Civilized trial thread

[*Deidre*]

I personally think the forum as a whole should make name calling, insults, detailed threads with insults etc - bannable offenses. Not banned forever but time limits.

Even if I were an atheist, if I posted something that someone didn’t like about say politics, I don’t want to deal with that one special poster calling me a fuck wit or whatever, as it derails the dialogue. Other forums ban for a day or week or whatever, those types of offenders. Religious forums does this and it works. Play nice or go in time out.

I think if those rules were enforced (whether the mod spots it on sight or it’s reported) there wouldn’t be a need for a separate space.

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Do you realize how deserted this place would get if that were to happen? IJS.

haha You'd be surprised.   It isn't that everyone turns into dutiful little drones, all parroting one another. But, it just stops the name calling of posters. Attack the post/topic, not the poster.

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I personally think the forum as a whole should make name calling, insults, detailed threads with insults etc - bannable offenses. Not banned forever but time limits.

Even if I were an atheist, if I posted something that someone didn’t like about say politics, I don’t want to deal with that one special poster calling me a fuck wit or whatever, as it derails the dialogue. Other forums ban for a day or week or whatever, those types of offenders. Religious forums does this and it works. Play nice or go in time out.

I think if those rules were enforced (whether the mod spots it on sight or it’s reported) there wouldn’t be a need for a separate space.

More censorship is not the answer, the answer to to just be an adult and interact with who you want to. Its so easy to ignore replies you don't want to, and interact with only the people you want to.

I think this whole idea is childish.

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I think in theory, this is true, and I agree. But, the problem is that when one person starts name calling, then it's a pile on. And then, there's maybe three posts that are decent, out of 100. That's an exaggeration, but you get the point. It's not censorship.