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More interesting reads....I appreciate everyone who has made an effort to voice their views.
Some clarifications, since some people seem confused. The only topics that are not permitted here are those regarding minors (which includes discussions about your own experiences as a minor), and bestiality. In the past, myself or moderators have pulled or edited threads where people quit debating the subject and begain to be rude and disrespectful to others in the thread. This is usually only after my attempts through PMs to curb their attitude has failed. When this occurs, I do not need everyone to view the posts and give me their opinion before I act in what I believe to be the best interest of the site and it's members.
Most long term members have seen how controversial threads play out. It's consistently the same....view one, view two, view one with support, view two with support, view one with support, view two with support, view one with support, view two with support, view three, view one with support, view two with support, view three with support, view one with support, view two with support, view three hurling insults cause they came into the whole thing with no real support, view one and view two get steamed, view three hurls more insults, view one with support, view two hurls some back............. after about the 3rd page of it , everyone else feels pissed and the spectators are stressed. So it's come down to where, as many have expressed that they prefer not to have them started because they come here to escape from all the pressures of their lives and don't like to have to wade through them here. So the topic has been hashed over and everyone has their views.
People are free to talk about whatever floats their boat. While we are a moderated forum we do not remove threads unless there is something about them that violates our site's policies whether it be the written ones or the ones Kim set down for me to follow. If people want to discuss and debate that's great, however they need to be prepared for view three who does not know how to support his/her opinion without slamming someone else or bickering. And they should expect that when that occurs a moderator will step in.
As for being able to avoid threads if properly labeled.....well that would be great but people will not do that and we really can't expect that in an open forum with nearly 20,000 members.
I love the people here. They are the funniest, warmest, wittiest, people I could ever hope to encounter in one place and I just try to do my best to keep the place welcoming.
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