ExPatty

I look it a bit different and many may not agree. However I think a polite, sorry guys but and a gentle edit is a user friendly fundamental shift in the right direction. Thr action probably initiated from a compliant from some safe zone minded prickly Uber offended person with an agenda that somehow associated white Frenchman with Monkeys as racial.

The old method would have been a wordy condescending post in which they talked to you like a third grader and deleted the post or suspended someone. This new method in my humble opinion is what we have been asking for.

I am sure the edit and polite response took more effort than a cut and paste reply and simple delte.

Anyway just my 2 cents worth. It takes both sides to make things work.

Perhaps. In any case, I'm simply tired of posts that are not caustic and not personal attacks being constantly [and inconsistently] edited due to contradicting with a nebulous TOS, and without me even being sanctioned (because, let's be honest, it didn't contradict with the TOS). Too many crocodile tears, far, far too much enabling of people with stunted self-esteems who cry over minutiae that adjusted adults shouldn't flinch at. In just the last 2-3 days it's happened twice. If this place wants to be a progressive echo chamber, it's doing a good job of it.

I absolutely don't think this place is equipped with the tools and culture necessary to have a meaningful forum on current events. You can't discuss a bunch of people being massacred, for example, without some uncomfortable associated arguments.

I won't be changing to appease this, and I won't be clicking any "I acknowledge" type sanctions again, either. Keep fighting the good fight, but I'm changing my theater; I'm out.

Either high or suicide by cop. The first two shots were probably legit, the next two IMO didn't need to happen.

Sorry, guys -- had to edit out a term and image that flew in the face of a TOS provision. Thanks for understanding.

Saying I understand is presumptuous; I don't.

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I honestly, truly have no idea what goes against TOS. It's clear many others don't, either. And frankly I can't be bothered to learn because it isn't even consistent. I never know when you guys will freak out over something big or small. Way, way too touchy. If you're going to be this touchy you ought to simply remove the CEHST topic entirely. The amount of edits and bans you guys drop is over the top. In other forums I have thousands upon thousands of posts with nary a complaint because the mods aren't trying to fashion some patronizing safe space constantly for special snowflakes. In this case I don't even think a snowflake complained.

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for understanding why that term is unacceptable, please refer to this portion of the TOS:

Post Content intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a broad demographic or group of people identified by a unifying trait or characteristic (discrimination). For instance, racist or sexist content may be considered hate speech.

making negative broad brush comments about an entire country fall under this.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/traces-tatp-explosive-identified-central-park-blast-police/story?id=40601654

I see you're still as obsessed as always.

You are sure making a lot of friends in just four weeks since returning with your new username. When you do get banned again, please remember me. I'll notice and it will please me.

http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-15/learning-to-live-with-islamic-terrorism-in-france-and-beyond

France's prime minister. Calling for unity in the face of terror, Manuel Valls observed: "Times have changed, and we should learn to live with terrorism. We have to show solidarity and collective calm."

I am guessing this view will fly like a lead balloon. Hope he doesn't plan on running for reelection any time soon. The article goes on to say France is monitoring the communications of many young muslims, and yet this attack still happened; ergo, it couldn't have been prevented, as if there is nothing else that can be done.

And yet, French unity is cracking, so sayeth: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-15/attack-in-nice-draws-barbs-from-opposition-after-year-of-silence

I eagerly await for Newt to call for xenophobia tests. That should eliminate a significant portion of our population.

Right. The West are the xenophobic ones.

His name was Mohamed. How weird.

Yep. I really thought his name would have been Julien or Louis. Shocking isn't it.

Wonder how this will develop. I guess the military is not all that keen on Sharia Law. It may impact their inclusion into the EU.

Oh I think it's safe to say that boat sailed a long time ago. Turkey has too much middle east in it, and that region continues to suck at life.

FUD is a tried and true technique in many areas, politics is just one example. Democrats do it too. If you elect a Republican, we will be a theocracy in 4 years. The Republic won't survive. The best pornstars and actors will move to Canada. All the polar bears will die. Your kids will have to drink oil. Fracking will turn Oklahoma into a sinkhole. The planet will become a ball of fire if you don't trade in your Escape for a Tesla.

You should post here more.

Yes, pretty incompetent. But that's what xenophobia, blood-lust, and revenge does to people.

Yes, that's why we need to keep them out of the West.

As I said in the other thread Trump dodged a bullet by not picking newt.

A bit more info about him:

http://news.trust.org/item/20160715115830-ohxpr

It's great trump didn't pick him dodged a bullet on this.

I don't know if newt was talking about immigrants or citizens or what.

I have and continue to support the idea that the US needs to cut back to the point of almost completely banning immigration from highly islamic countries except with special circumstances. If you want to fashion it as PC, ban it from countries that have major terror problems. We can't afford it, and the risk is too high. And moreover we don't need it; there are many other countries with many who want to come to the West and who are not raised in, and subsequently believe in very high numbers, in barbaric concepts like sharia law. Pew and others have given us the data we need, we just need to apply it.

Some of you will whine. And you'll post #withfrance and other contemptibly worthless things and update your facebook pictures, and this will keep happening because you are to weak to look for a real solution or support a major change in how we look at immigration.

And when the farmer shoots the fox, and every other non-chicken he can find that even remotely resembles the fox including his neighbors beloved dogs, cats, horses and ponies?

Pretty incompetent farmer to think a dog is a fox or a pony is a fox.

4 is not true

5 repeat

Not real muslims, though.

I don't really think it has anything to do with the color of the skin of the person in the WH. I think it has more to do with their governing ability and their politics. Obama has a knack for speaking before he has all the facts and many times taking the wrong side. This only inflames feelings on both sides. He needs to through away Alinsky's book and start actually acting like the President. To bad he only has six months left.

Yep, he's done it a bunch of times with these racially charged matters. From Trayvon, a guy shot while assaulting a stranger who looked like his son, to michael brown, a guy who assaulted a cop and was killed yet his death "staining the heart" of black children, to jumping to conclusions on sterling and castile with all the caution of a buffoon on twitter, he has done a very bad job in these events.

Sympathy should be our only response.

Worthless.

When a farmer sees a fox has snuck through his fence and killed his chickens, and he shoots the fox, his only response should be sympathy for the chickens. Don't worry about that fence hole. That fox won't return.

It's the relgion of love peace.

It's quite telling isn't it how loud the crickets are chirping tonight.

The driver of the truck that killed at least 80 people in Nice on Thursday evening was a 31-year-old resident born in Tunisia, according to French newspaper Nice Matin.

http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160715/1042999633/nice-truck-driver-tunisia.html

So then, that is that. France is going to finally get serious as they should have after the Bataclan.

That handful of radicals sure gets around

It's a tiny, tiny number. Like honestly so small not to even bother with.

I see. Lets ignore those who drive the economy and instead listen to and support the master of bankruptcy. Now that's a mighty conservative stance to take.

Actually, it's might progressive--Sandersesque, in fact. Probably get a thumbs up from Elizabeth Warren as well.

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lol, nice moderating

Well, when some of us called this WWIII we were made fun of. WWII doesn't mean a bunch of armies fighting each other, it means this continuing, throughout many years, consistently...does anyone now doubt it will happen? Can you call it anything other than that? This isn't going to stop on its own nor will it be defeated any time soon. We all might as well just get used to it.

I agree that we will have to get used to it until enough people with spines stand up to it and stop trying to say we can solve terrorism with hugs and blankets.

So now wall street is our friend? You guys need to stick to a single game plan.

There are graphic vids on liveleak.com if you want to see the raw result of what France's open arms has gotten it.