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Rule Change (New Staff Power)
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 (January 14, 2016 at 8:19 pm)Beccs Wrote:(January 14, 2016 at 8:14 pm)Losty Wrote: If your intention is to disrupt that is trolling and against the rules. Right? You can't really skirt around a rule like that though. It's open to interpretation.  (January 14, 2016 at 8:23 pm)Losty Wrote:(January 14, 2016 at 8:19 pm)Beccs Wrote: Some people are disruptive and have managed to get around, and remain members, by skirting the rules: just touching on the fringe of violating the current rules without actually stepping over the line. Not really. There are a couple who have, whether deliberately or by luck, have caused serious disruption here with their posts but, technically, didn't violate the established rules. There has been a LOT of debate behind the scenes. Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" (January 14, 2016 at 8:52 pm)Beccs Wrote:(January 14, 2016 at 8:23 pm)Losty Wrote: You can't really skirt around a rule like that though. It's open to interpretation. I bet. The debating is the part I like. Having a diverse team is a great thing. 
 (January 14, 2016 at 8:23 pm)Losty Wrote:(January 14, 2016 at 8:19 pm)Beccs Wrote: Some people are disruptive and have managed to get around, and remain members, by skirting the rules: just touching on the fringe of violating the current rules without actually stepping over the line. Delicate, Huggy, et al did a good job
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers. Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. --Voltaire Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.  (January 14, 2016 at 8:16 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Wow. The rules have grown considerably since I lasted looked at them. They might benefit from a hotlinked table of contents. I have actually suggested that myself, back in my green days. I think it got pushed to the back of the fridge.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 14, 2016 at 9:07 pm
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2016 at 9:07 pm by Losty.)
(January 14, 2016 at 9:04 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:(January 14, 2016 at 8:23 pm)Losty Wrote: You can't really skirt around a rule like that though. It's open to interpretation. I don't think delicate or Huggy should be banned. If their time comes, they'll be banned for good reason. That's what I love about this forum. Besides, did you see Huggy in the members photos section?? Bow chicka wow wow
I am like my father. I trust people until they prove themselves untrustworthy.
Maybe I’m wrong here. Is there anyone on the current staff who should not be trusted with the power this option gives them? Is it possible some rogue staff member with an overbearing personality could convince all the other staff members to unanimously ban someone just because the staff member doesn’t like that particular user?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers. Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. --Voltaire Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind. (January 14, 2016 at 8:14 pm)Losty Wrote: If your intention is to disrupt that is trolling and against the rules. Right? Not really, as trolling is currently defined. It is possible to disrupt the forum without making "deliberately provocative posts with the aim of upsetting a member or inciting an angry or otherwise emotional response". (January 14, 2016 at 8:23 pm)Losty Wrote: You can't really skirt around a rule like that though. It's open to interpretation. Well, ultimately every rule is open to interpretation. That's why we have the useful disclaimer that we have: "the right to enforce the following rules on its membership according to staff interpretation. This disclaimer is put in place to allow the spirit of the rules to trump any literal interpretation of the rules". (January 14, 2016 at 8:57 pm)Losty Wrote: I bet. The debating is the part I like. Having a diverse team is a great thing. It's the thought of mass debating that you really like, isn't it?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 14, 2016 at 9:14 pm
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2016 at 9:21 pm by Losty.)
(January 14, 2016 at 9:12 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: I am like my father. I trust people until they prove themselves untrustworthy. No, it's not. No one has implied that. People have gone out of their way to show that their dislike of the power has no reflection on the awesomeness of the staff. (January 14, 2016 at 9:12 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: Maybe I’m wrong here. Is there anyone on the current staff who should not be trusted with the power this option gives them? Is it possible some rogue staff member with an overbearing personality could convince all the other staff members to unanimously ban someone just because the staff member doesn’t like that particular user? I wouldn't trust that Stimbo guy with a plastic spoon.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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