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[The Nature Boy 4,224]

This place suffers from a severe lack of CONSISTENT moderation. The decisions very rarely make sense. It all depends on who posts certain things and who happens to see it.

and I can't for the life of me figure out how the forum is Politics and RELIGION, however if you start talking about religion, especially one religion." you get shut down

[Penny Lane 8,159]

and I can't for the life of me figure out how the forum is Politics and RELIGION, however if you start talking about religion, especially one religion." you get shut down

I wish they would rename this place. Most of the topics aren't even about politics or religion, just topics that are making news that spark a debate or discussion of some kind. Yet once in awhile, a mod swoops in and moves ONE off topic post to OT and leaves the other like 15.

But yes, there's a double standard over what's acceptable discussion and what isn't. Like I said, it depends on who reads it and how they feel about the person posting it. It shouldn't come down to that, but it does.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

This place suffers from a severe lack of CONSISTENT moderation. The decisions very rarely make sense. It all depends on who posts certain things and who happens to see it.

The issue was from what I've been told is two complaints were filed in that thread. I can't even see why, when we were civil and actually having a good time.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Some people report everything? I don't know.

I report super offensive comments and I report the one or two people who are obviously trolling for no reason.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Some people report everything? I don't know.

I report super offensive comments and I report the one or two people who are obviously trolling for no reason.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

COME AT ME, BRO.

Don't worry, I try to take a mod's approach and only do something about the people I don't like

Edited April 12, 2013 by Evylin

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I think the new rule should be if you start reporting more than once a month than ban you. After all it is a debate forum

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

COME AT ME, BRO.

Don't worry, I try to take a mod's approach and only do something about the people I don't like

phew...

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I think the new rule should be if you start reporting more than once a month than ban you. After all it is a debate forum

Debate forums are great. I don't think I've ever reported you.

I just report the "she made it easy to rape her" type comments. I don't think disgusting comments like that have any place in a debate.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I just report the "she made it easy to rape her" type comments. I don't think disgusting comments like that have any place in a debate.

Women are obviously evil, and young boys and men need to be protected from them:

Petaluma middle school decides girls’ leggings must be covered

How tight is too tight for school? Administrators and teachers at a middle school in Petaluma, Calif., are asking themselves this question as they implement a new dress code policy around girls’ form-fitting pants.

Kenilworth Junior High has been making national news for prohibiting girls from wearing tight-fitting pants because they’re “distracting to teenage boys,” according to KTVU-TV.

Last Thursday, April 4, all the girls at Kenilworth Junior High were told to skip the last period of the day and instead report to a multi-use room where an administrator expressed concern over the tight-fitting pants female students were wearing to school, according to KTVU-TV. They were reportedly told that they would be sent home if they wore form-fitting pants.

Many students were frustrated and left thinking they could no longer wear the popular skinny jeans, yoga pants or leggings to school. “It takes away like half of my clothes because I have a lot of yoga pants and leggings, so everyone’s kind of like mad about it,” Makenna Mattei told KTVU.

“We didn’t think it was fair how we have all these restrictions on our clothing while boys didn’t have to sit through it at all,” Brittany Kruljack chimed in.

Parents were equally baffled by the new rule. “It is not our girls’ fault that these boys have quote ‘raging hormones’ they can’t control,” Lisa Simond, a parent at Kenilworth, told KTVU.

After the KTVU segment ran on Friday, April 5, news outlets across the country picked up the story and a string of mom bloggers wrote posts declaring the dress code ridiculous. And over at Cafe Mom Jeanne Sager shared her outrage over the school banning tight pants because they’re distracting to boys.

“You’ll have to pardon me for thinking here (after all, I’m just a girl, what do I know?), but wouldn’t it be a whole lot easier to sit the boys down for a talk and tell them to cool it?” Sager wrote. “Not only would it save the parents of every girl in the district from having to revamp their kids’ wardrobes, but it would prepare the boys for what will happen when they walk out into a dress code-free world where women walk around flaunting bare ankles and even, gulp, showing their knees!”

http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2013/04/11/petaluma-middle-school-decides-girls-leggings-must-be-covered/

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

“You’ll have to pardon me for thinking here (after all, I’m just a girl, what do I know?), but wouldn’t it be a whole lot easier to sit the boys down for a talk and tell them to cool it?” Sager wrote. “Not only would it save the parents of every girl in the district from having to revamp their kids’ wardrobes, but it would prepare the boys for what will happen when they walk out into a dress code-free world where women walk around flaunting bare ankles and even, gulp, showing their knees!”

I would have to agree. Even if she is just a girl.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I would have to agree. Even if she is just a girl.

When I was in high school, it was asscrack jeans - hip huggers I guess they call them. Many of the girls would show more buttcrack than a plumber. The spot my friends and I claimed had the perfect view, to watch the lasses walk up the steps toward the cafeteria. It was a fashion show everyday. I don't think it affected our studies at all, and most of us at that age were too timid to even talk to a girl outside the classroom.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Debate forums are great. I don't think I've ever reported you.

I just report the "she made it easy to rape her" type comments. I don't think disgusting comments like that have any place in a debate.

and I admit I have pushed the envelope at times. However as offensive as you may find comments like that and I agree. They just make the poster look like an idiot. Me view is unless it's porn, advertising, . spam, illegal activity or direct threats then leave it alone.

If you can't accept criticism of your religion or whatever group you belong to then you are in the wrong place.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

and I admit I have pushed the envelope at times. However as offensive as you may find comments like that and I agree. They just make the poster look like an idiot. Me view is unless it's porn, advertising, . spam, illegal activity or direct threats then leave it alone.

If you can't accept criticism of your religion or whatever group you belong to then you are in the wrong place.

Meh, there are some topics that have more of an impact on me than others. Rape being one of them. So I tend to report if I find something REALLY offensive when discussing it, rather than discussing other issues I'm not as personally invested in. Not that reporting it does anything. But it makes ME feel better.

Religion is one of those topics where, no matter what, a civil discussion seems impossible.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Meh, there are some topics that have more of an impact on me than others. Rape being one of them. So I tend to report if I find something REALLY offensive when discussing it, rather than discussing other issues I'm not as personally invested in. Not that reporting it does anything. But it makes ME feel better.

Religion is one of those topics where, no matter what, a civil discussion seems impossible.

Of course a civil discussion is impossible. Politics and religion are the two most controversial topics on earth.. That is why I scratch my head when we keep getting told to be civil.