SublimeZM said:
what im saying is nobody should be banned, and i am for a completely relaxed attitude and very minimal moderating.
Sorry, man, but we've run into too many people who want
Hustler instead of
Maxim to be down with that. There are enough of them to squick the majority, but not enough to BE the majority. That's the short answer; sorry. For the most part (not always, but close enough) it turns out that my taste just happens to match up with the owner's. Not always, but more often than not, and he says "Maxim."
If we have a mod who isn't behind that, Elite Mentor status is just a PM away.
i just mentioned those instances because ivan was talking about the impact of words. i am trying to say that ulcaster's comment doesnt have a real mental impact,
Whoa. Difference of opinion here. Think about it for a second. "Raping somebody's kids" grossed you right out, as it should. But a lot more people could work themselves up to the point of killing a dog. That makes the threat more believable. Maybe that's not the right word -- but it is far too realistic, far too easy to visualize. That is real nightmare material, it gets inside your head, which is why they put the bunny scene in "Fatal Attraction." (After that scene, you
knew Glenn Close had to die, didn't you?)
The people you mentioned, the ones who are being hazed -- they aren't making horror threads about seducing someone and then stabbing them in their sleep, or deliberately giving them AIDS. Or strangling their dogs. They're expressing their hurt, sure. But they're keeping it under control.
I've had a difference of opinion with a couple of the mods over one of the people you mentioned -- nothing that needs to be covered here. The truth is going to come out eventually, and then either they or I will get to say "Told you so!" No harm done in the meantime.
There's drama, and there's terrorism. Where's the line? Picking on someone's pets, that's too much like picking on their kids. That's over the line for me.
I think Ivan nailed it. Don't know if that's his true opinion or he's just trying to get inside my head, but if it's the latter he's done a good job.
And yes, I am reading the whole thread. It's not my style to ask for your input and not read it.