Despite what the rules state, if a thread is a reasonable question, or statement, on politics/religion/racial issues, we allow it to continue. However, we will watch it like hungry vultures, for the inevitable flame or childish outburst. If the thread can maintain a mature attitude, then we let it live a while.
BobTheCow started a thread, that was not only derogatory towards our President, but was assured to start a flame war. We shut it down before it could ignite from all the sparks that were flying. He also knows why he really got the 3 day.
We get many, many emails daily, from members voicing concern over certain topics on threads. Most are reports of rules violations, especially ones that we have missed ourselves, which forces us to take action long after the violation has been seen by all. That's when we get the nasty-grams about how "you let so-and-so do this, but you banned me for that?", the ensuing cuss fest generally gets somebody banned quick, fast, and in a hurry. 99/100 times, so-and-so didn't get to do "that", because we shut him down before real trouble could start.
JTLYK, Army
BobTheCow started a thread, that was not only derogatory towards our President, but was assured to start a flame war. We shut it down before it could ignite from all the sparks that were flying. He also knows why he really got the 3 day.
We get many, many emails daily, from members voicing concern over certain topics on threads. Most are reports of rules violations, especially ones that we have missed ourselves, which forces us to take action long after the violation has been seen by all. That's when we get the nasty-grams about how "you let so-and-so do this, but you banned me for that?", the ensuing cuss fest generally gets somebody banned quick, fast, and in a hurry. 99/100 times, so-and-so didn't get to do "that", because we shut him down before real trouble could start.
JTLYK, Army
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