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I can still say **** like that, right? Or am I gonna get smacked down like one of Senji's kids? Cos if so, I disapprove of that administrative decision too.

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Didn't these mean people make this particular forum what it is today? As in the popularity, the draw of it was built around "what mean **** have they posted today?" I've lurked here for a long time, there was a thread a while back that had the history of the OOT and the Asylum broken down and to me it seemed that the base of the forum was far worse than the two are today. It's a self regulating forum.

From what I understand these two particular forums were made specifically for these sort of posters, wouldn't it stand to reason that it's a little late in the show to start limiting their posting? Tying their hands only gives them a target, which in turn is going to force the admins to punish.

Just seems like an exercise in deconstructing your own creation.

Edited, May 14th 2009 7:44am by Bauran

Should we get out the steel chairs and the barbed wire?

While not a long time poster in the Asylum, I've come here more and more often because there are interesting things going on here. The best part is the lack of regulation. Putting caps on what we can post? It's not the Asylum any more. If people say they will rape someone's child, they get rated down or ignored.

I've seen more flames in OOT than the Asylum, honestly. Surprisingly, people in the Asylum tend to be decently educated on an issue... or pretend to be. Or think they are. Blatant, open hostility has been rare. I mean, the most crotchety regular poster is probably Smash, but he comes with a disclaimer.

Don't put in the clauses about admin complaints, rape, or going after children... or at least, not for the Asylum. Keep the Asylum true to its current form. We've really not had any problems... nowhere near the ones the OOT has, from what I've seen.

I guess this can be seen in two ways, the most dominant being argued is using children/kids/offspring of an adult as bait or fuel in an discussion/arguement/topic that said adult poster is participating in. The other way, is to actually attack a child poster to an end that results in parental intervention because of their childs actions on the forums and the obvious result.

So, if someone says "My kid did <insertretardedaction> yesterday, what should I do?" and someone responds with "Your kid is a fucking ****** and so are you, learn how to <insertdisciplinemethod> your hellspawn!", what does this fall under? It's clearly an attack on the adult poster & the child, but it's due the content the adult poster created for the topic. As such, it is the topic?

Likewise, if someone's teenage child participates on the boards, wanders into =4 and the result is them crying in a corner because they couldn't handle the responses to the "I think I'm so cool!" topic they created or participated in and the parent (whether a forum member or not) retaliates to admins for their childs actions, why the hell should the people responding be held responsible?

1) How do we necessarily know they're a child?
2) If responses would generally be acceptable were it an adult, why should those responding be held responsible?
3) If the parent is apeshit over it, shouldn't the child be held responsible for invoking such a situation by entering and participating with no success?

It's too vague a policy, in my opinion. There's too many "But!" or "If..." in regards to what's enforced and what's not.

Oh, and...



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Had to...

Edit: Spelling...

Edited, May 14th 2009 9:41am by Ryneguy

Melody used to praise me for being the only "honest" one, and I routinely referred to her broken little ****** babies as the "rotten fruit of her loins".

I mean, she seemed to really appreciate my input.

Updated draft ruleset uploaded, Also we are leaning towards dropping Amendment 5 at this time.

Also please note, the existing rules that are currently in force are also open for discussion if anyone has additions, changes, etc for them.

I can take most BT ***** jokes, but this one actually made me throw up a bit in my mouth. I think that's more the fault of Melody's ******, though. Ewwww

Haha.

I have to agree that when a parent brings up in discussion something controversial that they do to or for their children, they can't expect to be embraced.

If I strapped Suki to her highchair and had her watch my fetish movies, came here & posted about it - the resulting consequences would be well deserved and not worthy of admin attention. (I don't do this but you know, I half expect some sort of comments about my former line of work and her upbringing )

If you allow your 8 or 10 year old to stay up till 3am on a school night, discuss suicide in front of them (even if you think you are joking), attempt to have an affair while you are still married, send out nude photos of yourself, try to play the children against the other spouse and post that & more on a public forum, you are not going to receive positive reinforcement. If you can't handle that, seek professional help to discuss these taboo issues that you desperately need to discuss.

Also, nixnot, take a shower.

bunny, that I am aware of, never sent out nudes. She isn't the only parent we have encountered in the forums....

Man the Asylum is rate-happy today.

That's the one thing you think he was talking about there?