The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #93088   Message #1790976
Posted By: The Shambles
23-Jul-06 - 05:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: Deleted posts & closed threads
Subject: RE: BS: Deleted posts & closed threads
Now, what the fuck are any of you doing that you have the TIME and DESIRE to read about every little bit of editing which is done on this site???!!! One would think that is ALL you come here to read.

This moderate language from a volunteer 'moderator' who has publicly stated that she would like to see me banned.........

If I joined a club and found I did not like the rules I MAY in the first instance query why the rules are what they are.

In the days when I first joined our forum - there were no rules.

What would you do if some of your fellow members did not like this and started to impose their rules and restrictions, which you did not agree with? Would you stay and try to hold your ground for something you valued and felt part of or would you just give up and leave?

However, if I discovered that they are what they are because the majority of the members want them that way, I would leave the club never to return and perhaps start my own for people who shared my views.

How would you establish what the majority do want? And why would you consider this would make any difference - for it has been pointed out many times that our forum is not a democracy.

Whenever any form of poll has been conducted in the past - the majority of posters are not in favour of censorship. Why not start a thread to find out what the majority of posters want - asking a question like - 'Are you in favour of more or less imposed censorship'?

The noisy few in this thread who consider they are in the majority may be in for a surprise........But as imposed censorship is not always currently indicated where it occurs - there would still be the problem that few if any posters have any real idea what the current level of censorship is and many posters (on the music related section esprcially) are still under the mistaken impression that there is none. An impression that many appear happy to try and leave leave them with.