It's part of the new world order. If you have a problem, escalate, and mark is the ultimate arbiter.

Rolandson, Fukshot, GG, myself, Ultravox have broad moderation authority. If younhave a problem, the right response is not a profanity laden PM to one of us.

Use ignore lists, report posts, but engaging in ad hominem attacks and ignoring warnings will get a ban hammer.

Read the rules mark posted. Don't be a dick. Don't pee on my rug. Everyone will be happier.

Chances are excellent that if you have been warned, so has the other combatant. Get over it.

And before the deluge of angry emails or pm, if you think it's you, it is, but, if you think it's only you, you are wrong.

So think, use ignore, play nice.

Not it, this time!

It's not me.

Mason wrote:Not it, this time!

ha.

Seriously though, the mods are working hard to keep this place a forum for free and open exchange of ideas without personal attacks and nastiness. It is a thankless job. None of us are perfect and we all have a bad day where we shout something personally offensive or where the mods send a warning when a gentle in-forum reminder might have been less harsh. But its the nature of the beast. We all hang out here in this big dysfunctional family. And the most effective way to make that work is to police ourselves. But sometimes mom and dad have to step in and remind us to be nice to our brothers and sisters. Of course, if mom and dad only yell and scream all the time then the kids stop paying attention - so its a delicate balance. So, lets all take a deep breath, try to forget past indiscretions (except by Gendo. i kid i kid.) and get back to having the best discussions on the internet.

I knew a Comanche man once who told me that at tribal meetings if someone stood up and got angry and emotional, no one paid him or her any attention because they figured the speaker didn't know what they were talking about, but only had 'feelings' about the subject. So, emotional speakers were easy to discount. But it was much harder to tell whether the calm man or woman was full of baloney or not. Those are the ones whose words needed attention. I think that is very true. I have often learned the most either trying to research a point I was making here or by listening to the arguments of someone that I was debating. We all have something to contribute. Yes, even Gendo.

And I want to thank the mods who are doing a damn fine job herding these cats.

Not just a damn fine job, but the best job on any firearms related forum on the web. No other firearms forum discusses successfully the kind of emotion laden topics that go on here.

Antiquus wrote:Not just a damn fine job, but the best job on any firearms related forum on the web. No other firearms forum discusses successfully the kind of emotion laden topics that go on here.

I second that!

Not only are firearms discussions notoriously touchy, but political discussions even more so. Add to that the challenges of groups like ours being a constant target of trolls (and the related difficulty of distinguishing trolls from just run-of-the-mill, well-meaning jerks), and you have an extremely difficult task for moderators.

Well done, all!

the moderaters here do a fine job of not letting shit esculate into a giant flame war,hell they even let me hang around when I told them I was kind of conservative and was kinda trolling when I came here but instead of trolling I joined up to contribute,honesty is after all,,the best policy

edit:,after they let me hang around I realized I was more liberal than I thought,alot more liberal,,is it posible to be a liberal conservative?

Vodkin wrote:the moderaters here do a fine job of not letting shit esculate into a giant flame war,hell they even let me hang around when I told them I was kind of conservative and was kinda trolling when I came here but instead of trolling I joined up to contribute,honesty is after all,,the best policy

edit:,after they let me hang around I realized I was more liberal than I thought,alot more liberal,,is it posible to be a liberal conservative?

I have a friend who is very particular and exacting about how his naked houseboy polishes my aforementioned friend's boots. Corporal punishment is involved and it is not a discussion between equals. I think that might make him a conservative liberal.

Fukshot wrote:

Vodkin wrote:the moderaters here do a fine job of not letting shit esculate into a giant flame war,hell they even let me hang around when I told them I was kind of conservative and was kinda trolling when I came here but instead of trolling I joined up to contribute,honesty is after all,,the best policy

edit:,after they let me hang around I realized I was more liberal than I thought,alot more liberal,,is it posible to be a liberal conservative?

I have a friend who is very particular and exacting about how his naked houseboy polishes my aforementioned friend's boots. Corporal punishment is involved and it is not a discussion between equals. I think that might make him a conservative liberal.

I bet 100 rounds of .45 ACP that nobody will touch that.

the comedian wrote: I bet 100 rounds of .45 ACP that nobody will touch that.

I couldn't help myself. Maybe I sometimes feel a bit too much at home here.

Generally a liberal conservative is "liberal socially and a fiscal conservative". I have found that those people will skip out when its their turn to buy a round at the bar.

larrymod wrote:

Antiquus wrote:Not just a damn fine job, but the best job on any firearms related forum on the web. No other firearms forum discusses successfully the kind of emotion laden topics that go on here.

I second that!

Not only are firearms discussions notoriously touchy, but political discussions even more so. Add to that the challenges of groups like ours being a constant target of trolls (and the related difficulty of distinguishing trolls from just run-of-the-mill, well-meaning jerks), and you have an extremely difficult task for moderators.

Well done, all!

+3

Fukshot wrote:

the comedian wrote: I bet 100 rounds of .45 ACP that nobody will touch that.

I couldn't help myself. Maybe I sometimes feel a bit too much at home here.

Keep it up. Things have been on the dull side lately.
Maybe we should ditch politics alltogether and get to the real bloodbath- arguing over sports.

the comedian wrote:

Fukshot wrote:

the comedian wrote: I bet 100 rounds of .45 ACP that nobody will touch that.

I couldn't help myself. Maybe I sometimes feel a bit too much at home here.

Keep it up. Things have been on the dull side lately.
Maybe we should ditch politics alltogether and get to the real bloodbath- arguing over sports.

Water sports?

What's a "sport"? :-P

Ultravox wrote:What's a "sport"? :-P

A knickname?
"C'mere Sport!"

I was thinking of 'genetic anomoly, typically stirile'.

Fukshot wrote:

Vodkin wrote:the moderaters here do a fine job of not letting shit esculate into a giant flame war,hell they even let me hang around when I told them I was kind of conservative and was kinda trolling when I came here but instead of trolling I joined up to contribute,honesty is after all,,the best policy

edit:,after they let me hang around I realized I was more liberal than I thought,alot more liberal,,is it posible to be a liberal conservative?

I have a friend who is very particular and exacting about how his naked houseboy polishes my aforementioned friend's boots. Corporal punishment is involved and it is not a discussion between equals. I think that might make him a conservative liberal.

hmm,sounds kinda kinky,does the naked houseboy job pay well?,if a job is gonna be a literal pain in the ass it better at least pay well or maybe I could just wear my chaps and a cowboy hat,or hey,maybe he could whip me and bitch about sports,goota watch out ,I can be a pervy bastard

Vodkin wrote: hmm,sounds kinda kinky,does the naked houseboy job pay well?,if a job is gonna be a literal pain in the ass it better at least pay well or maybe I could just wear my chaps and a cowboy hat,or hey,maybe he could whip me and bitch about sports,goota watch out ,I can be a pervy bastard

I'm thinking there's a line of volunteers for that job.

Fukshot wrote:

Vodkin wrote: hmm,sounds kinda kinky,does the naked houseboy job pay well?,if a job is gonna be a literal pain in the ass it better at least pay well or maybe I could just wear my chaps and a cowboy hat,or hey,maybe he could whip me and bitch about sports,goota watch out ,I can be a pervy bastard

I'm thinking there's a line of volunteers for that job.

figures,theres always someone willing to do it cheaper

Vodkin wrote:

Fukshot wrote:

Vodkin wrote: hmm,sounds kinda kinky,does the naked houseboy job pay well?,if a job is gonna be a literal pain in the ass it better at least pay well or maybe I could just wear my chaps and a cowboy hat,or hey,maybe he could whip me and bitch about sports,goota watch out ,I can be a pervy bastard

I'm thinking there's a line of volunteers for that job.

figures,theres always someone willing to do it cheaper

Bootlickers need a union too.

Fukshot wrote:Bootlickers need a union too.

Nah, they just need boots.

and cue the rimshot !

Fukshot wrote:

Vodkin wrote:the moderaters here do a fine job of not letting shit esculate into a giant flame war,hell they even let me hang around when I told them I was kind of conservative and was kinda trolling when I came here but instead of trolling I joined up to contribute,honesty is after all,,the best policy :thumbup:

edit:,after they let me hang around I realized I was more liberal than I thought,alot more liberal,,is it posible to be a liberal conservative?

I have a friend who is very particular and exacting about how his naked houseboy polishes my aforementioned friend's boots. Corporal punishment is involved and it is not a discussion between equals. I think that might make him a conservative liberal.

pardon me while I slip back into my pants...

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Just remember: All things in moderation, including moderation.