Off-topic replies

[Gav Iscon]

Are you going to delete that log thread too? It's mildly cretinous and shall we say possibly easily misunderstood by your targets fellow members.

[Graeme]

Why not send George a "PM" then he can post your PM it in the
forum for all to read. Add that to the selected deleted posts
(they won't be in his log)

I stopped posting a while ago because of this guy.

[Naga]

Why not send George a "PM" then he can post your PM it in the
forum for all to read. Add that to the selected deleted posts
(they won't be in his log)

I stopped posting a while ago because of this guy.

That's bad, Graeme. Im sorry to learn that. I wasn't aware of that fact, as I'm sure many others weren't either.

[Graeme]

Naga,
I have sent a PM to ask for this matter to be looked into..

[George]

You're missing the point "George." What MT & Phil suggests is the norm on every other forum most people here are on; not a new idea to be tried. Your second sentence indicates you wouldn't know that though.

Really? The only person who might be missing something is you. I didn't say it was a new idea, did I?

As for Graeme's post, can anyone unscramble what he's trying to say, apart from popping up again, just to be rude?

[livo]

Apart from having one of my posts, from a different thread, quoted by Phil on page 1 of this thread, I have to this point stayed out of this ongoing issue cycle's revolution.  Honestly, it is a bit tiresome and I wonder if we might all be better off doing exactly what has already been suggested over and over, and adopting what is clearly the oft-referred to common sense approach.  Stop wasting energy on this pointless debate.

That is;
Follow the rules of the forum.  Allow the moderator/s to perform their role, and thirdly, assist them where possible by using the abovementioned "Report to moderator" facility when they miss something or haven't noticed it yet.  Ask George, I've done it.

I have no issue, personal or otherwise, with any other member here.  I love a bit of humour and often cuss and curse like a sailor in the appropriate forum or company, but this is clearly not it.  I don't think the approach of the mod/s has been either heavy-handed or MIA, but clearly others see it differently. As Garp said, the world is flat etc.  You know the saying about pleasing some people all the time, blah blah blah.  It's not going to ever happen.  We have to accept the job they do and help where possible.  The easiest way to do this is to simply refrain from typing the offending words in the first place.  It is just not necessary.

As for Phil's original reasoning for this thread, I'm afraid it has failed since it would appear that it too has been derailed.  Unfortunately, thread derailment is a common occurrence in internet forums and will remain so.  This thread has gone "off topic" and is now, once again, a pointless argument about bad language and moderator performance.

We should all step back and look at this for what it is.
A mistake.
Bad practice. 
Waste of energy.
Petty. 
Unnecessary.
Damaging.

If the rules allow for the suspension or restriction and banning of members, perhaps the mod/s and admin need to start to use these options where it is deemed necessary after warnings and consultation via PM.

[Les]

+1 agreed ;D

[Les]

Why not send George a "PM" then he can post your PM it in the
forum for all to read. Add that to the selected deleted posts
(they won't be in his log)

I stopped posting a while ago because of this guy.

Is it rude George, OR, is it Fact ? A pm is as it say's, a "Private Message"

[Onions]

You're missing the point "George." What MT & Phil suggests is the norm on every other forum most people here are on; not a new idea to be tried. Your second sentence indicates you wouldn't know that though.

Really? The only person who might be missing something is you. I didn't say it was a new idea, did I?

As for Graeme's post, can anyone unscramble what he's trying to say, apart from popping up again, just to be rude?

The point George is that that is what should have been happening anyway. Not your Orwellian eradication of things that you personally don't approve of. And your list of bad words! You think you're President Nixon or something???

Now repeat after me so we know you have understood.

[Peripatetic Phil]

That's quite bad, Gav.

'Poof', I would suggest, is a word worse than any swear word posted on here.

Quite right.  It should obviously be "poofter"; like Garp, I /hate/ these unnecessary contractions ("defo" for "definitely", "m8" for "my esteemed friend" and so on ...).

** Phil.