Deletions of Threads and Postings

[Ceejache]

I bought 1984 on video today - been trying to track it down for a while! Coincidence?

[KIPAX]

But suppose the members dont use common sense ..then should the moderators step in or leave people to simply post what they want?

[Darby]

Originally Posted by KIPAX

But suppose the members dont use common sense ..then should the moderators step in or leave people to simply post what they want?

Oh ye of little faith :engsmil: :engsmil: :engsmil:

[WillowTheWhisp]

That is the role of a moderator surely? But as I said in another thread I would appreciate it if a moderator could inform us (when censoring) where we have overstepped the mark so that we can avoid doing so in future

[Darby]

Originally Posted by Ceejache

I bought 1984 on video today - been trying to track it down for a while! Coincidence?

Try "Animal Farm" as well. It's very reminiscent of NuLabour and todays Media policies.

I liked the sheepdog myself!

[Darby]

Originally Posted by Darby

Try "Animal Farm" as well. It's very reminiscent of NuLabour and todays Media policies.

I liked the sheepdog myself!

It was well rehearsed in East Germany, The "Staatssicherheitsdienst" "STASI" played a leading role.

[Ceejache]

Read both 1984 and Animal Farm but haven't seen either on film. Waiting for the right mood before I watch 1984 as it wont be a cheery affair! I hope its better than the film of Brave New World - very disappointing.

Sorry - off topic I know, but didn't want to start a new thread just to say this....

[Ceejache]

Further to my concern of 'where do we draw the line on what is considered offensive' I found an archived thread where there is considerable reference to 'pufters', 'poofters' and 'southern softies' - no asteriks, no edits, thread freely available to view. I didn't go looking for this, and I understand and appreciate Roy and the Mods position regarding this issue, yet its funny that homosexual men can be referred to as 'poofters' yet any euphemism concerning our asian brethren is banned.

Like I said - Not having a go at Roy or the Mods, on the contrary I think they have had to act on the original topic because of the PC idiots.....they have to cover their backs from the left-wing loonies, but it seems they have to cover them more when discussing Pakistanis. Why? What is the difference between sexual orientation and race? Positive discrimination is widening the chasm between white and asian cultures.....

[Tealeaf]

Cheers CJ...I'd forgot all about that thread

[WINGY]

Originally Posted by Ceejache

Further to my concern of 'where do we draw the line on what is considered offensive' I found an archived thread where there is considerable reference to 'pufters', 'poofters' and 'southern softies' - no asteriks, no edits, thread freely available to view. I didn't go looking for this, and I understand and appreciate Roy and the Mods position regarding this issue, yet its funny that homosexual men can be referred to as 'poofters' yet any euphemism concerning our asian brethren is banned.

Like I said - Not having a go at Roy or the Mods, on the contrary I think they have had to act on the original topic because of the PC idiots.....they have to cover their backs from the left-wing loonies, but it seems they have to cover them more when discussing Pakistanis. Why? What is the difference between sexual orientation and race? Positive discrimination is widening the chasm between white and asian cultures.....

If a post is seen as offensive to any user, they can report it using the "report" icon. Had any of the posts mentioned above been reported then they will have been dealt with in the same way.
Are you sure that no posts in this thread were deleted??

[ShortStuff]

I think that Roy and all the Mod's do a great job - but I can understand that if a post or thread is deleted the author of the post would like to know why; so the same mistake isn't made twice. I also think that the majority of the members of this site do have the ability to use common sense when posting - but we all need some guidance at times!

[Darby]

[QUOTE=WINGY]If a post is seen as offensive to any user, they can report it using the "report" icon. Had any of the posts mentioned above been reported then they will have been dealt with in the same way.
Are you sure that no posts in this thread were deleted??[QUOTE]

That was exactly my point in the first instance, How would anybody know a post or thread had been deleted? and for what reason?
As for the REPORT icon, I assumed that we were all human beings and straight forward people (a trait in Accrington), who could ask other posters to moderate their postings without recourse to REPORTING them behind their backs (just like at skew...I'll tell the teacher over him/her!!)
My initial posting was trying to correct what I considered a flaw in our DELETE / MODERATOR procedures, and something I felt would be fair to all, Moderators and Posters alike.

[Ceejache]

No post could have been deleted because I only saw them yesterday in the archive. Was the 'p***' post reported or was it deleted purely as a matter of policy?

What I am saying is that it is funny (well, actually pretty tragic really) that the same people have widely varying attitudes to different 'groups' when they chose to start forcing their 'political correctness' agenda on the rest of us. Just a thought.....

[Darby]

Is anybody out there?


Is there any chance of my proposal being considered or implemented? or need we keep going through all this time, and time again?

[Doug]

It's a bit grim out here....Not the best place to be.