Quote: Rockabilly @ January 19, 2008, 5:41 PMban the twat.
I agree that the moderation may be getting a little heavy handed lately but we can't go around banning a mod Rockabilly! 
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Quote: Frankie Rage @ January 19, 2008, 5:49 PMI agree that the moderation may be getting a little heavy handed lately
Id have to disagree there, they just dont want people name calling and being rude, there are plenty of other places on the internet for that sort of childish behavior if its your particular bag! 
Better to make things clear from the off rather than continously letting things go and allowing bad feeling to invade the forum.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ January 19, 2008, 5:53 PMId have to disagree there, they just dont want people name calling and being rude, there are plenty of other places on the internet for that sort of childish behavior if its your particular bag!
Better to make things clear from the off rather than continously letting things go and allowing bad feeling to invade the forum.
Presumably then there'll be consistency and Rockabilly will also receive censure? And also anyone else that strays down a similar path? If not then you're right, there will be bad feeling.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ January 19, 2008, 5:51 PMWhich one?
Quite.
We're not "heavy handed" Frankie, we have to strike a balance, we have a dig at each other now and again but it's all in fun... it's when someone has a bit of a problem with it or someone takes it too far, when we step in.
At the end of the day, we're not Chortle...
Quote: Frankie Rage @ January 19, 2008, 5:56 PMPresumably then there'll be consistency and Rockabilly will also receive censure? And also anyone else that strays down a similar path? If not then you're right, there will be bad feeling.
Well yes, hopefully he will get a friendly note about that, as it was just an insult.
Quote: Paul W @ January 19, 2008, 5:57 PMWe're not "heavy handed" Frankie, we have to strike a balance, we have a dig at each other now and again but it's all in fun... it's when someone has a bit of a problem with it or someone takes it too far, when we step in.
You seem like a bunch of geeky vultures circling at the mo..
Anyway, are you going to censure Rockabilly for his insult? It was either aimed at Jerf or you, a few of us aren't sure which one!
Quote: Paul W @ January 19, 2008, 5:57 PMAt the end of the day, we're not Chortle...
Well Amen to that!
Quote: Matthew Stott @ January 19, 2008, 5:57 PMWell yes, hopefully he will get a friendly note about that, as it was just an insult.
Then all's well!
Quote: Frankie Rage @ January 19, 2008, 5:49 PMI agree that the moderation may be getting a little heavy handed lately
I don't think politely asking people to be themselves polite is heavy-handed. If this place WAS heavily moderated then Jerf wouldn't have been here after his last outing of silliness.
There's a Mason Dixon line and Rockabilly strayed over it, the cat that he is.
This 'Ole house is a friendly place.
censure me, ive never been censured , I dont even know what it means.
The ''joke'' was awful, unfunny ,and ,I suspect, designed to piss certain people off??
.... so BAN THE TWAT! is my ever so thought out personal idea as to what to do with the author, if I had spent longer thinking about it, I may well have said less, or, more ,I know not which.
I'm sorry I dont have the highly educated middle/upper class vocabulary to come up with something unfunny to say.... so BAN THE TWAT is yer lot!
No doubt the Steven Fry's of this forum would have said something like '' bugger him rigid, and then make him sit thru 4 episodes of qi,and join Alan Davies' fan club free for life with complimentary tickets to everything he ever appears in ''...
I would like to apologise profusely to anyone offended by my use of the words ''Alan Davies'' .
Come now Rockabilly, that's a bit OTT, no? Let's just all step back and take a deep breath.
I'm sure that Adam would advise having a wank as a good calm-down exercise, but I don't think that he's online at the moment.
Quote: SlagA @ January 19, 2008, 6:03 PMI don't think politely asking people to be themselves polite is heavy-handed. If this place WAS heavily moderated then Jerf wouldn't have been here after his last outing of silliness.
Fair enough of course. But we do seem to be picking Jerf up for his comments when I believe I have seen similar retorts (and worse) go unaddressed, at least publicly anyway.
That's my main point. In fact, my only point.
Hi Frankie, please see my PM.
I have been censured ,and it was mildly calming ,thank you .
Not as good as onanism , but ever so less messy.
Quote: Aaron @ January 19, 2008, 6:30 PMHi Frankie, please see my PM.
Yes I have and many thanks for that..
Quote: Rockabilly @ January 19, 2008, 6:31 PMI have been censured ,and it was mildly calming ,thank you .
Not as good as onanism , but ever so less messy.
You're now one of us.. come walk down our dimly lit corridors.. and keep your eye on the donut..