Fiery_penguin_of_doom Posts
otakumax wrote...
Oh and yes hitting a child will cause "some" stupidity. It's also said that children that where hit has a tendency to become the school bully. Please don't hit your child, they will just become more stubborn. On the topic of punishment, don't ever make "limiting" a punishment, I go for the old-school grounding.Care to provide some proof to back up that argument?
If Gambler had the extra time and personal desire I'd vote for him to be promoted to a position of overseer for the mods. Make him the only person who can delete reports and all actions taken on behalf of the mods must be justified to him. We can work out a system if the idea takes off. Since Jacob is rather busy as of late he can't have oversight for all the mods and the site. Raze, at best is absent which leaves Mattarat as the one man trying to hold a crumbling dam upright.
Plus, Gambler is one of the few members on the forums whose opinions I hold in high regards.
Plus, Gambler is one of the few members on the forums whose opinions I hold in high regards.
NeoStriker wrote...
No. Not at all. Of all the places in Times Square, it had to be right around Viacom. And what had happened regarding South Park recently, the chances of this being a coincidence are very low.Even I'm skeptical that this was some sort of revenge against South Park. The bomb was crude, even for Islamic Terrorists. Plus, Times Square is one of the most iconic places in New york. All I can really say is, it's too soon to make a judgment. After Flaser enlightened me to the Fort Hood event I've learned to reserve my judgment until all the facts come to light.
I don't have a set schedule. One week I can go to sleep at 3am then another week I'm sleeping at 3pm and the next I may only sleep 5 out of the 7 days. I more of less go through sleep phases. Every week the hour at which I sleep is pushed back up to five hours (5pm-10pm-3am-8am-etc). I blame my job and it's unpredictability.
Kaimax wrote...
well, it's a simple action-reaction situation. If they didn't make something that will "offend" them in some way, this won't happen. and If the Muslims didn't have that "you cannot criticize me" attitude, then people will not get motivated to go pick a fight with them.. >_>Well, most of western civilization does something that offend fundimental Muslims, like not forcing our women to wear Burqa, we allow them to receive an education, to work, etc. So we should stop offending them? So if we shouldn't produce things that offend them in some way, like pornography, or letting south park do it's thing, then we should subjugate our women as to not offend Muslims. Then we should stop abortions, criticism of Jesus or negative depictions of the Virgin Mary so we don't offend Christians. Then we should stop criticism of Obama so Liberals aren't offended by the so called racism. Then we should stop criticism of the Tea party because they're offended by being falsely called racists. See how ridiculous it gets when we cater to one group by not offending them? Then everybody wants in on the act and try to tell everyone what they can say or do.
If we start censoring everything we say then the radicals wins. If we allowed Radical Muslims to tear down our liberty because it offends them then we are slaves to their ideology.
Tsk tsk indeed 7stars. I guess somebody got their panties in a knot. Who knows how many truly offensive posts were aimed towards Christians on this site.
MoneyDRuffy wrote...
Not every Muslim is a terrorist. If you mock a devout Christian by tell him the pope is a pedophile and that there is no god, he will end up saying things that may be threatening. Same for every other religion. You mock their beliefs, using the first amendment as an excuse, they believe dedicate themselves and put their faith above the law. Hell, in many parts of the middle east, their faith is pretty much the law.One difference champ. When South park mocked the virgin Mary you didn't hear about Christians threatening murder. There is an entire culture of bashing their religion and yet, they have to sit there and take it. Then suddenly, if you mock Islam then YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR!
Danish Cartoons of Mohammad; Rioting in the streets in every muslim nations demanding death for "all who insult Islam".
Crucifix of Jesus Christ submerged in a jar of urine or smeared in elephant dung. We get nothing.
We don't use the first amendment as an excuse. You should read up on this novel concept of "rights". The first amendment says that I have the right to voice my opinion and voice it I shall.
lemiel wrote...
While I can understand their reasons I can't support their actions. We can't allow terrorists to dictate our actions. At the point where our actions are dictated by the fear of repercussion from militant radicals, then all pretense of our freedoms are thrown out of the window. We cannot allow these monsters to destroy our most sacred of rights, the right to speak freely.Hear, Hear! We should not bow to those who use threats and violence to bring about change. Let those with complaints protest in a civil manner.
Kaimax wrote...
People need to think if their actions is ethically correct or not, and try to see the problem from many perspectives.if modern people like us, still can't do that, I'm afraid that World war 3 will break out sooner or later....
Point is, People should look far beyond the rules that are protecting them.
Ethics are subjective Kaimax. You're ethics differ from mine. So whose ethics are correct, yours or mine?
Didn't that guy show up on G4's ninja warrior once? All fat guys in cut off shirts look the same to me.
Edit: Wiki confirms it.
Edit: Wiki confirms it.
I simply made the connection that mods had the same power as mods on most other forums. My mod powers allow me to ban if need be so I figured you would be allowed to do likewise.
Just another lesson about assumptions.
Edit; I owe you an apology waar. I hope you forgive my impetuousness.
Just another lesson about assumptions.
Edit; I owe you an apology waar. I hope you forgive my impetuousness.
Waar wrote...
you know the only two people who can ban at the moment are matt and Jacob right?IT MUST BE BECAUSE I LOVE LOL12 BECAUSE I DONT EVER BAN HIM.
You got me there Waar.
A while back Jacob personally banned softbanker for saying "fag lover". Jacob at that point set an standard that using the terms "fag lover" in a derogatory sense is a violation of the rules and results in punishment. Loller went beyond that and you did nothing. Either you're bias or incompetent. It really gets annoying when I have to personally contact Jacob and ask him to do the job your too lazy to do. I've had to by-pass the mods entirely on half a dozen occasions since you personally became mod. Each time resulted in deletion of an offending post or a ban. If Jacob is doing the job, you know what those people were doing was wrong. You can't use simple oversight as an excuse either. I've personally reported each of those offenses that Jacob took care of.
Waar wrote...
lol, you believe we allow some users to get away with shit due to favoritism?You're funny.
Well if you can come up with a reason why two users who used the same words resulted in two different outcomes. One got a ban the other got nothing. How do you explain that? Incompetence on behalf of the mods in charge or favoritism, which is it?
Tsurayu wrote...
Fiery_penguin_of_doom wrote...
An expansion of this idea could be an appeal system if you believe the mod did not take the appropriate action.You're forgetting that this isn't a democracy. The internet, like art, isn't a democracy it is a tyranny. We only get as much say as Jacob wants. That isn't to say that Jacob doesn't value our opinions, but that also means he doesn't have to consider them either. An appeal system would be a huge hassle because there would be constant second guessing. It is up to Jacob to choose mods that he thinks are trustworthy, and we have to assume he made the right decisions even if we don't like them or their decisions.
We both know how much I love tyranny. Still a little more oversight can't be a bad thing.
7stars wrote...
thats exactly how i am. we're just sloppy typers apparently. :D
question: do you type with only your index fingers?
I type with my index, middle and ring fingers while my thumbs work the space bar. I was never able to develop complex muscle control with my "pinky" finger so I can't hit the appropriate buttons with them. As I type my pinky fingers actually extend and lock in place until I relax my hands.
Ikaros Type Alpha wrote...
So a mandatory PM sent to all reported users in violation of the rules, asking for their course of action and if not justified to a reasonable extent that user will receive a ban.If you reported me for a violation then you would get a PM back from the mod who handled the report and they would explain to you why they took a certain action. If they ban they confirm the ban or deletion of post. If they ignore it they explain why it was ignored.
An expansion of this idea could be an appeal system if you believe the mod did not take the appropriate action.
Ikaros Type Alpha wrote...
It's simple, forums users just need to report others if in violation of the rules.Part of the problem is there is no oversight of the mods. I know a recent example of two users that tend of get on people's nerves. The first user stated an offensive term and Jacob banned him on the spot. Another user state a far more offensive version of what the first user had said and...nothing.
The only reason I can explain it is bias on behalf of certain mods towards certain individuals. Both posts were clearly against the rules and Jacob made an example out of the first offending user.
I think there needs to be another level of oversight by individuals who are not connected to the current set of mods.
Another idea is for all reported posts to have an answer as to why they took a certain action and another person whose job is to make sure they are doing their job correctly.
My spelling is generally passable and I rely on firefox to alert me to any typos. Most of my spelling errors are simple letters in the wrong place like teho or hte instead of "the". It's a habit I have never been able to break.
