***SERIOUS CURSING ISSUE AND BANS GIVEN all read!***

[RSUAVE911]

If you really want to punish them you should ban them from the party, but that would be really messed up.

Anyways, I do not think it was right anyway for the mods to ban them, first off there is cursing all over this board and people trying to get around the filters all the time. So why is everyone neglecting the fact that this happens often without consequence. So I am not really sure why we are making them the examples. Like shartley said the picture thread has gotten out of hand. So should we ban every single member whos picture is distasteful. Its really not up to me because this is more of a dictatorship than a democracy. Although, the members do have a voice in this, the mods get the last words.


Do not get me wrong I dont think they should of posted it but I do not think this was the way to fix this problem, rather than immediately ban them you really should of warned them and warned AO.

This was in the rules:

"Generally we will give you a warning - maybe two. After that you will be banned."

This was in General Forums FAQ:

"Why was I Banned?
Probably for repeatedly breaking one of the rules on the right. Moderators/Administrators may also Ban you for disrupting the forum. >> Top"



AGAIN NO WARNING or by knowledge any repeated offense. JUST MY 2 CENTS!

:) :) :)

[TheBigRaguPB4L]

ummmmmmmm, lets see, more than likely, they were warned. how many times have you seen this

*do not circumvent the filters*

i see it all the time. i'm willing to bet if you were to search all of thier posts, you'd find one or two of these things.

another point is the fact that those that were banned were frequent AO visitors and should have known better. to be so deliberate and post up some lyrics which i can imagine were pretty bad, demands action. the guys that were new were given a warning. although the rules are posted and some warnings are clearly visible, they might not have known what were acceptable and what not. but those that have been here a while and knew full well what is and isn't allowed, i think they're getting out fairly easy.

[ThePatriot]

I have a question, who here has never cursed before, or is offended by a curse word? I bet none of you havent used one before, and i bet none of you are offended by it. As for kids seeing it.....if you think they are gonna learn all their bad stuff from AO you need to get a life. I have known every curse there is since at least 3rd grade, and nothing is going to stop it. The other thing i dont get it, every adult i know has used a curse or uses them frequently, what is so damned bad about them?? It is more of a way to get a point across better, which better gets the point across people? I am mad, or IM *EDIT* Sorry, just because you are mad, doesn't give you any leeway to use bad language. Army MAD!! perhaps in other situations, its nice, or THAT THING IS THE *EDIT* See above. "Curse" words are actually only used to get a point across, and last thing, go turn on your TV to any channel and watch a TV PG rated show, count the number of "curses" in there, then look at AO and think, which has the bigger swearing issue....

[Butterfingers]

Its very simple its not what the moderators should do its what they are required to do.

They are required to enforce the written rules.

In no written rules are broken there is no problem

If the written rules are broken they must take actions thich are stated in the membership agreement.

[HoppysMag]

its plain and simple. DONT SWEAR! we are more civillized than that. we are better then most forums. They agreed to the Terms of Usage. They know not to swear, and yet they did. Free speach has nothing to do with it. If you think it does you are wrong... What happens if you stand up at work and call your boss a (Insert bad word here). Youd get fired. And its the same way here. you signed, or rather Clicked the "I Agree" button. The mods do a good job. and were fair to the new guy...

I personaly have the mouth of a drunken sailor. but i leave that on the school bus and the field entrance. I NEVER swear at the field when its open play. Just like i dont swear in class or in my house. Theres no need to swear in front of people who probibly dont want to hear/Read it. At my field there are always little kids, wether they be the bosses sons, or players. And i only swear when im around my friends who know me.

My 2 cents
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[soilent green]

under most circumstances I would agree that this is bull but we are trying to keep a respectful forum here and we are an influence on the paintball world so lets be a role model not a house for curseing we want to show the people that don't like pball that it is a great sport and thier are responseable people playing it we should remember this when we hold a marker and when we talk of the sport

[RSUAVE911]

Yeah I agree that we all should not curse on this site, simply because there is a time a place for it and on AO you just do not do that. But, if we are going to follow the rules why dont we follow them fully.

My post above explains my whole thoughts, I dont feel like going throught it all again.



BIGRAUL,

Do you know that those specific people were warned or just other AO members in general.

[shartley]

[ThePatriot]

Shartley, i never said i disagreed with anything. But all that aside i really dont appreciate being called an uneducated, young moron. Leave the personal opinions at the door when you enter AO, no flaming, you agreed to it.

Also shartley on a side note, you really have to step off your high horse, you enforce rules, and state your opinion, thats fine. The problem is you have such a holier than thou aura to you, every time i read part of ur post(i can never read it all) I get sick, hearing you rant about how great you are and how much better you are then all of us. I am not alone with this feeling, i know at least 4 other lifetime AO'ers who share my opinions, and they are the only 4 i have ever asked....

I am also quite aware i am contradicting myself...but you started it(which you have quite the history of doing too..)

[frgood]

Originally posted by ThePatriot
I have a question, who here has never cursed before, or is offended by a curse word? I bet none of you havent used one before, and i bet none of you are offended by it. As for kids seeing it.....if you think they are gonna learn all their bad stuff from AO you need to get a life. I have known every curse there is since at least 3rd grade, and nothing is going to stop it. The other thing i dont get it, every adult i know has used a curse or uses them frequently, what is so damned bad about them?? It is more of a way to get a point across better, which better gets the point across people? I am mad, or IM F'ING MAD!! perhaps in other situations, its nice, or THAT THING IS THE S***. "Curse" words are actually only used to get a point across, and last thing, go turn on your TV to any channel and watch a TV PG rated show, count the number of "curses" in there, then look at AO and think, which has the bigger swearing issue....

Wow, everyone does it, so it is good.
you'r arguement bores me and is of no consequence. If you do not know simple right and wrong, there is no point listening to anything you might say.

[frgood]

Originally posted by RSUAVE911
Yeah I agree that we all should not curse on this site, simply because there is a time a place for it and on AO you just do not do that. But, if we are going to follow the rules why dont we follow them fully.

yeah good idea, why don't you help monitor the volume. I'm sure the moderators work very hard at trying to get it all. However, some are going to slip through.
what will happen is if it gets too much to track (ie., the majority of people start violating), then watch the site shut down since too many people are abusing the [/B]privilege[/B].
This board is not a right. Just like driving.

[BlackVCG]

This is sad. I'm appalled at how some people have acted about this issue. All I can say is if you have a problem with this, go somewhere else. Our job is to enforce the rules of this site plain and simple. The Mods didn't write the rules and regardless of whether we agree with them, it's our job to enforce them. Deal with it.