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Author Topic: The Political Forum is way too Awesome. Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-24-2004 08:54 PM                        We could make it pay per abuse. Everytime somebody 'commits an offense' they have to buy something off of my wishlist.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-24-2004 09:30 PM                     My religion forbids me to buy those kinds of things, Daryl!  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-24-2004 09:37 PM                        That must be some insecure religion or something, since most of the stuff is about security.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-24-2004 10:12 PM                     Nice to see that you've tidied up your wish list in time for Easter.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-24-2004 10:54 PM                        Seriously, I am somewhat surprised that anyone would e-mail the mods privately to gripe about a thread being shut down, etc. I don't recall any times that the mods didn't explain their actions in great detail, and usually give several chances for the arguers to cool it before taking action. I think the mods have been very fair, considering they're not political analysts (I don't think, anyway). How about a music forum? Only movie soundtrack song discussions allowed, of course.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-24-2004 11:57 PM                        quote: Bradley Miller wrote: Ok then that's it. Joe Redifer, you are hereby BANNED! You will never post here again, until you do. Well shit. quote: Floyd Justin Timberlake wrote: Hey guys-- Let me know when the smoke clears! We'll be sure to do that Floyd. Does everyone have Floyd's phone number? We all need to let him know when the smoke clears. Thanks for posting!  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-25-2004 12:31 AM                     I think the political forum should be kept open, but with a few new rules. Fist off, since this is a FILM related site, any and all political postings would have to, in some way, referece, affect, or be related to film or the film industry. That would cut down on the posts considerably. However, the forum was created to separate the film talk from the political talk, so that's kind of the opposite of its intention. Then maybe the answer is this... To separate the personal attacks from the political forum, there should be a Personal Attacks forum. Here, members can say whatever is on their mind about other members that they want all the other members to see. At the end of the year, maybe we could have a Film-Tech Scrap after the Film-Tech Drink! As for the mods not doing a good job, I'll admit they occasionally missed a few things that needed some action on there. And if that's because they were afraid of being attacked by emails from angry members dissatisfied with their decisions about the forums they've been appointed to moderate, then they're not very good moderators to cave in to such trivial banter. Now with the political forum [temporarily] closed, I'll have to visit all of the "Passion of Christ" threads to piss people off. Yay Mel Gibson! But he should have played Jesus... and yelled "FREEEDOM!" from the cross with his face painted blue. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Dave Williams Wet nipple scene Posts: 1836 From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-25-2004 01:23 AM                        Brad, if you got my email, then you have my thoughts on the subject. Thomas P. and myself have engaged in several banters upon each other over the past eon or so, and always kept it above the belt. even though we never really ever saw eye to eye, and even would think of each other as complete idiots, as thomas is . (honestly though, I proudly refer to thomas as a friend of mine) Point is, we knew where the line was drawn and never crossed it, BECAUSE WE ARE ADULTS. That and we take our politics as seriously as a good hot dog. It's there, then you eat it, then it's gone. If all had done the same, then we wouldn't be discussing this at all. However it degraded to very demeaning personal attacks and I sometimes wonder if I inadverdantly egged it on by some of my other comments. If I ever had trust me that was never my intention. The film tech family is way too cool to destroy because we act like spoiled little children. As sad as it would be, I vote to eliminate the forum permanantly and have the posts out of view forever. The film tech image has been grown over the past few years, created to help support great film presentation, and it should not be tarnished by a gradually degrading political forum that makes the rest of the group look like idiots. My thoughts as I think them, and I am sticking to them. Mostly because I have to keep them on post-it notes. Brain damage ya know. Ciao dave  |  IP: Logged Floyd Justin Newton Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 559 From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-25-2004 07:05 AM                     Joe-- My last name is NOT Timberlake; it's Newton. fjn  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 02-25-2004 08:06 AM                     The problem with limiting post to 1 per week is that it would effectively eliminate any kind of intelligent discussion of an issue. Discussion is a give and take, sometimes coming to an understanding, sometimes respectfully agreeing to disagree, but always leading to greater understanding of how another person feels. Again, inappropriate personal attacks are not allowed on any Film-Tech forum, and those who violate this rule should temporarily be suspended from posting on all forums. Other than that, I think that you should leave well enough alone. /Mitchell  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-25-2004 08:20 AM                        Thanks Floyd. I'll update my records!  |  IP: Logged William Leland III Master Film Handler Posts: 336 From: Charleston, SC, Registered: Aug 2002 posted 02-25-2004 09:47 AM                        i say keep it open. why does it need to have rules? i think that was the problem in the first place. just let people say what they want to say - it's called a political forum. we have arguements all the time here on film-tech. anybody knows political arguements are very heated. ofcourse people would get immature and name call and take harsh offense to things - it's called human nature. that's their own problem. another problem i saw was, why do i need someone (mod) telling me that i can't call this person an idiot, stupid post etc... for that remark. i think that was the main problem, some people saw mods taking sides in arguements and that didn't help matters. the last problem was the email stuff, if i email say "mr.qwerty", it's between him and i. he should not got and tell the mod. that's like telling the teacher little jimmy is cheating on a test. we members have no say so in the matter, just the mods. they have already made their decision. i personally don't like it, but no skin off my back. this is their website and they can do what they want to do, and they do, hence why the rules. im just glad that i can come here and post my thoughts and opinions.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 02-25-2004 05:13 PM                     Use of the terms intelligence, politics and reasonable discussion in the same sentence would be a concept that would be as likely to happen as world peace and for the same reasons. Keep it closed before some idiot hunts down somebody he thinks insulted him and blows his guts out. A lot of very reasonalbe voices elsewhere have become raging maniacs in political.  |  IP: Logged

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