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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 7216522" data-attributes="member: 549629"><p>I understand this thought process, but the opposite problem cannot be ignored either. The opposite being people are allowed to say any hateful, disrespectful, vile thing they can think of. Lets face it, the anonymity of the internet makes saying those types of things easier, sometimes much too easy. I dont want to stifle people's ability to express themselves, but I also dont want people to feel they can say any hateful thing they want with no other intention than to incite anger. The roll of moderators, on any site, is to maintain some sort of balance here. If you (anyone, not you faulkton) dont agree with the balance struck here, I understand and respect that. But to refuse to see the other side of the argument (again, not you faulk), is simply being unreasonable. Having to make these decisions is not easy, its a matter of trying to upset the fewest people possible, while knowing some people will be upset no matter what decision is made.</p><p></p><p>Again, Im not personally offended by the term, but i still see this as a clear cut example of needing to draw the line. If you want to use the term to express friendship, then it should be easy to find a less volatile term to express your positive meaning. And if you use the term to express a less respectful meaning, then that merely reinforces the need to ask that the word not be used here. I nor any other mod here wants to keep people from expressing friendship, we just want people to find a more constructive, less destructive, way of doing so. To me, that is not unreasonable. And its certainly not us just trying to push our weight around to censor people just because we can. If anyone cant understand that, its because they just aren't trying to understand.</p><p></p><p>Dan, if you have any constructive addition to the discussion, besides simply trying to bait me into a petty e-argument, I'll be glad to respond. Otherwise, I'll simply file your comments away as petty trolling. I like you, we've gotten along well over the years. But that doesn't mean I wont speak up when I disagree with you on this topic. If that bothers you, sorry, but Im not in the position to let it go, being as I accepted this role as moderator. I hope you understand that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 7216522, member: 549629"] I understand this thought process, but the opposite problem cannot be ignored either. The opposite being people are allowed to say any hateful, disrespectful, vile thing they can think of. Lets face it, the anonymity of the internet makes saying those types of things easier, sometimes much too easy. I dont want to stifle people's ability to express themselves, but I also dont want people to feel they can say any hateful thing they want with no other intention than to incite anger. The roll of moderators, on any site, is to maintain some sort of balance here. If you (anyone, not you faulkton) dont agree with the balance struck here, I understand and respect that. But to refuse to see the other side of the argument (again, not you faulk), is simply being unreasonable. Having to make these decisions is not easy, its a matter of trying to upset the fewest people possible, while knowing some people will be upset no matter what decision is made. Again, Im not personally offended by the term, but i still see this as a clear cut example of needing to draw the line. If you want to use the term to express friendship, then it should be easy to find a less volatile term to express your positive meaning. And if you use the term to express a less respectful meaning, then that merely reinforces the need to ask that the word not be used here. I nor any other mod here wants to keep people from expressing friendship, we just want people to find a more constructive, less destructive, way of doing so. To me, that is not unreasonable. And its certainly not us just trying to push our weight around to censor people just because we can. If anyone cant understand that, its because they just aren't trying to understand. Dan, if you have any constructive addition to the discussion, besides simply trying to bait me into a petty e-argument, I'll be glad to respond. Otherwise, I'll simply file your comments away as petty trolling. I like you, we've gotten along well over the years. But that doesn't mean I wont speak up when I disagree with you on this topic. If that bothers you, sorry, but Im not in the position to let it go, being as I accepted this role as moderator. I hope you understand that. [/QUOTE]
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