NEW RULES AGAINST "CUT N PASTE" THREADS APPARENTLY.

That's where they put his happy drops, in the tea!

Meanwhile, this meltdown is reaching IBIdiot proportion.

live and learn, Whir-LIE-turd. maybe management is as fed up with your shenanigans as we are...

I smell a rat

Hey Lama, what's the giraffe's name? Is she flirting with me?

Well it didn't take long for the crackdown on speech in the political forum to happen. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

It's amusing to see a couple of you jackwagons whine repeatedly about having your free speech rights infringed when anyone opines that your nonstop nuisance forum-hogging is getting a bit old. It's as though you feel that the First Amendment is somehow being tossed aside or trampled on. This is a private forum and the site owners may impose any rules they see fit. If you want to spam forums to your heart's content, you're free to start your own site!

To be fair, it seems that Pro Obama threads should be allowed a 2x factor over the anti Obama threads - based on my observations. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

Huh??

The screeching threads started by you (and to a lesser extent Barleycorn) have drowned out the pro-Obama threads for some time. Looks like you need to sharpen your observational skills a bit.

Maybe it isn't a forum rule (equally applied) but just arbitrary enforcement by a Mod against people/opinions he doesn't like.

That is how liberals roll. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

How liberals roll? Let me tell you something, Whirlaway, just in case you didn't know. I ain't a liberal. And I'm far from an Obama supporter. In fact, I think he's a terrible president, and completely unserious about much of anything other than talking, campaigning, and fund raising. But aside from a small number of people in your hellelujah chorus, everyone on this site regards you with utter contempt. You rarely post anything involving any insight or reasoned argument of your own. A perfect example is the new thread you started today just to post a careless gaffe by Michelle Obama. Typical. Who the fuck cares?

It shouldn't be hard to come up with a workable anti-spam rule. How about this? Any time you start a thread that fails to generate at least 5 replies or 50 views within 72 hours, you get banned from starting any new threads for a week. Originally Posted by lustylad

I like the general idea. The only problem as I see it is that the thread-starter's hallelujah chorus would probably conspire to take turns bumping the thread and return to it often enough to boost the view count, even if it's a completly pointless or repeticious thread, as almost all of Whirlaway's are.

Who the hell cares? If you don't want to read a post, or a thread, DON'T! Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Says the man who has started 1,896 threads. Yes, 1,896! (And I'd bet that more than 95% of them are political.)

You're certainly a fine one to speak to this issue, aren't you, professor?

But at least I'll give you this: Although you used to come in here and start at least a half-dozen or so fatuous threads every night, you've cooled it in recent months.

There are probably a lot of people on this site, new or otherwise, who pop into the Political Forum now and then. When they take a glance at some of the threads started by Whirlaway and Barleycorn, they probably think, "What the hell is up with these fucking idiots?" -- and then refrain from entering the discussions of topical issues.

A few people here remember the Houston Political Forum on ASPD. I visited it occasionally, but didn't keep up with it on a regular basis. The mods finally got tired of this sort of crap and imposed some fairly strict caps on activity. You guys please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they restricted posters to something like 4 total posts per day, and only one thread-start per week. Although I wouldn't support something that draconian, in my view it would still be better than the current junk-filled forum.

But no one would ever even suggest such a thing if a couple of you buffoons would knock off all the ridiculous crap.

If somebody wants to post 20 times a day in existing threads, I couldn't care less -- and I'm not sure many others would, either. All the silly, pointless, redundant threads are what junk up the forum.

I hope JCM will moderate just like CC. These rules stay the same.

Default Political Forum Rules
Now that these discussions are being moved here, lets lay out the very simple ground rules.

These discussions will be very lightly moderated.

You all know the big forbidden topics such as children, underage sex, illicit drugs, bestiality, revealing personal info, medical speculation, or images not in compliance, those will not be tolerated.

Beyond that, you are on your own.

IF you choose to play in these discussions, you are on your own. Bring your own thick skin, neosporin and bandaids (or tourniquet, whatever). Don't come running to me, or the other moderators to save you because someone hurt your feelings, or you said something stupid and got your ass handed to you.

If you RTM a post from here outside of the above topics, you will be referred right back to this sticky thread, with no remorse.

We may need to modify things a little as time goes on, but we will start with that premise.

Welcome to the Wild, Wild West.

The regular Sandbox will now revert back to the regular/standard board rules from here on out.

Are you worried spamanatior?

Are you worried spamanatior? Originally Posted by i'va biggen

No, I'm not... ur'a vajayjay the FIFY Independent Socialist/Marxist.

No, I'm not... ur'a vajayjay the FIFY Independent Socialist/Marxist. Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDB

Case in point.

Was this thread ever going anywhere BUT here?

LMAO!

Was this thread ever going anywhere BUT here?

LMAO! Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Case in point.

No, I'm not.they don't punish cocksuckers like I am . Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDB

FIFY whiffy

MoonBat counts the threads I've started? Creepy. But, if you don't want to read them, don't. Seems simple enough.

MoonBat counts the threads I've started? Creepy. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Count? Give me a friggin' break!

Don't elevate yourself to something you are not and never will be.

The number of threads that you (or any poster) have started, is easily located. In fact, it takes less than 30 seconds.

Indeed, you are a dim bulb!

I never cared enough to look. Geez, BigAssTex, I expected MoonBat to go on a rant. Guess I got two for the price of one! Who the hell cares!?! You guys are funny . . . And creepy.

Who the hell cares!? Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

If you didn't care, why did you make the "count" and "creepy" remarks in the first place? You did so because you care!

Duh!!!!!

Thanks for providing additional proof that you are the dimmest of the Eccie Political Forum's "dim bulbs."