Thor, earlier you stated "While I don't always agree with what Whispers says, I will defend his right to say it until the Board Owners change the Guidelines." Guideline #3 states"Disrespect to others in general, will be considered a item of low tolerance, especially when posting in Co-ed Forum". So it would appear obvious that the owners want a Co-ed forum that does not have to be hateful and attacking, unless the guidelines are just words and you, again, know something I don't. If guys want to talk really bad about someone and vent, we have the Men's Lounge, just like the ladies have their place we can't go. Now the board is offering a new place to go, a Spider Hole. So there is no need for Whispers, or anyone, to verbally abuse and intimidate a provider or anyone else on this board, except ego. You compare him to Larry Flint. Last I heard he hadn't put together a Club that he was proposing, much less a National Magazine like Hustler. Does that mean he is in a wheelchair? Does he pay people to say things like that? Where did that come from? I get it that you don't like Yssup and some of his perceived actions you have taken personally, not as just Board talk. That happens. Originally Posted by oralick
Terrible form to quote someone then chop up the sentence to suit your needs. Difference between "I will defend his right to say it until the Board Owners change the Guidelines." and "I will defend his right to say it (until the board owners decide to change the guidelines and methods with which they implement those guidelines)" is huge.
Enforcement of the law is often times more important than the law itself. Calm down, I know we're not talking about laws, but "guidelines" on a forum. Now, easiest comparison would be speed limit. We all know that there is a buffer above the posted limit that essentially increases the limit - usually about 10 mph. This limit decreases around school zones. It is a tool given to the LE to allow them to make decision in the field. This applies to our situation the same way. The owners and admins have drawn up the guidelines, they have also given guidelines on how those guidelines are to be enforced by the moderators. They also control who the moderators are. So who the moderators are and how they enforce those rules are still under the control of the owners. If the owners truly want to change things, they can communicate the changes they want to the local mods or change the mods.
As for venting in ML or Spider Hole, those reach certain population of the board. CoEd is one of the most read sections. You see ego as the only reason to put out negative information about a provider? This is a review board - we're supposed to share information, good and bad. Are you against people who write bad reviews on Amazon or eBay? Yeah, I know. Vendors on Amazon and eBay aren't selling pussy. Get over the nature of the product and understand the nature of where you're posting.
As for Whispers and Yssup. When I compared Whispers to Larry Flint, it's the nature of his posts, information that is comparable. He says shit that's not always popular, he says shit that's not always agreeable, but he is pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable and sharing information and sharing our love of women's bodies and smut. As for Yssup, the fact that he threatened people of outing is not my perception. It is a documented fact. As for taking his BS personal, I don't. I left him alone for a while after he came back from his first ban. He decided that he was feeling froggy and took a few shots at me, I decided to not let him get away with it.
How do you bully someone on a forum? I can see that someone stronger, tougher, or just crazier might bully someone else in person. This is a verbal medium. Unless you are saying that women are mentally inferior and incapable of defending themselves verbally, there is no bullying. There may be a few long standing feuds, but I fail to see bullying in the sense you seem to think is going on.