An "Interesting Spin"

blueangel · #1 09-29-2006, 09:13 AM

Since I'm not going to break the rules set in the AI Agree/disagree threads, I am starting a new thread.

The main theme I'm seeing of late is, "My posts are getting deleted because I'm anti-AI." or "My posts are getting deleted because I don't have the same opinion as others." That is an interesting spin. (Hence the thread title)

No, your posts are getting deleted because you are being reported for breaking the TOS. When you registered for Greek Chat, you agreed to the following:

"By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws."

The defense for breaking the TOS I keep seeing is, "but we just want to have fun!" That is a classic bully excuse. What is "fun" to you.. may not be "fun" to others. There are people sitting in jail today who thought it was "fun" to pour gasoline on a kitten and light it on fire. It wasn't "fun" for the kitten or the owner... it was cruel, and against the law.

Making parody threads of people you don't like may be "fun" for you, but it's not "fun" for your victim.

Calling people juvenile names may be "fun" for you, but isn't "fun" for your victim.

Linking photos of your victim to your signature may be "fun" for you, but isn't "fun for your victim.

What I find ironic is that those who are doing the complaining about deleted posts keep saying that they are not allowed the "free speech" to express their opinions. Yet these are the very people who swoop down en mass to launch personal attacks on a poster simply because they don't agree with the opinion of this "group".

Disagree and debate to your heart's content. Just don't break the TOS and you won't be reported. It's as simple as that.

AlphaFrog · #2 09-29-2006, 09:18 AM

I don't see what this has to do with AI, except that you're "protected" in this forum, and know your posts won't get deleted.

Don't bother reporting me for calling this exactly what it is...I'll just report myself and save you the trouble.

blueangel · #3 09-29-2006, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I don't see what this has to do with AI, except that you're "protected" in this forum, and know your posts won't get deleted.

Don't bother reporting me for calling this exactly what it is...I'll just report myself and save you the trouble.

True to the title of this thread, you put an "interesting spin" on the facts. Did you ever entertain the fact that I don't have my posts deleted because I don't break the TOS?

_Lisa_ · #4 09-29-2006, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by blueangel

True to the title of this thread, you put an "interesting spin" on the facts. Did you ever entertain the fact that I don't have my posts deleted because I don't break the TOS?

Oh please, you aren't perfect. You've made posts that violate the TOS & they've been deleted along with whole threads.

blueangel · #5 09-29-2006, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by _Lisa_

Oh please, you aren't perfect. You've made posts that violate the TOS & they've been deleted along with whole threads.

That's not what Alpha Frog said. Now which is it, am I protected or not? Do I break the TOS or not?

GeekyPenguin · #6 09-29-2006, 09:31 AM

I was always under the impression that PenguinTrax and carnation were able to speak for themselves.

_Lisa_ · #7 09-29-2006, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by blueangel

That's not what Alpha Frog said. Now which is it, am I protected or not? Do I break the TOS or not?

Newsflash: I'm not AlphaFrog. Not everyone on this board that doesn't like you conspires together to have one generic opinion about why things happen the way they do!

Yes, I have seen posts by you that broke the TOS. And along with most of the posts that break the TOS, they've been deleted, sometimes including whole threads.

As for the matter of whether you are protected or not, I wouldn't know. I've never claimed to know either, so you should probably ask someone else.

AlphaFrog · #8 09-29-2006, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by blueangel

That's not what Alpha Frog said. Now which is it, am I protected or not? Do I break the TOS or not?

You're taking two lines of thought that are seperate and stringing them together to make of it what you want. Yes, you break TOS. Yes, your posts are deleted. Yes, you are protected in this forum.

PenguinTrax · #9 09-29-2006, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by blueangel

True to the title of this thread, you put an "interesting spin" on the facts. Did you ever entertain the fact that I don't have my posts deleted because I don't break the TOS?

I have, in fact, deleted several of your posts because they did cross the line, in my opinion or because they were reported.

I find this thread to be somewhat inappropriate because it seems that you started a thread just so things could get personal. If I'm wrong, please say so, but so far I've had to delete hotlinked images and read through a bunch of arguments that don't really seem to have a point in this forum. And out of consideration to other mods, I don't see the purpose of moving the thread into someone else's forum where it could get even messier.

AlphaFrog · #10 09-29-2006, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by PenguinTrax

I find this thread to be somewhat inappropriate because it seems that you started a thread just so things could get personal. If I'm wrong, please say so, but so far I've had to delete hotlinked images and read through a bunch of arguments that don't really seem to have a point in this forum. And out of consideration to other mods, I don't see the purpose of moving the thread into someone else's forum where it could get even messier.

That's exactly what we're trying to say, but blueangel has pushed most of us to the point that it's hard to be civil with her, because she's just gone too far.

valkyrie · #11 09-29-2006, 12:54 PM

The first post in this thread is full of personal attacks.

kddani · #12 09-29-2006, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by blueangel

No, your posts are getting deleted because you are being reported for breaking the TOS.

You are not the moderator and cannot speak for why posts were deleted. Unless you are really PenguinTrax or Carnation, you cannot speak for them.

blueangel · #13 09-29-2006, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by kddani

You are not the moderator and cannot speak for why posts were deleted. Unless you are really PenguinTrax or Carnation, you cannot speak for them.

Interesting spin... why have you not said that to your pals who are complaining that their posts are being deleted because they disagree with AI?
By your reasoning, they are not mods, so they can't speak for why their posts were deleted.