A Serious Proposal

[Aoi Magi]

I support the idea of having a "this is what we have to deal with..." sub-section under humor or ryleh requiring group membership privileges to view or post in the section. Or you can add an ignore-entire-section button :p

[Losty]

God I am slow today. This is @CL

The problem is that this forum prides itself on free speech, so even if you make a new subforum...I highly doubt you're going to convince anyone to ban the silly posters from posting in the new section.

[Jenny A]

But if you really need a list from me to tell you how to clean this place up, start with:

Foul language
Disrespecting of ANYONE's faith or non-faith
Blasphemous memes
Personal attacks
Vulgar avatars (your own, for example)

You know...the kind of stuff that would get you fired if you said or did any of it at work.

Newsflash, this isn't work. This forum has very few rules, and that is the beauty of it.

And I have no problem with disrespecting anyone's ideas. I respect your right to have a set of beliefs. The beliefs themselves are not something to be respected. I respect your right to express your ideas not not necessarily the ideas themselves. That depends on the quality of the ideas.

Complaints about blasphemy are really nothing more than attempts to shelter ideas for criticism or to protect the feeling of people who hold those ideas. No ideas deserve such protection.

Oh, and you could start banning some people who are the worst offenders...like Minimalist and dyresand, for example.

NONE of that will happen, of course.

No, absent violation of the rules, we don't ban anyone.

Which is why I propose a second forum where atheists like Nestor and others can engage in higher level discussion with theists without all the chatter.

Higher level? You mean where one person: posts a long quote from someone else; ignores any real criticism of it except to reiterate the OP or to say he's already refuted that elsewhere (usually without a link); and then declares victory?

[Aoi Magi]

The problem is that this forum prides itself on free speech, so even if you make a new subforum...I highly doubt you're going to convince anyone to ban the silly posters from posting in the new section.

Special group membership privileges would solve that

[SteelCurtain]

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[KevinM1]

I fail to see why a serious discussion area is necessary. There have been plenty of serious discussions in this section. There will be many more. The ignore feature still exists. The report feature still exists. That someone's schtick is getting old and is no longer being tolerated gracefully has no bearing on the forum's structure or format, IMO.

[Losty]

The problem is that this forum prides itself on free speech, so even if you make a new subforum...I highly doubt you're going to convince anyone to ban the silly posters from posting in the new section.

Special group membership privileges would solve that

And exactly how do we go about proving that we are anti-silly enough to qualify for membership?

[Minimalist]

LOL, You misunderstand, Chad.  Randys looking for some special place to post spam and non-response....not a debate.

To the contrary.

I'm looking for a place to chat with people who won't post the kind of crap you just posted.

There must be a xtian forum somewhere that would suit your needs.  Here you're going to catch hell when you post stupid shit.  Sucks to be you.

[Whateverist]

Perhaps someone could just start a thread along the lines of the one that calls for all discussion to be in memes. The difference would be that all posts would have to be copy pasta'd from somewhere else. Maybe the thread title could be "Don't Answer In Your Own Words".

[KevinM1]

Perhaps someone could just start a thread along the lines of the one that calls for all discussion to be in memes.  The difference would be that all posts would have to be copy pasta'd from somewhere else.  Maybe the thread title could be "Don't Answer In Your Own Words".

I legit LOL'd