I call them as I see them mate.

It was clear to me your motivations were nothing more than trying to help the members of the site by providing another place for them to go if worse came to worst. Frankly, I was surprised some idiots could see the same damn obvious thing. Maybe they did, It's also clear to me now just what a boys club that place really is. If your in with the click then you will say the appropriate thing, end of story.

While the admins were also trying to spout all sorts of baseless sunshine and rainbows, it was also clear the facts of the matter were anything but rosy.

What was also obvious is how many of them didn't like the other local patrol site but they were going to go there out of lack of any other choice.

You provided them with one and people still bitched and lambasted you for it. A good job really. Better to keep such dillatantes at arms length rather than have to suffer them directly.

I'm happy to back anything and anyone I believe in and likewise i'm not afraid to question what I don't agree with or find suspect.

I also think banning me was something that has been on the cards for ages. They don't like people that go against the grain there and don't fall into line and I had pissed all the admins off at some time by not following the party line or agreeing with everything they said.

Funny enough, when I did post things that I thought would get me kicked for crossing the line, ( but couldn't give a damn anyway) nothing was ever said. Then, out of the blue, I'd get some infraction or PM wrapping me over the knuckles for what I would have never guessed was out of bounds.

Right now I'm wondering if their little ban fest may end up backfireing. I was getting sick of the theats all the time even to other people for nothing more than expressing a non sanctioned opinion. If others start getting threatened or banned for no valid reason, then that may erode their numbers and more over reputation even more.

Obviously there needs to be rules but asking questions and having a mind of ones own should not be something someone is threatend because of in my book.

Forums are a great way to fill in the idle time I have when i'm too crook to do anything useful. At the end of the day no matter at times how wrapped up you get in them for an hour or 3, they are just entertainment and have no influence on a person in their real life.

That's one of the reasons I just don't get why so many there are going on about loosing the forum as if it were looseing a child and why so many Felt a loyality to that site instead of just coming here.

There is nothing there that can't be documented again with updated and fresh info. It's not about whats been posted before, it's about the people that put the info there in the first place and can provide more info in the future.

yeah.. Thou, my motivations were two fold.. First was as you say, to give them somewhere to go (and bloody hell, they nearly needed it) and the second was I saw it as an opportunity.. It wasnt completly selfless

A little know fact is that you could get an infraction if some number of people complained about one of your posts. I once pointed out to a member how he was proposing to do something incredibly dangerous and got abused in return by the OP and told to piss off, and then others complained about me and I received an infraction. People may not always like my opinions, but when it's not politically related, I'm generally stating cold, hard, facts. The way that issue was handled right royally pissed me off.

Cheers

Ray

I also got infracted for a joke I told. But that was Yom and he said it was because people complained. It really opened my eyes to the sort of people that (certainly not all) are on there.

I also got infracted for a joke I told. But that was Yom and he said it was because people complained. It really opened my eyes to the sort of people that (certainly not all) are on there.

Let's hear it then....there's not enough members here yet to complain......

Edited May 15, 201213 yr by gottheshits

yeah.. Thou, my motivations were two fold.. First was as you say, to give them somewhere to go (and bloody hell, they nearly needed it) and the second was I saw it as an opportunity.. It wasnt completly selfless

Si I guess the olive branch you held out to the mods (to be mods on here) is now withdrawn, haha......

It was a moonshine thread. And a tasmanian said that he makes ethanol and methanol at home, but not for a car. I simply replied I did not think there were any abbos left in tassie

I simply replied I did not think there were any abbos left in tassie

I'm not a wowser or an aboriginal but I'll have you know that I for one take great amusement at that!

Hope he kept it in the fridge. I hear it's not as good warm.

I spent a bit of time over the weekend cleaning out all my posts. After reading this thread I just tried to log in and was presented with this little gem!

According to the mods I have "damaged" the knowledge base. Seems they think they own my contributions.

Check this crap out, posted on the news section of the other forum.

Another member made a decision to delete ALL his posts - which sucked, because he is a smart guy and a lot of the data in his posts were very valuable to the members here both present and future. That's his prerogative, anyone can delete their data at any time - but doing so takes away from the knowledge base of the forum (i.e. people no longer have access to that data when searching) and given that the basis of forums is sharing, deleting your data demonstrates that you no longer wish to participate. Imagine what would be lost if everyone who sold their Patrol also deleted all their stuff here? Leave it here, in doing so you are giving something back for what the forum has given to you. I really can’t understand what possessed him to do it, perhaps he doesn't understand how communities operate... but anyway, we move on.

So on one hand the clown says: "That's his prerogative, anyone can delete their data at any time" but then they ban you for doing so.

Is he on drugs or should he be??? Talk about double standards and hypocracy! What a farkwit!

Following the reasons given for my banning and the defamatory comments posted by a mod there, I have just sent a request for my account and all my posts to be deleted.

I fully expect they will want to play clever Crunts and do nothing which is fine.

I was always taken as fool there, I'll be glad to show them who the real fools are and have the last laugh.

Ha, I got a special mention

When the administration of a community conjours up visions of a Blue Oyster Club, I get the hell out of there, and make sure I don't need to go back for anything.......

Be interesting to know their response to your deletion instruction - I just have the feeling you're warming up your ammo and checking with the relevant department already

Edited May 16, 201213 yr by GPSTI

Unfortunately I very much doubt they are going to have the good sence to do it the easy / hounarable way.

Seriously guys? Get over it. Im not surprised they banned some of you - Waking up and reading all this shit is draining.