Do posters have to call others anything..? Why should someone be directly accused of being an idiot just because their view is different..? For example... Statement: I don't think West Ham are consistent enough to stave off the challenge from Reading. Answer: Are you a bloody idiot of something..? Of course they're consistent enough. X or Answer: I don't agree. I think they're plenty consistent enough. ✔ Isn't it simple..? Of course, WHU might not be consistent enough.
Problem is most can't understand that but choose to call people idiots or morons because they don't agree with a post. ****ers the lot of them!
Well that is the whole point, Beef. Where do you draw the line? The mods are simply posters who have been asked to run the site in the behalf of the majority. We talk endlessly about where the line is. If posters feel that the line has been crossed, then they should send us a PM. If they don't we have to rely on our own assessment.
No I don't think so........trouble is what is different banter?.....A good guide for us is when people start pming us to complain or we get admin on our back because of official complaints. We then have no choice but to act.......exactly in what way depends on what is happening. Saints do have a good core of regulars that often debate, banter and argue, with out it ever getting remotely close to insulting or annoying. Some posters unfortunately have not yet learned the skills of debate and argument with out turning to abuse to try and force their views across. To be honest it is the responsibility of the poster to ensure that something said with tongue in cheek, is actually understood as such. Fran is a good example of making sure people are not offended (except for me of course ) by what she says at times and a few others as well. Good use of the smileys is a way of doing this.
Not good enough! We want beer I think the mods get this board about right. I complained recently about some misogynist stuff from a certain poster, but generally the mods are liberal enough to let get some really good banter develop while closing down the truly offensive. I will put up with the occasionally offensive in the same way that I accept that for true justice to prevail we have to accept that the guilty will occasionally walk free. We accept it as price worth paying for an excellent forum. Well done you mods
The trouble with pubs is that a girl could get knocked off her bar stool...just don't spill my wine. You wouldn't like me if I got angry
That's astonishing..! It's as plain as a pikestaff. We're adults, for Pete's sake, not kids. Kids call each other names because they haven't learned the ability to logically argue a point or position of view. I would hope that we all have. Yes, humour can cut through a bad tempered exchange, but it can also be mistaken for being insulting, when there has been no intention. We are all writing in a limited medium, and it's worth taking a little time to get a point across clearer, rather than just blurting out the first thing one thinks of.
Yes but you can say, don't be stupid etc or you are stupid. Both said in different context makes what is said different.
A good point actually.......I wouldn't mind betting even this term means different thing to different people. What does the term mean to you?
Ah... Plastics..! If only somebody actually posted something there occasionally. It's the very reason why, in another post, I mentioned being part of an active football forum.
Plastic saints . A Decent site that is now on facebook . Valve driven version still clinging on though .
There are some truly sensitive souls who can't take any kind of insult on this forum, there are those that will bounce friendly abuse backwards and forwards with no problems and there are some that just enjoy shooting others down, that's life I'm afraid. People of all types post on here and have very different ways of communicating - just ignore the ones you don't like and treat insults with the contempt or humour that you feel they merit. I have a pretty thick skin generally, so would never get wound up by an insult on here (although I do understand that not everybody is like me), I just don't understand how people can get so upset by a bit of name calling. sticks and stones etc. Some people are ****wits though, and have so little self awareness that they need telling
Nor did I . ISF is still there . New site is good but will always be quiet with so few members , no bad thing !