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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    I wonder why the OP thinks threadbanning is pointless.......the point of threadbanning to reduce the amount of idiotic posts in a thread.....
    No...it's for trolling. It works well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    The thread banning idea has merit, but it doesn't work around here.

    The reason is because if a poster bans others from their thread, then the other may simply create a complete copy-cat thread, stealing everything from the OP, including the title, and just change a character or two.

    Then any discussion is diluted between two competing threads.

    Rule 3 would prevent that, but it is not enforced.

    Rule 3 is a bogus toothless rule. It's not even really a rule at all because it is not enforced. And seriously, what kind of rule begins with "please?" Rules are something that must be enforced or they are a joke. It's not a request. It is laying down the law or it is a joke. Then they become meaningless and set a bad example that the rest of the rules are meaningless.

    Here is the waste of a rule, Rule 3:

    "3. Please do not flood the board with multiple same-subject Threads. Multiple threads will be merged, when I have the energy... and deleted when I don't.
    3B. Threads are to remain consistent with the forum they are posted in (E.G. Current events go in Current Events, and so on)."

    Rule 3 has never been enforced in all the years I have been here. Never once have I seen anybody busted for copycat threads.

    If Rule 3 is not going to be enforced, then the thread ban is useless.

    Be honest. Get rid of rule 3 and get rid of the thread ban. Both are pointless because they are not enforced, and they just make the rest of the rules look like a joke.

    3B seems to be a different issue. That one gets enforced sometimes, at the discretion of the mod. It has nothing to do with Rule 3.
    Those who get banned most certainly have a right to start a new thread regardless of Rule 3. I have suggested that the rest of us do as well, and to then use the thread which supports free minds. I suggest that rule three would rightfully only be applied the threads that have no bans. Or at least less than five (Fair Fight Club rules)
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    The thread banning idea has merit, but it doesn't work around here.

    The reason is because if a poster bans others from their thread, then the other may simply create a complete copy-cat thread, stealing everything from the OP, including the title, and just change a character or two.

    Then any discussion is diluted between two competing threads.

    Rule 3 would prevent that, but it is not enforced.

    Rule 3 is a bogus toothless rule. It's not even really a rule at all because it is not enforced. And seriously, what kind of rule begins with "please?" Rules are something that must be enforced or they are a joke. It's not a request. It is laying down the law or it is a joke. Then they become meaningless and set a bad example that the rest of the rules are meaningless.

    Here is the waste of a rule, Rule 3:

    "3. Please do not flood the board with multiple same-subject Threads. Multiple threads will be merged, when I have the energy... and deleted when I don't.
    3B. Threads are to remain consistent with the forum they are posted in (E.G. Current events go in Current Events, and so on)."

    Rule 3 has never been enforced in all the years I have been here. Never once have I seen anybody busted for copycat threads.

    If Rule 3 is not going to be enforced, then the thread ban is useless.

    Be honest. Get rid of rule 3 and get rid of the thread ban. Both are pointless because they are not enforced, and they just make the rest of the rules look like a joke.

    3B seems to be a different issue. That one gets enforced sometimes, at the discretion of the mod. It has nothing to do with Rule 3.
    This shit coming from the cunt who has everyone she disagrees with on ignore...
    Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RB 60 View Post
    This shit coming from the cunt who has everyone she disagrees with on ignore...
    PT has always been a cunt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sock Sockinski View Post
    Rule 3 is a rule that was broken by Damo returning a duplicate Top thread !
    And now Controlled Opposition is trying desperately to break rule 3!
    Explain yourself, please. YOU are the one who brought TOP's name into this discussion. You would be banned on LiG's thread if it were up to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Controlled Opposition View Post
    Explain yourself, please. YOU are the one who brought TOP's name into this discussion. You would be banned on LiG's thread if it were up to me.
    A monumental request...
    Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Controlled Opposition View Post
    Explain yourself, please. YOU are the one who brought TOP's name into this discussion. You would be banned on LiG's thread if it were up to me.
    Fuck TOP.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Guille View Post
    Fuck TOP.
    She is harmless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RB 60 View Post
    A monumental request...
    There is precedent. Jack and goat were banned from the Owl thread by a moderator.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Controlled Opposition View Post
    There is precedent. Jack and goat were banned from the Owl thread by a moderator.
    Was it by request, or the Mods did it themselves?
    Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RB 60 View Post
    Was it by request, or the Mods did it themselves?
    If I recall correctly, Phantasmal said that she did it. Though it was probably by request.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Controlled Opposition View Post
    If I recall correctly, Phantasmal said that she did it. Though it was probably by request.
    I'd guess it was by (indirect) request. I could be wrong, though.
    Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Controlled Opposition View Post
    Explain yourself, please. YOU are the one who brought TOP's name into this discussion. You would be banned on LiG's thread if it were up to me.
    LiG's thread!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Controlled Opposition View Post
    Explain yourself, please. YOU are the one who brought TOP's name into this discussion. You would be banned on LiG's thread if it were up to me.
    I'm not the one who disrespected Top that was you!
    I bravely defended her honor!
    And you try to misdirect your attack on her to me!
    Do you have no shame.
    Just buck up what little guts you have an apologize to Top!
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