New Posting guidelines (Feb 09, 2003)

[MarkTime]

I know many people are hoping for an end to 'trolling'...and I am hoping for something related to that....and end to the relentless 'counter trolling'.

Whereby people try to shut down differing ideas by playing the 'troll' card.

Perhaps now, this will be put to rest...if the post hasn't been moderated, its not a troll post.

ooops, I think I just started the anti-counter trolling movement...... :-o  :-o

[MarkTime]

Congratulations on the wedding.

I got married last year.  Critics will say we are still in our 'honeymoon' phase...well whatever it is, it rocks.

Best Wishes

[MarkTime]

Glaucus,

As I keep telling everyone, I happen to love this subject....so I will pontificate at great length, to everyone's chagrin, I'm sure...smiles

But while I can see the point you are trying to make, which is that not posting about illegal activities is overly broad....the examples you gave, I am not sure are impressive.

So you can't promote speeding, gambling, or lap dancing either....

uhmmm let me play devil's advocate and say 'good'.  Those are all bad things, and this is an amiga website....(and I am playing devil's advocate...but its fun!)

[MarkTime]

@Darrin,

Wow, I had a similar experience visiting my wife's family in Ukraine.  If I remember correctly it is about an 18 hour flight.  Oh well, the laptop I brought was kind of important after I arrived, but I barely looked at it on the plane over....

The way over, went very quickly for me...somehow my mind was filled with thoughts of the trip.  The plane back, well...I don't have good news for you there...that was the most freakin !@#$@ boring trip ever.....I wanted to climb out of my skin by the time it landed....

Well, I should be more comforting, but then I'd have to lie :-)

[MarkTime]

@Glaucus

They'd be equally annoying if smoking pot was legal or if they were advocating something that is legal.

WHOLLY COW SON!!!!

Now that point, at least to me, is dead on the mark.

I'm impressed.

[MarkTime]

hmmm I told everyone this subject is interesting to me...I am fighting with myself here, to shut up!   I don't want to be guilty of doing the same thing, that I'm about to criticize....

but....

it is interesting, the other post about the V.I.C. and Tim Rue would come up at this time.

The most controversial figures I ever knew when I was still on c.s.a.m was Tim Rue and George Noel....

and they were far more controversial than Dude420 will ever be.....

and interesting thing about them, is they almost never spoke about anything illegal.....indeed, they were almost never off topic either.

One talked about the V.I.C. for almost a decade now, which is an Amiga program and addresses computing concepts...and the other was more of a custom chips advocate....

They rarely ever strayed off topic.  They could insult you in ways that are not personal attacks.  

People are very passionate about these characters, even now...

[MarkTime]

ahhhh I'm hopless...

if I may suggest alternative verbage,  'No posting about illegal activities'...to 'no posts that promote illegal activities'

Presumably, you can talk about speeding...and be against it, and that would not be offensive.

The great thing about Mike, is he is only complaining about the rules on the front end...accurately understanding what a quagmire this whole business is.....after a while, the Mike's of this community will go quiet, and its another group that becomes the problem.

people who wanted the change in the first place...they will be the ones complaining like school children about every perceived violation over and over until one would want to throw their hands in the air....

or not...maybe that never happens....he,he,he

 ;-)

ok now I will force myself to go quiet...if I post here again, then I'm a big liar <---committing in public to shut up on this topic.

Good luck anyhow.