Akira

You should have addressed the fact that the thread was going nowhere, either closed it or told people to post something worth reading. Saying 'you're retarded' to a poster doesn't address any of that.

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TheBig3

and thats exactly my point.

Members can roll in and make a post like his, and I'm supposed to pussyfoot around the issue.

Wrong.

His word choice was put back on him. If you don't like it, appeal to his better self-worth and have him change his diction. If he'd said "I don't care for this track" and I retorted with "I don't care for you."

a. this wouldn't be an issue

b. it would have been ignored as a bad joke

c. I wouldn't have responded the way I did

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boo boo

I agree that this is a pointless thread and considering the direction it's heading I'd strongly recommend you close this already.

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TheBig3

why?

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boo boo

I dunno, devoting a whole thread to calling another member a retard? That's kinda asking for a scene isn't it?

I mean why did you have to go through the trouble of making a thread? Couldn't you just rebute him on the thread where he made that original comment?

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Akira

Because BooBoo has sense as a mod, anyone can see where this is going.

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Son of JayJamJah

I'm with Big3 (again) and for the record insults are only insults if they do not ring true. Otherwise they are simply a statement or expressed opinion, I think the term retard was used in it's slang form in which case it's 100% accurate.

Speaking from experience it's very fatiguing sifting through inane threads and posts especially from those posters who have a reputation for superfluous contribution.

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If you're posting in the music forums make sure to be thoughtful and expressive, if you're posting in the lounge ask yourself "is this something that adds to the conversation?" It's important to remember that a lot of people use each thread. You're probably not as funny or clever as you think, I know I'm not.

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mr dave

100% this. i can't think of a single post i've read by DH that was worth anything.

it's the politically correct double edged sword of a public forum. you have to be open and inviting to everyone then watch as a few clowns just crap all over everything with their inanity but as long as they're within the 'rules' then you can't really do anything besides try to ignore the idiocy. which in turn lowers the overall quality of the site, attracts less people with something substantial to say and just fosters more foolishness.

it's especially detrimental because coddling these kind of posters and protecting their behaviour under the guise of 'public freedom' while they act out on a 'private forum' is a turn off to most posters who have something worthwhile to post (unless i'm mistaken there's one person out there who actually pays for this site to exist on a server somewhere).

then again some people like quantity over quality. i've got bookmarks for both, this site gets more posts in a day than my quality site gets in a week.

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anticipation

i couldn't care less if mods insulted people, but when they get called out i'd like to see them show some maturity instead of throwing a little hissy fit at someone who is voicing his opinion.

TheBig3

And this is where we're going to differ.

The idea was presented that I was creating hypocracy by doing what I did.

I contest that I didn't.

If you want to Flesh this out before the back of them stack calling for a hanging - heres the place to do it. And I fully intend for this to be the place that issues are addressed.

Like the next time Unfan calls for Boo Boo's removal.

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