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Headshop and Drugs Threads in AH

thetonynator · 2010-06-19 01:00:34

Has anyone noticed in AH over the last while, that every time someone starts a thread about headshops or drugs, it quickly descends into arguing and squabbling? The threads repeat themselves every couple of weeks and nearly always seem to end up locked. Anyone who does not condone the use of illegal drugs is instantly…

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19-06-2010 2:00am

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thetonynator

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Has anyone noticed in AH over the last while, that every time someone starts a thread about headshops or drugs, it quickly descends into arguing and squabbling? The threads repeat themselves every couple of weeks and nearly always seem to end up locked.
Anyone who does not condone the use of illegal drugs is instantly bombarded with posts and insults from several posts. See this thread >>> http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055940455
for a recent example of this.

All of this gets very repetitive and therefore does not add anything to the forum, as it has all been said before. It also probably adds to the work that moderators have to do; as I said most of these threads end up locked.

Would it be a good idea to regulate or even ban the discussion of drugs and/or head shops? As I said, they do not really add to the forum as they are repeated every few weeks. I'm not saying that the discussion of new legislation regarging head shops etc. should be banned, if it is current affairs and contains something that hasnt been discussed countless times before it's not going to be much of a problem.

It's just an idea, I thought I'd put it out there.

Thanks.

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#2 19-06-2010 4:03am
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I honestly don't think you can ban people talking about something that is so much to the fore of national news at the minute, ie headshops.

Even if there was a ban, that would just mean that quite a few people would come into AH not knowing about the ban and start threads about headshops.
Banning talking about that sort of thing would create a lot of work for the mods and I think they already do more than enough.

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#3 19-06-2010 12:05pm
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User A - drugs are bad,rabble rabble rabble

User B - freedom of choice is good,rabble rabble rabble

Users C - Z - drugs are bad/drugs are good/criminals/decriminalisation/scumbags/my cousins cousins friend ended up in a mental hospital rabble rabble rabble

Mod - Keep it on topic people,banned for personal abuse,stop acting the bollix or thread will be closed

Users A - Z - RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE

Mod - /thread

Like Hank said,its something that is at the forefront of the news and has been for the last number of months but like everything it will eventually run its course.Best option would be just dont click on the thread.

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#4 19-06-2010 1:33pm
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If we ban such topics from AH, people will feel forced to move on to the more hardcore areas like Humanities and Politics where nothing will protect them from the madness...

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#5 19-06-2010 2:33pm
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With such threads I find that you can have interesting arguments for the first 6 pages or so,
But then arguments go full circle again and again and again and again
Not to mention the ridicolous trolling attempts
Just ignore them

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#6 19-06-2010 7:10pm
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that would be like banning discussion of Israel or Palestine just because its controversial; Or Abortion threads; Gun Rights and Gay Rights threads; etc.

From my own perspective AH mods have always used their own discretion when locking threads that have descended into madness; but its fairly uncommon that a discussion is locked down just for being a hot issue.

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#7 19-06-2010 7:33pm
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But don't you see. Alcohol IS a drug.

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#8 19-06-2010 9:26pm
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dr.bollocko wrote: »

But don't you see. Alcohol IS a drug.

The most posted phrase in these threads!!!

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#9 21-06-2010 11:24am
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dr.bollocko wrote: »

But don't you see. Alcohol IS a drug.

a damn tasty one too.

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#10 21-06-2010 12:12pm
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Gosh, if only there was a forum on here that catered for such discussion. Tis a no brainer really. Shame Joe Duffy appears to run boards.

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#11 22-06-2010 12:02pm
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There are other forums than AH you know.... :rolleyes:

DeV.

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#12 22-06-2010 12:06pm
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DeVore wrote: »

There are other forums than AH you know.... :rolleyes:

DeV.

Lies!

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#14 22-06-2010 9:44pm
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Damn!

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#15 24-06-2010 11:21am
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Fifteen posts in and no Bill Hicks reference? :mad:

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#16 24-06-2010 11:28am
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He's only a billicks anyway.

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#17 28-06-2010 10:21am
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Pace2008 wrote: »

Fifteen posts in and no Bill Hicks reference? :mad:

"If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CD's and burn them." - Bill Hicks

=-=

This is what AH is for. If you want sensible discussion, goto Politics.

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#18 28-06-2010 10:08pm
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the_syco wrote: »

This is what AH is for. If you want sensible discussion, goto Politics.

You're sure now....?

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