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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by TheSecondStain, Jul 15, 2014.

  1. MMJ

    MMJ Well-Known Member

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    maybe they all died
     
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  2. Puck

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    I don't really see that Dan or Joe ever did anything that bad, although I wouldn't claim to have read every single one of their posts. I would also suggest some other posters have been just as bad as them if not worse.
     
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  3. JDub

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    I've always felt the moderators to be too politically correct on this forum, and it is to the detriment of enjoyable conversation that it is this way.
     
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  4. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Thing is, had there been no action taken regarding their silly bout the other day, would anyone *really* have noticed or been bothered. No.

    The fact there was has seriously undermined the usefulness, fun, membership - whatever - of this forum. Sorry, but that much is really, really clear. Some pride needs swallowing.
     
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  5. JDub

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    Yet we all know it won't be.
     
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  6. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    And that's the saddest part of all.
     
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  7. JDub

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    Indubitably.
     
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  8. Channonfodder

    Channonfodder Rebel without a clue.....

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    Yes, we perhaps ought to reconsider and unban them all......oh wait!<doh>
     
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  9. JDub

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    So, update me. I don't know the finer details of the bans handed out; why were they banned?
     
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  10. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    A shame if they think they can't come back without swallowing their pride....which is why I think you should be careful not to take a stance you can't get out of...after all they will miss posting as much as we miss them. However, things move on and new people will join or some who post rarely will see a chance to post more...bit like Saints have lost players, gained new ones and moved on.
     
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  11. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    Come on CF, it's not about that. It's about the inconsistency of doing it in the first place.

    Up to that point, the forum has been as lively and enjoyable as it's ever been. The actions here have compromised it, and there doesn't seem to be any real explanation as to what is considered right or wrong. To be honest, it looks like an excuse to have wielded power against a couple of characters the mods wanted to 'get'.

    If there was consistency, then CBK would be banned for representing a naked woman today, TSS would be warned for taking the Transfer Thread off topic to be chatting about Europe or the ridiculous "numbers on shirts" thread would have been closed for being abject.

    It's okay to admit that things might just have been a bit wrong, then we can all get back to normal again.
     
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  12. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    That works both ways Fran.
     
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  13. Beef

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    It started when a poster was complaining he got a bit of abuse. I jokingly called him a dickhead( and he took it as a joke). But a mod deleted my post and mailed me saying it wasn't on. Dan and Joe then jokingly called each other dickhead like 3 times and then got banned.
     
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  14. St George

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    Just seems a massive reaction to try and gain a tighter grip on things, but has ended up with some very decent posters on here not contributing anymore.

    Some people might moan about Dan and Joe, but I've missed Schad posting for example. Didn't always agree, but it's a football forum for god's sake; it's what it's for.

    I've certainly missed DLTW's snippets too. Beefy gave a few snippets about Chambers clause, but that was rubbished because it wasn't "reported".

    The trust would be so restored if some on here went "Maybe we were hasty to ban Dan and Joe, and we apologise. But rules are there for everyone; in future people will be warned, first privately, then publically, and if people continue, they get banned for a week".

    Everyone would know where they stand. It's a football forum, not the houses of parliament... is there a need to make an example of people?

    I don't post on here much, but I like reading people's well argued points. And the humour. Since Dan, Joe and everyone else has gone... it's been poorer on here.



    I'll get banned for this probably, but at least give me a reason for it....
     
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  15. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    YES! This!!!! That's all that's needed, and what's more it would be correct.
     
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  16. Beef

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    Or more will leave and the forum will basically die. A lot of people came on here for the info DTLW and others posted, since the banning none have really posted.
     
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  17. MMJ

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    death to the infadels
     
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  18. JDub

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    It all seems so petulant, no need whatsoever to ban them for that. It sounds like just a bit of harmless sarcasm. If the moderators want to take that as Dan and Joe subversively ridiculing them, then more fool them. The forum will pay the price for the desire of the powers that be to remove two characters who push the boundaries slightly.
     
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  19. crusti

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    move along, bored of it now
     
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  20. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    Agreed, it's very boring, and a real shame. But yet so easily solved.....*looks at St George's post*.....
     
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