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Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: Xplode441
- Political or religious discussion is prohibited.
Straight from the rules. It doesn't specify if the thread is civil or not, it just says prohibited. Exactly. The rules are not circumstantial. Political and religious discussion are prohibited, end of story. The rule is not difficult to interpret.They're actually completely circumstantial most of the time...No. Every rule is enforced as it is written regardless of the circumstances.
We run across this issue a lot and it somewhat boggles my mind how often I have to explain it. Someone will evade the profanity filter and when they are warned/banned, message me saying "but I had to because of the subject matter we were discussing." Nope. The rule against profanity filter evasion applies regardless of circumstances. Same with the other rules. It's not okay to post off-topic if the thread is "really important." It's not okay to post spam if it's funny. It's not okay to flame or harass other members if they deserve it.
Not sure where you think any of our rules say "this rule may not apply depending on the circumstances," but if you think any of them do, please enlighten.You're telling me every political thread gets locked? You're telling me that moderators won't go "Well, it isn't REALLY all that political when you think about it." to justify participating in- and not locking a political thread? False.
I saw several mods participate in VII_Toast's "The troops don't protect our freedom" thread. Clearly political. When dozens upon dozens of pages. Never locked. Justified poorly. Left alive.
The rules are subjective and so are the situations they're applied in.
Sure, there are some cut and dry moderation situations such as all caps posting, posting in the wrong forum, ad hominem offensive comments, etc. But, lots of them are subjective and are enforced that way.
And before you use the argument "We can't get to everything. We're not on all the time." I know. I really do. But it's to the point that it's very obvious subjectivity. Maybe you can't see it because you're "on the other end of the fence" as it were, I honestly don't know. That's just how I see it.
[Edited on 11.07.2011 6:36 PM PST]