Rant about the double standards... Options

[psidancer]

A dead gay black microwaved baby walks into a synogogue....



The second one gets deleted


*ba dum bum*

[The Fanatic]

I agree with cupcake as far as editing the post. Inappropriate comments happen on this board all the time and just because you know the person does not mean those comments will cease to occur. Deleting comments because they personally offend you is even more immature than the person who made those comments because it shows a lack of restraint and an abuse of power. Most of the inappropriate comments on this site are not meant to be taken seriously anyway, and while it is fucked up to poke fun at serious and tragic events (especially when they are close to home) it is bound to happen. Erasing a comment does not delete the action that occurred. Delete all offensive comments or no offensive comments at all. Zach, I am sorry that someone poked fun at a person who you knew.

[chook]

I personally think that all these negative comments should be removed when said about any tragedy. Cupcake just pointed out that it is selectively enforced as given this case. Everyone should get off their high horse, since they would do the exact thing as Zach.

Anyone who says otherwise would be lying.

[Psykopath]

Deleting comments because they personally offend you is even more immature than the person who made those comments because it shows a lack of restraint and an abuse of power. Most of the inappropriate comments on this site are not meant to be taken seriously anyway, and while it is fucked up to poke fun at serious and tragic events (especially when they are close to home) it is bound to happen.

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Zach, I am sorry that someone poked fun at a person who you knew.

Sounds like you aren't, but whatever.

Everyone should get off their high horse, since they would do the exact thing as Zach.

Anyone who says otherwise would be lying.

Thank you, Chuck.

[The Fanatic]

I can see both sides of the argument. I can see why Zach did it and I don't blame him for it. However, selective editing in general pisses me off.

[The Fanatic]

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Sounds like you aren't, but whatever.
Thank you, Chuck.

I am sorry that it happened, but deleting the comments is not going to solve anything. You should not take stuff that is said on these forums worth a grain of salt.

This post has been edited by Dr. Gonzo: Mar 13 2007, 12:33 AM

[Seeker]

i think we should cut psyko some slack

[The Fanatic]

I personally think that all these negative comments should be removed when said about any tragedy.

I agree

All or nothing

[RitalinJunkie]

Yet, you don't care that someone makes a joke about a microwaved baby? Or anything along those lines?
Inappropriate vs. Personal Feelings.
Again, look at it that way. If it was inappropriate, it deserved to go. If not, then it didn't. Whether or not you are "caring about a friend's child who was kidnapped" is regardless as it doesn't make something worse.

Theres one thing in that argument that you didnt take into account.....inappropriate is not what matters here...what matters is that, should people have looked at this NPR even half-way seriously before slamming it with shit, it is possible that someone who may have seen something here in town could have DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

In all honesty, do you disreguard a thread as legit once you see the dead baby jokes and crap? I sure as hell do. But every now and then there IS a serious thread on here and people in the Techsans community need to ask for help.
In this case it is possible that someone on these forums may have seen the incident or have information that could have helped lead to the finding of this child.

While I am guilty of inappropriate-ness myself, it does not change the fact that there is a time and a place (even on the OMGLOLEERCOSTERROFLCOPTER INTARWEB) that seriousness is needed, PARTICULARLY when the people on the forum you use are people you mostly know
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An amber alert in this area from someone with a legit problem should be something that at least makes a body think about what they put down next.

[FORSAKENR320]

If I found out that you, Charlie, had been randomly mugged and beaten, I certainly wouldn't make a joke about you deserving it for being so girly when you revealed what had happened to you.

i would

[FORSAKENR320]

I personally think that all these negative comments should be removed when said about any tragedy. Cupcake just pointed out that it is selectively enforced as given this case. Everyone should get off their high horse, since they would do the exact thing as Zach.

Anyone who says otherwise would be lying.

for a summary::

a serious topic asking for help was put in the worst sections of this forum possible, the "anything goes" forum, where even i can't seem to push the boundries too far. common knowledge is that the LRAR is free game for anyone. you can't expect people on this site who have been here for years to suddenly change their behavior and think twice about making an offensive comment where it is almost second instinct to do so without reprocussion. it should have been put in the appropriate place in the first place.

2nd, zach, i love you like a brother, and i understand that this is a personal friend of yours, but i am going to say this bluntly like i always do. you are acting a bit hot headed about this whole thing, and yes, you are abusing your power as mod because you posted the thread in the wrong section and are making others pay for it by deleting their comments instead of moving the thread. with power comes the responsibility to handle that power responsibly.

3rd, any action that zach would have taken in this siuation would have condemned him. a general sending troops to defend a vital area of the battle, which just so happens to be his home town, will get the same "abusing your power for your own self interests" crap

[cupcake]

In all honesty, do you disreguard a thread as legit once you see the dead baby jokes and crap? I sure as hell do.

actually in the years I've been here I've learned to gloss over the nonsubstative posts and not let them irritate me or sidetrack. Once the big-boy reading is done, I then go back for entertainment reasons.

There are a lot of smart shits on this forum and if you sift through tubgirl one can find some real insight. Otherwise I'd have moved on a long time ago.

let's get something straight...this isn't a bone to pick with Zach. I think he's a rad guy. This is about what I thought this forum was. I think what Zach did was "right" in the wrong/right scheme of things. It just seems that "right" isn't the norm when it comes to appropriateness, and I was just calling it like I see it. I'm all for sensitive issues being handled with a bit more reverence...but only if it's applied judiciously at least in NPR.

I know that task might be rough; I imagine being Mod on techsans is akin to driving a herd of spider monkeys to montana...but hey, at least you have 23 other Mods to back you up!

[Mommy]

this thread is good reading for a long day at work

thanks

[chook]

are there really 23 mods?

[pysex]

I have a suggestion...


If people are going to make serious posts....put a disclaimer saying "NO JOKES". I know you shouldn't have to do this but this isn't a serious place. People come here to be dickholes.