This level of extreme relativism and obtuseness is both annoying and unreasonable to the point of detached from reality, EP. You might as well ask "But what do we really mean by "what do we really mean by "what do we really mean?""?".

Bananas indeed.

I just disagree that we should ban anyone based on how they make other people feel. Spamming wholly unrelated things and advertising... Sure, that should be banned. But banning someone because your itty-bitty feelings are offended or because they trigger your intellectual complacency.. That is policing speech and it might very well be a remnant of the currently rampaging PC movement. It's the stupidest thing I can think of and it creates an environment where everyone agrees with everyone with the exception of a few chose cases which are kept around for entertainment purposes... Such as Rik. 

I'm not staff, though, and staff will never agree with me on principle, me thinks. But I thought I should begin a discussion about it nonetheless. If it fails, I will probably begin one unrelated to the forum rules and more about this phenomenon in general...

Ah, I know porn when I see it...

Cultural idiocy abounds...

Not calling you an idiot, Min.

(November 17, 2016 at 11:05 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: I just disagree that we should ban anyone based on how they make other people feel. Spamming wholly unrelated things and advertising... Sure, that should be banned. But banning someone because your itty-bitty feelings are offended or because they trigger your intellectual complacency.. That is policing speech and it might very well be a remnant of the currently rampaging PC movement. It's the stupidest thing I can think of and it creates an environment where everyone agrees with everyone with the exception of a few chose cases which are kept around for entertainment purposes... Such as Rik. 

I'm not staff, though, and staff will never agree with me on principle, me thinks. But I thought I should begin a discussion about it nonetheless. If it fails, I will probably begin one unrelated to the forum rules and more about this phenomenon in general...

My bold.

It's not about hurting people's feelings it's about disrupting discussion. I repeat, these are discussion forums; not disruption forums.

(November 17, 2016 at 11:06 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: Ah, I know porn when I see it...

Cultural idiocy abounds...  

Not calling you an idiot, Min.

Nah you're not calling him an idiot. You're projecting again

I hope this won't get C_L in any trouble. It isn't really her fault that so many other topics relate to abortion, circumcision or poop. There is a tradition that most threads dissolve into chatty frivolity as the impetus for the original theme dies out.

I think our forum mods are more than up to the challenge of deciding when someone is forcefully hijacking a thread or just mindlessly carrying on the same tiresome dialogue across many threads. Besides EP has shown a certain resilience in the face of numerous time outs. I'm sure he doesn't mind helping the moderators work out any kinks in applying the new rule.

https://youtu.be/RZa79QGDeo8

(November 17, 2016 at 11:08 am)Bella Morte Wrote:

Toffee? Because that's the best popcorn.

(November 17, 2016 at 11:05 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: I just disagree that we should ban anyone based on how they make other people feel. Spamming wholly unrelated things and advertising... Sure, that should be banned. But banning someone because your itty-bitty feelings are offended or because they trigger your intellectual complacency.. That is policing speech and it might very well be a remnant of the currently rampaging PC movement. It's the stupidest thing I can think of and it creates an environment where everyone agrees with everyone with the exception of a few chose cases which are kept around for entertainment purposes... Such as Rik. 

I'm not staff, though, and staff will never agree with me on principle, me thinks. But I thought I should begin a discussion about it nonetheless. If it fails, I will probably begin one unrelated to the forum rules and more about this phenomenon in general...

I don't agree that we are policing speech. Again, this isn't about some one off thing or even a few posts. This rule is designed to detect people who do this repeatedly. There are also ways in which you can express an opinion which people disagree with, but doing it in a non-provocative way.

(November 17, 2016 at 11:11 am)Whateverist Wrote: I think our forum mods are more than up to the challenge

Of course you do. God forbid you don't kiss their asses for a second.