Severed Link - Roy`s Concern

[Caz]

If you want a forum with replies that completely suit your needs and desires at all time, then you have to allow only yourself to post, and not make it public.

Who wants a forum that completely suit’s ones own needs all the time? No one. Would rather defeat the object of a forum in the first place, wouldn’t you say?

what is referred to by the wingers as "silly" often isn't silly, it's a serious opinion, albeit sometimes radical, expressed in a light-hearted manner

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Fair enough, humour can come in to a serious thread, no one said it couldn’t, thought we’d said that earlier. Completely turning a thread around is another matter.

And fair enough, radical views are OK, but being radical doesn’t mean you have to be nasty or abusive with it!

Also We keep going back to “serious versus funny” and that’s not the point.

I see a forum like a family - you can't exclude members.

Exactly, who’s trying to?
Not me, if you read all my posts. I thought I was giving a fairly moderate view of things.

If you don't like it, lump it.

Well, whichever point you’re viewing from, why should that have to be the case?  A forum’s for everyone, as you say.

Think Janet's & Susie's posts sum it up don’t you? There’s room on here for everyone, but keep it clean and decent.

Happy one - [smiley=cuddle.gif] - nobodies telling anyone what to do, just voicing opinions like you've just done. You obviously agree on some of them, ie swearing and abusive posts.  

Jo, re the poll, unless we got everyone back on, the poll wouldn't be an accurate representation would it?
It would definitely have to be a multi question poll too, as more than one point's been brought up.

[ANNE]

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Perhaps we can now get this site back on track.

[Caz]

When did anyone fall out Anne?  ???  [smiley=cuddle.gif]

Just cos someone has a different  opinion or points facts out doesn't mean there's been a fall out does it? Not in my book anyway. Thought thats what forums were about.

[ANNE]

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[Owd Bert]

I think the core issue of this thread is about how the Forum is perceived by Hyndburn Council.
Does it, or should it be of concern that they have removed the link ?

[Jo]

I don't think they should have removed the link as the forum is a representation of the real Accy and not the image of Accy they want to portray. However, the choice is theirs, it's just a shame they do not give the citizens of Hyndburn  information anymore that the forum exists, some may be interested in seeing it.
At the end of the day though, word of mouth is better, everyone should tell their family and friends about the forum, and stuff the red tapers!  ;D

[Tealeaf]

I suppose that if our Hyndburn Council feel that if they have an obligation to "maintain standards" then they are quite entitled not to put a link in to this site....

Funny though...there's another Hyndburn Council...the one that sponsors their local football team....the name is emblazoned on the shirt, as worn by the supporters....during the one away game I recently attended a small, vocal minority of these supporters were busy referring to the oppostion team, supporters and match officials in language often associated with that of the old Anglo-Saxon...

"What a splendid advert for your local town and it's council", I overheard several of the locals remark, somewhat cynically.

It's just a good job that our Hyndburn Council is not like that other lot, is'nt it.

[Jo]

Two-faced gits! Talk about double standards! Maybe they cut the link becasue the language we use wasn't quite foul enough, did anyone think of that??  ;D

[happyone]

well   can i just say one thing  and no it s not jam i was going to say  does it matter if  the link is there or not   looks like  every time i log on we got a new reg on the web so cant be all bad  ;D

[Tealeaf]

Well, Happy..as far as I am aware there is not another similar liked to the HBC site. It's a shame really because the one thing that is not on here - and has not been, with one exception - is abusive, foul, threatening or derogatory language.(other than occaisionally used with asterix)  There may have been some at one time...but I've not seen it. There's certainly a spot of anarchy, a double-entrendre or two and a tendency to break "rules" - but nothing that would shock an average 14 year old.

There is - most importantly - a breadth & depth of topics which for anyone joining is far more interesting than anything to be found on a local govt site....the problem with the HBC master is that he/she has to report to his political bosses before he can post links or get permission to put new topic postings on...that don't happen with a site such as this...it can fire off in any direction and is far more responsive to whatever is happening out there in the wider world.

It's their loss, antway, Happy - not ours.

[ANNE]

Well said Tea. Sure happy will agree and anyone else come to that.  

[adi]

Well, ive just read the entire topic from start to finish.  I must say thats there's alot to digest (and I not talking about what you think Tealeaf-Anne-Happyone!).

Personally ive stopped posting on the site these days, as have a number of people that i used to log on with, for various reasons.

Im not going to go into them and start of the arguments/debate again but all I want to say is that if we all want this forum to get back on track and return to those days when New Topics where being posted on a regular basis, we must take a second to think about what we are posting and ask if this really relevant?!?

By the way - who actually cares whether we are on Hynburn Borough Councils Links Section or not? It's there loss not ours.

[jason]

well i just thought i would pop in and see what i have been missing...............obviously not much!! i've been through a few boards and the insulting and sarcasm still outnumbers the serious posts!
you are on this thread going on about the severed link and posting your views and you are still posting insults on other boards!i dont post on here much anymore because the boards just got full of rubbish,when i joined the site i was never off it,but then it got to the stage where i thought is it really worth all the posting when people are getting at you and messing with serious threads!yes i got angry,yes i used bad language and maybe i contributed to the link getting severed but i wasn't on my own..........
(YOU PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE)

The link has been severed and you should hold your hands up and say yes i contributed to this happening,and learn from this action that hbc has taken!

end of soapbox!!

[Tealeaf]

Just out of interest - what was the exact date the link was severed?