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Censorship or Protection?

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  • 07-12-2005 11:42pm
    #1
    boardy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 322 ✭✭


    My thread was closed:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054860049
    I am not really miffed but was curious to know if it was justified. I was hoping to see other posters (other than mods) interact in defense of the traveling community but the discussion never got to that stage. Whether you believe me or not, this thread was not an attempt at traveller bashing. And any venomous remark should have been dealt with according to board rules.

    However Mods (not all) do seem to fall over themselves trying to defend the downtrodden, trying to outdo the sense of moral apprehension at the thought of a group being prejudiced.

    Is boards then a fiefdom of left-leaning closed expression (antonym to open expression) because of mod censorship?
    Post edited by Shield on


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    My reasons for closing that thread were in it. After Hours is not the place for such a thread, it'll just turn into crap.

    By all means repost it in a more suitable forum.


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    Steveire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,421 ✭✭✭Steveire


    The humanities forum like After Hours, but for serious discussion. As seamus said, repost it there. You seem coherent enough to be able to carry the discussion, but some on the AH board are not.


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    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Yes, try the traveller-bashing forum.




    (j/k)


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    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    boardy wrote:
    Is boards then a fiefdom of left-leaning closed expression (antonym to open expression) because of mod censorship?
    Assuming that this is what you think, how does it make you feel?

    Thanks for letting me know that closed expression may be the opposite to open expression by the way. I was rather unsure of that myself.


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    boardy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 322 ✭✭boardy


    Point taken Seamus and Steveire. I was unsure in the first place if AH was the right forum but hoped that it would be moved to the correct forum (but not closed). Probably will not repost it in Humanities, as it may be a bit too contentious.
    sceptre wrote:
    Thanks for letting me know that closed expression may be the opposite to open expression by the way. I was rather unsure of that myself.

    I had to clarify it Sceptre because it didn't sound right to me? It was coming across more as a mathematical concept rather than the ability to practice open and free debate.

    So I am getting the impression that the thread may not have been closed if it was posted elsewhere.


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    boardy wrote:
    Point taken Seamus and Steveire. I was unsure in the first place if AH was the right forum but hoped that it would be moved to the correct forum (but not closed). Probably will not repost it in Humanities, as it may be a bit too contentious.
    I would have, except that by the time I spotted it, there were loads of replies. :)


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    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Looks like traveller bashing TBH. If you have a TV you need a license, even if your living on the street.


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    rsynnott
    Registered Users Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    boardy wrote:

    However Mods (not all) do seem to fall over themselves trying to defend the downtrodden


    And that's a bad thing how?

    To be honest, the tone of the thread was a bit "I am not a racialist, BUT..."


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    boardy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 322 ✭✭boardy


    rsynnott wrote:
    And that's a bad thing how?
    I was being a little sarcastic with the downtrodden comment.
    To be honest, the tone of the thread was a bit "I am not a racialist, BUT..."
    And this was the type of response that would have nourished an open discussion on the issue.


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