Mods Please

[ellestones]

is not so much the topic that the LL mods seem to object too. Is when we  turn to sloganeering without any effort to actually discuss the topic which leads to the lock

[Callum Meriman]

14 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

More obviously, though, what about a violent or sexist rap song appearing on the What Are You Listening to Now thread? Or any protest song? "This Is America"?

Descision on that comes down to :Does the song come with comment to rub more salt into it, or is it in sneaky reply to a comment elsewhere, or is it just unrelated  music.

One always would hope people can be rational adults. Not going to happen, but we can hope they learn to damned well turn their other cheek sometimes.

[Madelaine McMasters]

28 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

"This Is America"?

 

[Phorumities]

6 hours ago, Pamela Galli said:

Please do something about those turning every thread into a contentious political discussion. Yes we can block them, but then threads get confusing. I am tired of reading about the damned Confedeate Flag. 

I' m sick of seeing your personalized tag that says R*E*S*I*S*T. It's blatantly political. I think whichever Linden you complained to should make you change it to something non-political

[Phorumities]

6 hours ago, Phil Deakins said:

I think that Pam means those who politicise everything in attempts to preach the gospel of their political beliefs.

Banning political discussion would work as long as breaking the rule really did attract suspensions.

So, let the mods make a new rule, "absolutely NO political posts"

And that includes making snide comments about America AND attacking President Trump.

Because rest assured, if that becomes the rule, I'll report every leftist post  I see

Edited November 12, 2018 by Phorumities
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[Phorumities]

6 hours ago, KanryDrago said:

There are plenty from both sides that do, I suspect most will call only however for the ban on the "spam" of those they disagree with politically while praising the "spam" of those they agree with as rightful comment. I said it in another thread. If you want to talk politics or religion here you should create a thread clearly marked for the purpose so those that do not want to read either can avoid the thread and only those interested need participate

If you look at my "political" posts, almost every one of them is in response to something someone else posted first. 

 

[Phorumities]

6 hours ago, Luna Bliss said:

I con't recall they requested 'religion' not be discussed, but they did say 'politics'. I could be mistaken..

 

Some of us might be offended about you pushing your religious views in our faces.

If a Christian was doing what you do, You and others in here would be up in arms about a Christian shoving their faith down your throats.

[Phorumities]

3 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

I think that Kanry's comment here points to a danger.

I have made a real effort to keep the Dulce et Decorum Est thread relatively "unpolitical": read the OP.  My choice of poem is hardly very contentious in RL: it's a very well known poem that appears a lot in memorial and remembrance ceremonies.

BUT . . . there is no question that my choice of this poem rather than, say, McCrae's "In Flanders Fields" is political, as Phorumites correctly notes. So too would be the choice of McCrae's poem: on some, indeed many, issues it is pretty much impossible not to be at least implicitly political.

Do we really want to ban anything that can be read as political?

Be careful what you wish for: we may find ourselves unable to talk about anything here other than how to debug dance HUDs.

As has been stated many many times this IS strictly a forum for second life issues.

Even the general section is supposed to be about SECOND LIFE topics that don't fit under any other heading.

How about if it's not about something inside Second Life DON'T start a thread about it.

[Scylla Rhiadra]

20 minutes ago, Phorumities said:

How about if it's not about something inside Second Life DON'T start a thread about it. 

I think you'd probably have a much more difficult time living with an injunction about not posting anything solely to do with RL than would I, Phorumities. Again, be careful what you wish for.

As for my thread . . . well, the mods will do with it what they choose to do.

We are all SL residents, certainly. But what is most important, and what actually brings us back again and again to connect with others here is our shared humanity.

I don't think it's out of place to acknowledge here on important occasions the most fundamental values that we share as humans: that life is better than death, happiness better than pain, and peace better than war. I am pretty sure that you share those values too.

Edited November 12, 2018 by Scylla Rhiadra

[Callum Meriman]

39 minutes ago, Phorumities said:

Even the general section is supposed to be about SECOND LIFE topics that don't fit under any other heading.

Tommy's guideline is

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You may also not post regarding subjects that do not relate to Second Life except in the General forum discussion board.

Clunky wording, but the General forum is allowed to contain non-SL topics.

Linky:

 

[Ceka Cianci]

Heck,I'm just gonna post it so nobody has to leave..hehehehe

When those threads turn political and start to get a bit on the angry argumentative side..I'd be looking at the other rules more than I would the Off Topic one..

Because if they ban someone in  here ,they ban them in world also..

So please everyone be careful..They are only locking threads today..I hope to never see them get fed up to where they take it to the next level because of things getting too volatile for them.

We're all in this together..Can't we all just get a scone? hehehehe

Ya know,I've never really had a scone before to be honest..

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[Paul Hexem]

8 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:

Try reporting it?

The problem with this is that innocent people get caught in the cross fire, and/or whole threads get nuked.

I miss the days when people were mature enough to just ignore stuff.

[Callum Meriman]

1 hour ago, Ceka Cianci said:

Ya know,I've never really had a scone before to be honest..

I think people from the USA call them biscuits. Although scones are eaten with jam (jelly) and cream, rather then gravy (eww)

For the rest of the world a biscuit is what people from the USA call a cookie.

[Callum Meriman]

1 hour ago, Gadget Portal said:

I miss the days when people were mature enough to just ignore stuff.

The 1970s?

[KanryDrago]

1 hour ago, Gadget Portal said:

The problem with this is that innocent people get caught in the cross fire, and/or whole threads get nuked.

I miss the days when people were mature enough to just ignore stuff.

Sadly to some its not good enough that they don't hear it they want to stop others hearing things they disagree with too

[Selene Gregoire]

15 minutes ago, Callum Meriman said:

I think people from the USA call them biscuits. Although scones are eaten with jam (jelly) and cream, rather then gravy (eww)

For the rest of the world a biscuit is what people from the USA call a cookie.

While we don't eat cookies with jams (unless they come with but then they aren't really cookies then), jellies and preserves we do eat biscuits with them. And butter too. Real butter, not margarine.  

And it isn't just any gravy. It must be country gravy which is rather peppery. A bit too warm for my taste buds. 

[Scylla Rhiadra]

Best. Derail. Ever.

[Ceka Cianci]

1 hour ago, Callum Meriman said:

I think people from the USA call them biscuits. Although scones are eaten with jam (jelly) and cream, rather then gravy (eww)

For the rest of the world a biscuit is what people from the USA call a cookie.

Oh that's all they are?

I have those all the time..mine either have Canadian ham or Bacon or Sausage inside them or covered in gravy.Sometimes I put jelly on my sausage biscuits..That's pretty good..But sausage goes good with syrup too..hehehe

 

[Ceka Cianci]

1 hour ago, Selene Gregoire said:

While we don't eat cookies with jams (unless they come with but then they aren't really cookies then), jellies and preserves we do eat biscuits with them. And butter too. Real butter, not margarine.  

And it isn't just any gravy. It must be country gravy which is rather peppery. A bit too warm for my taste buds. 

Yea,it's usually giblet gravy or sausage gravy..It's all good to me.. I could eat breakfast for every meal of the day..

I make some really good scones and gravy..hehehehe

Edited November 12, 2018 by Ceka Cianci

[Fionalein]

3 hours ago, Gadget Portal said:

The problem with this is that innocent people get caught in the cross fire, and/or whole threads get nuked.

I miss the days when people were mature enough to just ignore stuff.

It is plain simple: If mods would remove political propaganda comments on sight no one would feel the urge to correct the ramblers. But right now they let it escalate and then LOCK it!!! Problem here: the nonsense would stand unopposed after the lock...

Basically the current way of handling it encourages flamewars 

Edited November 12, 2018 by Fionalein

[Cindy Evanier]

Took me a bit to find this.  I have pointed people to this in the past - Final post by Kirstin Linden before she locked the thread

 

[Akane Nacht]

27 minutes ago, Ceka Cianci said:

Yea,it's usually giblet gravy or sausage gravy..It's all good to me.. I could eat breakfast for every meal of the day..

I make some really good scones and gravy..hehehehe

and then there's clotted cream... 

melted sharp cheddar is good too, baked in...

[Callum Meriman]

31 minutes ago, Ceka Cianci said:

But sausage goes good with syrup too..hehehe

Roasted in the oven with vegetables and a bit of syrup to caramelise a little! Yuuummm

[Ethan Paslong]

jeezz guys..isn't it even possible keeping a thread about derailing on topic?

[Callum Meriman]

5 minutes ago, Ethan Paslong said:

jeezz guys..isn't it even possible keeping a thread about derailing on topic?

Ethan, you need a forum avatar title. Something other then the default "Advanced Member"