It is my opinion that if someone else says "fuck off" and you respond with "finally someone with the guts to say what I was thinking," then you are condoning both the sentiment and the language.
I said in my previous post I do not want this to continue. I clearly articulated in my the reason why I thought the threat should note have occurred. However, I respect the decision of Atlantis and co to take a different approach and have acknowledge that my report was given due consideration.
I have also acknowledged that Atlantis's reply was not a bad approach.
Please note I was proactive with this threat and expressed my opinion through a report and not a post with the reputation of the forum as my prime motivator.
I would quote the meaning of FO as defined by the collins dictionary is a phrasal verb "Telling someone to FO is an insulting way of telling them to go away".
My mental interupton of Scooters post was simply someone has finally had the "gut" to tell the poster to
go away as you have lost your right to deserve the benefit of an answer. Simple as that!
My report and subsequent posts were about why the post, in my mind, should not have occurred. Simple as that!
I do not condone bad language and if you check your reports, I think the only other inappropriate post report I have made is when someone used the C word at the beginning of a post.
I also acknowledge that the forum rules allows the limited use of profound language with the moderators to use personal judgement about the extent of the language. As a moderator you are set the tone for the forum so it is over to you to determine the extent of profound language and what is acceptable on this forum.
My views on language do not necessarily reflect the views of the masses and are the result of a strict anglo/celtic upbring.
I accept that the F word has become as much a part of everyday language as the use the word "bastard" was when I was growing up. The word can have many meanings depending on the choice of adjective.
I would question why you have been concentrating my alleged agreement with " the incivility of his comment" while ignoring the content my posts as well as not admonishing Scooter for the comments. Noting that I don't think there is any reason to admonish him given the nature of the post.
I would also question you accusing me of recreational outrage and telling me I am expected to be civil outside the Cage. Well I have always been civil on this forum and indeed all forums and I certainly do not practice recreational outrage. This is an extremely serious subject and my responses have been based on experience and research.
I am extremely disappointed in your accusations and the fact you have ignored my protest about being accused of this type of conduct. However, your the mediator and the tone and quality of the forum is your responsibility to maintain so that is the last I will comment on these points. I if choose to falsely accuse people whilst ignoring what they actually said sobeit. You are the moderator.
As a final word on the content, I acknowledge that miscarriage of justice has occurred with pedefiles in third world countries. However, the person who submitted this post was a self confessed criminal who was found guilty of sourcing and storing photographs of sexually explicit nature relating to children which were likely used for his own sexual gratification. This is not a crime about accidently hitting on a porn website.
People on the registers particularly in countries such as UK and Australia have been found guilty of crimes relating to sexual contact and registers aim to alert the public as well public officials about them and risks associated with them.
I would have approached this subject one way but the administrator of the forum took a different view. Had he advised me in the first place of the reasons, we would have been all on the same page. He has however provided a much appreciated apology for not keeping me in the loop on an important subject.
My posts have nothing to do with Scooter language, they were simply comments stating my views relating to an extremely important social problem facing us all. The END. Finished.
