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31 Aug 2007, 7:25 am

I'm not a Christian, thank you very muchly. I suggested the idea to iamnotaparakeet for him to have a normal discussion about Christianity within his own church. Is that too much to ask? Or is it another free speech thing saying you're free to crash another guy's thread and mouth off at him for being Christian?


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31 Aug 2007, 7:39 am

calandale wrote:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=878487#878487

Some of the responses which I've seen from one
mod, in particular, are crossing the line of what
is reasonable. Not only are they giving flat out open
warnings, but these warnings are directly going
to a specific type of speech. Either this is a free
forum, or a religiously protected one. And these threads
(there are more than one) are clearly being stated
as off limits to those of us who are not believers in the
ONE TRUE FAITH according to Quatermass.


The link has been deleted why is it a good example of this or what :?:


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31 Aug 2007, 8:19 am

Quatermass wrote:
I'm not a Christian, thank you very muchly. I suggested the idea to iamnotaparakeet for him to have a normal discussion about Christianity within his own church. Is that too much to ask? Or is it another free speech thing saying you're free to crash another guy's thread and mouth off at him for being Christian?



I think that if one is putting what amounts to propaganda
up, it is indeed not merely a matter of rights, but rather an
obligation for those who believe otherwise to lay out their
case. Not in an ugly manner, mind you - but 'tis unreasonable
to restrict speech within only certain threads.



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31 Aug 2007, 8:22 am

parts wrote:

The link has been deleted why is it a good example of this or what :?:


Sad that THIS happened. But, 'twas merely yet another case
where someone tried to control the conversation in a thread that
they started, denying all rights to respond from those without
faith. BUT, in this case, a particular member of the staff here
sided with the OP, rather than explaining that 'twas not under
his control to determine what kinds of replies were acceptable -
something far worse than merely allowing the statement to go
unchallenged.



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11 Sep 2007, 12:30 pm

MrMark wrote:
My point is that I have faith that someone is likely to see value in it. That's enough for me.

Sounds like confidence leaning towards arrogance. :wink:

Guess not much has changed around here.



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13 Oct 2007, 11:26 pm

I didn't know it was possible for Mods to edit members posts without leaving a tag saying that the post had been edited and the time it was edited.


It makes one wonder if this ability is ever abused.


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13 Oct 2007, 11:30 pm

jfrmeister wrote:
I didn't know it was possible for Mods to edit members posts without leaving a tag saying that the post had been edited and the time it was edited.


It makes one wonder if this ability is ever abused.


And personal assurance means nothing? :?


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20 Oct 2007, 9:18 am

MrMark wrote:

Perhaps it was locked because the title was offensive and it had run it's course.


http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt46537.html

Similar discussion. Probably should have just
started it here, but I was pretty upset. :oops: