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My naive questions
RE: My naive questions
I know he's gone but I want to address this. I will respond only to his "a", since only that has any bearing on the forum in terms of administration and the Rules.

(November 23, 2014 at 4:34 pm)YouCanCallMeDave Wrote: May I please inquire as to the following ? :

a. Why isn't foul, vile, less-than-common appropriate Standards for decency , respect, and self control , NOT a violation of this Forum in the interest of civility and integrity ?

We do strive to foster a culture of decency, respect, civility and integrity, inasfar as such things are concordant with free speech and the free expression of ideas. What you deem to be "foul, vile, less-than-common [language(?)]" is an inevitable part of that culture and no indicator of decency and integrity, in itself. We've had members threatening people with the most horrific punishments and diseases, all while using "standard" language with not a swearword in sight.. I apologise profusely if you don't like that - in the sense of "no I don't" - but that's what happens when you enter a community of adults.

What you don't get to do as a grassroots member is shut down that free speech with extremely dodgy interpretations of what the Rules actually say.
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My naive questions - by Piscinin - November 14, 2014 at 9:32 am
RE: My naive questions - by Drich - November 14, 2014 at 9:38 am
RE: My naive questions - by Piscinin - November 14, 2014 at 9:53 am
RE: My naive questions - by Drich - November 14, 2014 at 9:59 am
RE: My naive questions - by Cato - November 14, 2014 at 10:27 am
RE: My naive questions - by Piscinin - November 14, 2014 at 10:38 am
RE: My naive questions - by Cato - November 14, 2014 at 9:45 am
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 14, 2014 at 11:08 am
RE: My naive questions - by Cyberman - November 14, 2014 at 2:25 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Piscinin - November 14, 2014 at 9:59 am
RE: My naive questions - by Drich - November 14, 2014 at 10:18 am
RE: My naive questions - by Neo-Scholastic - November 14, 2014 at 10:04 am
RE: My naive questions - by Piscinin - November 14, 2014 at 10:19 am
RE: My naive questions - by Drich - November 14, 2014 at 10:24 am
RE: My naive questions - by Cyberman - November 14, 2014 at 2:16 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Neo-Scholastic - November 19, 2014 at 2:43 pm
RE: My naive questions - by ThomM - November 22, 2014 at 12:02 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Piscinin - November 14, 2014 at 10:26 am
RE: My naive questions - by DeistPaladin - November 14, 2014 at 10:56 am
RE: My naive questions - by Piscinin - November 14, 2014 at 11:05 am
RE: My naive questions - by DeistPaladin - November 14, 2014 at 11:29 am
RE: My naive questions - by Piscinin - November 14, 2014 at 11:20 am
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 14, 2014 at 11:35 am
RE: My naive questions - by Piscinin - November 14, 2014 at 11:39 am
RE: My naive questions - by John V - November 14, 2014 at 11:39 am
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 14, 2014 at 12:33 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Godschild - November 14, 2014 at 12:40 pm
RE: My naive questions - by vorlon13 - November 14, 2014 at 12:50 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Godschild - November 14, 2014 at 11:10 pm
RE: My naive questions - by DeistPaladin - November 14, 2014 at 11:48 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Ravenshire - November 22, 2014 at 10:34 pm
RE: My naive questions - by abaris - November 14, 2014 at 12:52 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 14, 2014 at 2:13 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Minimalist - November 15, 2014 at 12:35 pm
RE: My naive questions - by John V - November 14, 2014 at 1:52 pm
RE: My naive questions - by downbeatplumb - November 14, 2014 at 1:58 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 14, 2014 at 2:08 pm
RE: My naive questions - by John V - November 14, 2014 at 3:16 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 14, 2014 at 11:51 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Godschild - November 15, 2014 at 3:34 am
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 15, 2014 at 11:36 am
RE: My naive questions - by Godschild - November 15, 2014 at 11:47 am
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 15, 2014 at 4:24 pm
RE: My naive questions - by DeistPaladin - November 14, 2014 at 3:55 pm
RE: My naive questions - by John V - November 17, 2014 at 1:51 pm
RE: My naive questions - by DeistPaladin - November 17, 2014 at 3:44 pm
RE: My naive questions - by John V - November 17, 2014 at 4:11 pm
RE: My naive questions - by vorlon13 - November 14, 2014 at 2:11 pm
RE: My naive questions - by downbeatplumb - November 14, 2014 at 11:52 am
RE: My naive questions - by FatAndFaithless - November 14, 2014 at 1:58 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 15, 2014 at 6:46 am
RE: My naive questions - by abaris - November 15, 2014 at 8:05 am
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 15, 2014 at 10:17 am
RE: My naive questions - by DeistPaladin - November 15, 2014 at 12:26 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 15, 2014 at 1:57 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Godschild - November 15, 2014 at 2:11 pm
RE: My naive questions - by DeistPaladin - November 15, 2014 at 2:28 pm
RE: My naive questions - by robvalue - November 15, 2014 at 9:06 am
RE: My naive questions - by Piscinin - November 15, 2014 at 12:07 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2014 at 12:59 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Cyberman - November 15, 2014 at 1:12 pm
RE: My naive questions - by abaris - November 15, 2014 at 1:15 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Cyberman - November 15, 2014 at 1:23 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 15, 2014 at 3:11 pm
RE: My naive questions - by DeistPaladin - November 15, 2014 at 5:29 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2014 at 3:45 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 15, 2014 at 4:57 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 15, 2014 at 6:41 pm
RE: My naive questions - by DeistPaladin - November 15, 2014 at 7:49 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2014 at 8:00 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 15, 2014 at 9:02 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 16, 2014 at 7:29 am
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 16, 2014 at 10:19 am
RE: My naive questions - by abaris - November 16, 2014 at 10:26 am
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 16, 2014 at 11:02 am
RE: My naive questions - by abaris - November 16, 2014 at 11:04 am
RE: My naive questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 16, 2014 at 11:45 am
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 16, 2014 at 4:45 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Cyberman - November 16, 2014 at 6:30 pm
RE: My naive questions - by downbeatplumb - November 17, 2014 at 1:58 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 2:03 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 17, 2014 at 2:56 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 3:04 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 17, 2014 at 3:05 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 3:06 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 17, 2014 at 3:10 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 3:17 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 17, 2014 at 7:30 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 7:31 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 18, 2014 at 2:46 am
RE: My naive questions - by Cyberman - November 19, 2014 at 4:21 pm
RE: My naive questions - by dyresand - November 19, 2014 at 5:06 pm
RE: My naive questions - by YouCanCallMeDave - November 22, 2014 at 12:39 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Esquilax - November 22, 2014 at 8:11 pm
RE: My naive questions - by abaris - November 22, 2014 at 8:21 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 23, 2014 at 8:17 am
RE: My naive questions - by YouCanCallMeDave - November 23, 2014 at 10:49 am
RE: My naive questions - by abaris - November 23, 2014 at 10:56 am
RE: My naive questions - by YouCanCallMeDave - November 23, 2014 at 11:08 am
RE: My naive questions - by coldwx - November 23, 2014 at 11:44 am
RE: My naive questions - by YouCanCallMeDave - November 23, 2014 at 12:14 pm
RE: My naive questions - by coldwx - November 23, 2014 at 12:36 pm
RE: My naive questions - by YouCanCallMeDave - November 23, 2014 at 3:11 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Cyberman - November 23, 2014 at 3:45 pm
RE: My naive questions - by coldwx - November 23, 2014 at 4:00 pm
RE: My naive questions - by YouCanCallMeDave - November 23, 2014 at 4:18 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Jackalope - November 23, 2014 at 4:32 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Esquilax - November 23, 2014 at 12:13 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 23, 2014 at 4:15 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Grand Nudger - November 22, 2014 at 10:52 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Valkyrie - November 23, 2014 at 3:21 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 23, 2014 at 3:33 pm
RE: My naive questions - by YouCanCallMeDave - November 23, 2014 at 3:37 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Whateverist - November 23, 2014 at 3:41 pm
RE: My naive questions - by YouCanCallMeDave - November 23, 2014 at 4:04 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Valkyrie - November 23, 2014 at 4:13 pm
RE: My naive questions - by abaris - November 23, 2014 at 4:14 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Cyberman - November 23, 2014 at 4:26 pm
RE: My naive questions - by YouCanCallMeDave - November 23, 2014 at 4:34 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Valkyrie - November 23, 2014 at 4:56 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Whateverist - November 23, 2014 at 7:18 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Minimalist - November 23, 2014 at 4:27 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Minimalist - November 23, 2014 at 4:44 pm
RE: My naive questions - by abaris - November 23, 2014 at 4:45 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 23, 2014 at 4:47 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Minimalist - November 23, 2014 at 4:50 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 23, 2014 at 5:24 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Jackalope - November 23, 2014 at 5:32 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Thumpalumpacus - November 23, 2014 at 6:27 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Cyberman - November 23, 2014 at 4:51 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 23, 2014 at 4:54 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Minimalist - November 23, 2014 at 4:55 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Minimalist - November 23, 2014 at 4:59 pm
RE: My naive questions - by abaris - November 23, 2014 at 5:24 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 23, 2014 at 5:21 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Cyberman - November 23, 2014 at 5:44 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Esquilax - November 23, 2014 at 5:46 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Jackalope - November 23, 2014 at 5:55 pm
RE: My naive questions - by The Valkyrie - November 23, 2014 at 5:56 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Cyberman - November 23, 2014 at 5:47 pm
RE: My naive questions - by fr0d0 - November 23, 2014 at 6:06 pm
RE: My naive questions - by Minimalist - November 23, 2014 at 6:09 pm
RE: My naive questions - by coldwx - November 23, 2014 at 9:01 pm



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