More moderation?

[Cyberman]

You didn't have to go to all that trouble. I offered you mine, y'know.

[Angrboda]

I think the moderation on this forum is missing a certain woman's touch.

What happened to Kay?

Hint: I was referring to a certain woman's touch, but not that certain woman.

On the one hand, they say if you have to explain a joke it isn't funny. On the other hand, it was inevitable that somebody wouldn't get the joke. I wonder if it isn't half funny that pocaracas didn't get the joke....

For the benefit of our non-native English speakers, the joke is an example of amphiboly, being an ambiguity in the meaning of a phrase due to an ambiguity in the grammar. In the phrase, "a certain woman's touch," the word 'certain' can modify either 'woman's touch' or 'woman'. If it is modifying the phrase 'woman's touch', then the expression means that the moderation is missing a certain or specific feminine touch; however, if the word certain only modifies 'woman', then the expression means that the forum is missing the touch of 'a specific woman', in this case, me being the specific woman.

(Now I feel all embarrassed. Forget I said anything. *covers face*)

[Autumnlicious]

What happened to Kay?

Haven't you heard? I grew a penis!

Pharmacy drugs are a hell of a drug.

[pocaracas]

What happened to Kay?

Haven't you heard? I grew a penis!

You're de-evolving?!

[ManMachine]

I think this forum could use a little bit more moderation. I know you have to have a thick skin on the internet sometimes, but a certain poster who's name I will not mention here has insulted me personally on several occasions. He does this for no apparent reason. A couple of times, his insults have been so severe that if those things had been said to me IRL, there would be serious trouble.
I'm not going to make any more fuzz about this individual. I've blocked him and that's the end of that story.
It seems a lot of people on this forum are young adults, and things are bound to get a little rowdy sometimes with a crowd like that. Offensive and/or disturbing posts don't bother me much, as long as they are not targeted at someone specific. But personal insults and attacks is something I simply cannot tolerate. Mostly the mods here do a good job of policing the forums, but this kind of thing, is it really acceptable?
I know that the mods seem to not accept suicide threats and the like, which I think is a very good thing.

I had a similar incident not long after I joined, because I have an unusual view for an atheist it was assumed by some other atheists here that I was a Christian using another alias and hounded me round the forums for weeks spouting their paranoia. Not that anyone was paying attention to be fair to the regs here but it disrupted some interesting discussion.

I accept the mods here try to balance freedom of speech with basic decency, so I kept away from the forum for about 3-4 months and they went.

MM

[pocaracas]

What happened to Kay?

Hint: I was referring to a certain woman's touch, but not that certain woman.

On the one hand, they say if you have to explain a joke it isn't funny. On the other hand, it was inevitable that somebody wouldn't get the joke. I wonder if it isn't half funny that pocaracas didn't get the joke....

For the benefit of our non-native English speakers, the joke is an example of amphiboly, being an ambiguity in the meaning of a phrase due to an ambiguity in the grammar. In the phrase, "a certain woman's touch," the word 'certain' can modify either 'woman's touch' or 'woman'. If it is modifying the phrase 'woman's touch', then the expression means that the moderation is missing a certain or specific feminine touch; however, if the word certain only modifies 'woman', then the expression means that the forum is missing the touch of 'a specific woman', in this case, me being the specific woman.

(Now I feel all embarrassed. Forget I said anything. *covers face*)

Thanks for the explanation!
I did get the double meaning, or, as you put it "amphiboly", and, in my personal fashion, chose the one you weren't going for!
The hope is always to compound on the going joke... and it sort of works... face-to-face, where you can add some gestures and facial expressions to hint that you understood it, but are flipping the coin.
Online, on the other hand... it just seems to fail... I think it's now the third time such a thing happens with you and me... Oh well!

Don't cover your pretty face over this. We all want to see more of it, not less.

[Phatt Matt s]

I do not insult people and do not think there is too much moderation due to the large quantity of people who get permanently banned. However I respect the disciplinary action for being incoherent vulgar and knowing not where to draw the line in discerning whether the content can be posted outside a69.

[LastPoet]

I somehow wait to see how this develops Matt.

[sven]

I do not insult people and do not think there is too much moderation due to the large quantity of people who get permanently banned. However I respect the disciplinary action for being incoherent vulgar and knowing not where to draw the line in discerning whether the content can be posted outside a69.

Nobody said you insult people, my friend.

[Sejanus]

I think the moderation on this forum is missing a certain woman's touch.

rasetsu for moderator 2014!