Politics and religion are off-limits, unless you opt in

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

In the rental neighborhood where we lived soon after we were married, you could see the roaches at night going from house to house. We got the landlord to send someone out to spray. The roaches gobbled up every bit of the spray and wanted more.

bah! when we were at Ft. Benning I kept clean empty cans on the kitchen counter. when I went into the kitchen in the morning I would turn on the water and the garbage disposal and start smacking roaches and sending them to their watery graves! they would spray every couple of weeks, but hte roaches would just go into the walls and the next apartment. you have to do a total wrap the building with those things.

...thanks TOm... now I feel all crawly

[AdrianM]

Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj

Perhaps copyright and DRM discussions could join that forum as well? I think I won't opt-in, as I usually end up posting there in reply to a particularly outrageous post, so it will be best if I don't read such posts at all.

I always find it a little disturbing when I hear of adults that aren't able to control their own reading and require someone else to do it for them.

I've always thought of it in quite simple terms; if a subject matter offends, don't read it. If you get all worked up about a topic and tend to offend others because of that, don't participate. People that make it sound like they are forced to read and participate in a subject just because it's easily accessible are being disingenuous at best; what they are really saying is either that they unable to control themselves or that they want to censor other people's discussions because they don't agree with the opinions that are expressed in those discussions.

The opt in/out thing is a reasonable idea but IMO, you should have to choose to opt out like you choose to ignore people. Or perhaps, we should all be ignoring each other by default and have to unignore people specifically to see what they are posting...

[Donnageddon]

=GraceKrispy;And the B-52s we grow special? Kansas ain't got nothing on us!

Kansas once grew B-52s the sane world feared... But that may belong in the new forum.

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

EDIT: One of the mods is Dreams. She would never slap anyone down, but she would give you a look that would make you slap yourself.

:giggle:

[dreams]

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

HT if you read the "Disclaimer" sticky post in the new forum you'll see from Alex:



The Mods are listed.

So, the mods can still slap you down.

EDIT: One of the mods is Dreams. She would never slap anyone down, but she would give you a look that would make you slap yourself.

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[kacir]

You simply can't stop them gnomes!
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...16#post1174016

LOL!

[Kevin2960]

Go for it Alex and the Mods ... Good Thinking on the part of the Management !

[m-reader]

Fantastic move - well done guys and girls!
Can we also add "Back-lit vs. e-Ink" discussions to this list?

[happy_terd]

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

HT if you read the "Disclaimer" sticky post in the new forum you'll see from Alex:



The Mods are listed.

So, the mods can still slap you down.

EDIT: One of the mods is Dreams. She would never slap anyone down, but she would give you a look that would make you slap yourself.

I did read it.

I must have missed it.

I think it should still be there. *shrug* What if someone gets on there and posts porn or is a new account made with the purpose to spam or someone goes nuts and starts calling us all MFer?

Are we to go look through the list of active mods to find the one available?

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Just my opinion.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by AdrianM

I always find it a little disturbing when I hear of adults that aren't able to control their own reading and require someone else to do it for them.

I've always thought of it in quite simple terms; if a subject matter offends, don't read it. If you get all worked up about a topic and tend to offend others because of that, don't participate. People that make it sound like they are forced to read and participate in a subject just because it's easily accessible are being disingenuous at best; what they are really saying is either that they unable to control themselves or that they want to censor other people's discussions because they don't agree with the opinions that are expressed in those discussions.

The opt in/out thing is a reasonable idea but IMO, you should have to choose to opt out like you choose to ignore people. Or perhaps, we should all be ignoring each other by default and have to unignore people specifically to see what they are posting...

well said

Originally Posted by happy_terd

I did read it.

I must have missed it.

I think it should still be there. *shrug* What if someone gets on there and posts porn or is a new account made with the purpose to spam or someone goes nuts and starts calling us all MFer?

Are we to go look through the list of active mods to find the one available?

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Just my opinion.

pick a couple of the mods out of that list and PM them.

maybe this would be the proper forum to have a waiting period to enter into?

[astra]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

maybe this would be the proper forum to have a waiting period to enter into?

[tompe]

Originally Posted by AdrianM

I always find it a little disturbing when I hear of adults that aren't able to control their own reading and require someone else to do it for them.

I've always thought of it in quite simple terms; if a subject matter offends, don't read it. If you get all worked up about a topic and tend to offend others because of that, don't participate. People that make it sound like they are forced to read and participate in a subject just because it's easily accessible are being disingenuous at best; what they are really saying is either that they unable to control themselves or that they want to censor other people's discussions because they don't agree with the opinions that are expressed in those discussions.

The opt in/out thing is a reasonable idea but IMO, you should have to choose to opt out like you choose to ignore people. Or perhaps, we should all be ignoring each other by default and have to unignore people specifically to see what they are posting...

I agree. I also do not understand why people read threads that they get upset by.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

bah! when we were at Ft. Benning I kept clean empty cans on the kitchen counter. when I went into the kitchen in the morning I would turn on the water and the garbage disposal and start smacking roaches and sending them to their watery graves! they would spray every couple of weeks, but hte roaches would just go into the walls and the next apartment. you have to do a total wrap the building with those things.

...thanks TOm... now I feel all crawly

Heck, I've seen roaches one could throw a saddle on and ride. I've tried stepping on them but it just annoyed them. I once caught one drinking from a can of Raid. The little bugger had the gall to ask for a refill.

[FlorenceArt]

I had a pet cockroach when I was living in Tokyo. Sadly, it refused to follow me when I moved back to France.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I think the whole idea is ridiculous! Are we children who need protecting and have to go crying to the moderators just because we don't like something that is posted? Grow up, people. If you don't like something in a thread, ignore it. If really bothers so much you can't ignore it, don't click on the thread. Mechanisms were already in place to deal with this so I feel the idea of segregating certain threads to a place that is invisible unless you opt in just because a thread strays into a certain topic is overreacting. Yeesh!