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I was the first Spartan. And I will be the last. Mythic on 9/1/2012 never forget
PAX 08, Third Team against Luke and Shishka, AR dual to
the Death, won by one point... Assembly hasn't changed.
urk: "This is a bad idea."
DeeJ: "Hold still..."
Posted by: I0 NotGinger 0I
On the internet you don't have to care about those things.
See, this is where I gotta step back and say "damn, thats a lot a stupid"
In this day and age our lives revolve around the internet, around computers. This isn't the 90's where only 10% of the world's population have access and only 1% of them understand it well enough.
Jobs are online, games are online, social interaction is online. Hell, we're almost overdoing how much we use the internet to connect.
If you want to talk trash in the real world what do you do? You go to a hole-in-the-wall where people will accept whatever opinion you have, and no one will find out. But it doesn't mean you won't hit someones nerve, and get the crap beat out of you.
The internet is no different. You want to blast everyone and anything? Go to /b/ they'll be happy to provide all the sick and twisted things you can imagine (and believe it or not, even THEY have their limits). But remember, like any hole in the wall, you're much more likely to get harmed, and those few with a twitchy trigger finger on /b/ can do some damage.
Posted by: Duardo
You're assuming that we did nothing at all last year. I, and many others, had to work. When I actually logged-in I took care of what needed to take care of, as did the others.
There were plenty of inappropriate jokes last year, and I recall locking and banning quite a few people. What's sad is that this is a yearly occurrence. Not everyone on this website is as emotionally invested in 9/11 as Americans, and some (including Americans) choose to act inappropriately in order to get a reaction.
Please ignore them and report them.
We will do what we can, but we can only do so much. We can't just ban the discussion, but we'll keep an eye out for rule breakers.
Its been said by members, and mods, and is worth saying again. Rule breakers will be punished, those who try to make jokes can and most likely will break the rules. But if an honest discussion comes up, that is somewhat offensive, but isn't breaking the rules, it'd be wrong it lock it.
I mean, if a thread what made saying "I wish Hitler would of killed more Jews" you think it wouldn't be locked? But if a thread asking the opinions of people on how the event unfolded and what they believe it created, its perfectly fine. And people DO make more posts like that on the day it's believed Hitler did himself in, its a historical date and reminds people, impossible to get around.
The thing is, not everyone here is American, no one is forced to like America, even some Americans don't. Some go so far as to enjoy harm dealt, and others simply see it as another occurrence that isn't too big of a deal. You can't force everyone to feel the same about America and 9/11. Its that freedom of opinion (not freedom from accountability) that that date is supposed to be remembered for.
Posted by: x Foman123 x
And the fact is that you folks in the Flood bring this crap upon yourselves by giving this much attention to trolls every single time they troll. Literally without fail. Hell, the fact that THIS thread exists at all is "troll-feeding." This is truly unbelievable -- the Flood is the most easily trolled forum on the internet, and it's your fault, not the moderators'.
I don't i've ever seen Foman express any real sort of emotion (be it bad or good) when it comes to a topic like this....or any for that matter (jokes and such aside obviously). And I think its simply because its so damn true. I got fed up a while ago because of constant attention to trolls. Glad to see the mods have had their fill too.
I can't remember who said it, maybe was Foman, but it was something along the lines of "Instead of posting 'report and move on', acutally do that, all you posting that is doing is bumping the topic."
And seriously, that is some of the best advise on this forum.
[Edited on 09.09.2012 12:58 PM PDT]