Refugee thread!

[arewethereyet]

I'd like to hear more about the pedo fiasco. I hate myself like that.

Tartarus Sauce (also a defunct member here) told me all about it. Apparently out of a desire to promote "free speech" the TTA leadership was allowing pedophiles to openly talk about their views on pedophilia.

Free speech doesn't mean that people have to listen and I'm sure people on the forum didn't want to be a part of the pedo culture. The fiasco was brought to a conclusion with what was probably an epic ban-fest.

Actually, one of the first pedos to show up and later reveal his tendencies is still a registered member of the forum.  I think he is the one who tested the waters, found that the staff was open to their presence and others showed up.  Whether they were led there by the first one or if it was searches that brought them in, I don't know.  It was an ugly time.  The owner of the forum finally had to get involved for anything to be done.  It was an unpleasant example of what happens when a forum team is dysfunctional.

[Fireball]

I'd like to hear more about the pedo fiasco. I hate myself like that.

Tartarus Sauce (also a defunct member here) told me all about it. Apparently out of a desire to promote "free speech" the TTA leadership was allowing pedophiles to openly talk about their views on pedophilia.

Free speech doesn't mean that people have to listen and I'm sure people on the forum didn't want to be a part of the pedo culture. The fiasco was brought to a conclusion with what was probably an epic ban-fest.

Before my time there, I'm sure. I have lines to law enforcement that would have been used to search out and arrest those pukes.

Uhhh...did I just type that out, rather than thinking it?

[Whateverist]

LastPoet:  Even if it's pulled from the ashes, I'm still going to be here (too).  You can't get rid of me that easily.  I'm more like gum on the bottom of your shoe that way.

I went to pull the laughing smiley to respond to this, but I couldn't find it easily enough.

The first one on the list is the jerkoff smiley. Why is the jerkoff smiley first one on the list?!


.....  

A select few of us also wear them to adorn our user names.  But unless you were part of one epic troll kill .. it's too late to join now.

[DLJ]

I'd like to hear more about the pedo fiasco. I hate myself like that.

The thread got shifted to the Admin-only area so I only got to read it some years later in the cold light of day.

As well as Anj described above, what it actually boiled down to was that there were a handful of people who did not know the difference between paedophilia and pederasty. Those that did saw no problem with discussing the former as a psychological issue.

The upshot was that a whole area of interest became officially taboo.

This meant that stuff like 'age of consent', the arbitrary-ness-osity of thresholds (and differences around the world), the psychology of self-restraint, individual treatments and societal constraints; treatments for paedophilia vs. firing squads for pederasts etc. could no longer be discussed.  

Personally I'd burn all Catholics just to be sure but I'm old-fashioned like that.  What was that expression?  God will take care of his own.  

It's good to observe, however, that the site owner, Seth, has changed his tune judging by recent podcasts and now sees freedom of expression in a new light (no doubt he's been watching some Hitchens) and quotes whoever it was that said, "Freedom of expression means nothing unless you are prepared to defend expression that disgusts you."

[LadyForCamus]

I'd like to hear more about the pedo fiasco. I hate myself like that.

Tartarus Sauce (also a defunct member here) told me all about it. Apparently out of a desire to promote "free speech" the TTA leadership was allowing pedophiles to openly talk about their views on pedophilia.

Free speech doesn't mean that people have to listen and I'm sure people on the forum didn't want to be a part of the pedo culture. The fiasco was brought to a conclusion with what was probably an epic ban-fest.

What ever happened to Tartarus Sauce?

[Shell B]

I'd like to hear more about the pedo fiasco. I hate myself like that.

Tartarus Sauce (also a defunct member here) told me all about it. Apparently out of a desire to promote "free speech" the TTA leadership was allowing pedophiles to openly talk about their views on pedophilia.

Free speech doesn't mean that people have to listen and I'm sure people on the forum didn't want to be a part of the pedo culture. The fiasco was brought to a conclusion with what was probably an epic ban-fest.

Yeah, that sounds like a disaster. We’ve had to take a step back from pedo discussion here too. It’s too difficult a topic to moderate in a way that keeps people happy. Also, we have underage members.

[arewethereyet]

Tartarus Sauce (also a defunct member here) told me all about it. Apparently out of a desire to promote "free speech" the TTA leadership was allowing pedophiles to openly talk about their views on pedophilia.

Free speech doesn't mean that people have to listen and I'm sure people on the forum didn't want to be a part of the pedo culture. The fiasco was brought to a conclusion with what was probably an epic ban-fest.

Yeah, that sounds like a disaster. We’ve had to take a step back from pedo discussion here too. It’s too difficult a topic to moderate in a way that keeps people happy. Also, we have underage members.

There were also underage members so that was a point of contention as well.

[DodosAreDead]

As an underage member, I'm pretty sure I'd leave AF if the staff started allowing pedos to discuss their fetish or whatever, so I'm glad that's not how it is. :/

[Aliza]

Tartarus Sauce (also a defunct member here) told me all about it. Apparently out of a desire to promote "free speech" the TTA leadership was allowing pedophiles to openly talk about their views on pedophilia.

Free speech doesn't mean that people have to listen and I'm sure people on the forum didn't want to be a part of the pedo culture. The fiasco was brought to a conclusion with what was probably an epic ban-fest.

What ever happened to Tartarus Sauce?

He is very well. I'll tell him you asked about him. Maybe he'll swing by for a quick hello... but probably he won't. [I need the dodgy smiley!]

[Shell B]

As an underage member, I'm pretty sure I'd leave AF if the staff started allowing pedos to discuss their fetish or whatever, so I'm glad that's not how it is. :/

It’s very important to us that this space remain both a place where we can swear/have our heated arguments and where underage members are as safe as we can reasonably help them be from predation. Please come to us if you ever have any questionable interactions with other members. That goes for everyone.