and infractions here, all the time. You will get a PM when/if it happens. Speaking personally, I have only given warnings on the poliboard... but... I try to leave the "real" policing to the poliboard mods... and defer to them as much as possible to maintain a reasonable level of consistency.
 
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AKAKBUCK;971881; said:
No, not so much... this is his 9th infraction or warning... and... quite a wide range of mods have given them.... at least 6 different ones, anyway.

As to the other comments about being able to say whatever you want...

I'll reiterate the usual BP line on free speech... and... its no one's intent to stifle anyone's opinion on the poli board... but... if you want to talk about dubya lying or whatever... there are 8000 threads to do that. And... the argument, "well this guy might have lied, but that guy lied more, so its okay" isn't exactly what we're looking for here. But there is still room to point out hypocrisy and to tie in other related issues within threads... but... constantly lobbing completely unrelated hand grenades is counterproductive.

Bottom line is the Poli board was orginally a temp forum... for the '04 elections... and... its nearly been closed on a number of occasions...

Back when not too many people posted on it... it was easy to police... primarily by just threadjacking... and... for those of us who were around here during the '04 election... things got pretty heated sometimes... but... it was a small enough group that we could just poke fun at each other to lighten things up.

Unfortunately for Taos... and others who have come and gone from both sides of the spectrum... this stuff is far to important to them for comedy, lightheartedness or even tolerance apparently. So different tactics are sometimes needed.

The long and short of it is that "being outraged" by the comments or views of others isn't going to fly in the long run... nor is viewing your own opinion as "inherently right." or others as "inherently wrong."

And.. yeah... people get warnings and infractions here, all the time. You will get a PM when/if it happens. Speaking personally, I have only given warnings on the poliboard... but... I try to leave the "real" policing to the poliboard mods... and defer to them as much as possible to maintain a reasonable level of consistency.
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Shut your fucking face, you socialist swine.
 
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