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Originally posted by Oblivion437:
Personally, I'd just edit or dump offending posts and right quick...
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That does indeed work for many forums but the problem here would be that we only have a couple of people moderating a large number of forums, and they also have lives offline.
I wouldn't dare ask of them that they are around 24/7, reading all our threads, wrestling through longwinded posts and sifting out anything that anyone might find offensive (which is, after all, a matter of interpretation) - especially when it's not necessary. I don't mind the ban on religious discussion for several reasons:
-it has become painfully obvious that most people cannot discuss the matter in any civilised and calm manner.
-the alternative would put too much strain on the mods who are, you must remember, volunteering their free time to keep the forum clean.
-there are countless other places where we can join religious debates.
As far as I'm concerned, we can either keep obsessing about the fact that we are forbidden to discuss a certain topic and make ourselves and the rest of the forum miserable, or we can just accept that this is the way it is. If you still consider the forum a fun place, then enjoy it, if the ban takes all the fun out for you then leave. If you feel the need to chat with people about religion, do it with your friends, your family, anyone who is willing to listen. Chat about it on MSN with other Ironworkers who feel like you do, find other forums to cater to your needs in addition to IWs.
[ 08-31-2004, 09:22 AM: Message edited by: Melusine ]