I call BS!

[ezgoinrob]

I like popcorn.

mmm popcorn.... or icecream!!!

[Troublco]

yeah, had to use my reading comprehension skills to get all kinds of MX paperwork screw ups corrected

I didn't think pilots could read anything but Jepps, and dirty magazines (if you count looking at pictures as reading)...

[SA Friday]

The OP, I believe, is addressing the ever increasing control being imposed by moderators. I've seen this happen the last 2 years.

Another example that got much less attention. Jerrymrc slammed a member because they started a thread with a link to an article about rice having arsenic. Jerry didn't like what the article said and proclaimed he wasn't going to put up with that “chicken little crap on his thread” and shut the thread down.

It seems all good things degenerate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degeneration

Statistically, I would expect to see more moderation on the site. There are simply more members, and there has been a LOT of growth over the last two years. Simply put, we average about the same percentage of rabble rousers, but the actual numbers are increasing as the blog population increases.

As per the rice thread, the article was horrible and devoid of anything resembling scientific method or supporting information. There is some info out there and some studies ongoing on the subject, but for the most part from the little I looked into the matter, nobody really knows if the info is even relevant. So, a news group posts an outlandish claim based off of preliminary studies and the FDA. Then it was posted here as fact. The OP got called on it and got snippy in the thread and completely unacceptable in PMs. Then he got spiked like a volleyball. Tissue can be found on isle 11 at the local Wal-mart.

You are here voluntarily. You are here for free. You don't own the site. You don't set the rules OR the social temperament. That is left up to those who volunteer their time and energy to the site. If you have a problem, take it to PM to a mod and don't act like a narcissistic jackass and it will get worked out. Make life difficult, refuse to follow some fairly simple guidelines, act like a jackass; expect to get spiked like a volleyball. There's nothing new here... Seriously, some of you need to step away from the keyboard for a bit and self-reflect.

[SA Friday]

Okay, I've had about enough. Ban me if you wan't, I'll use the time I spent here for a better purpose.

There have been a few threads started (Cop shooting the guy in a wheelchair) that have been cut off short because they are directed at the blatantly inappropriate actions of a LEO.

Now don't get me wrong, for the "average" senario that could be looked at either way, I tend to side with the cop until I find out more. Also, I would like it made obvious that I am aware the the owner of this forum is a LEO. I am too, and that doesn't grant one to a position of automatic rightousness! That is a BS reason to always side with the cop. To be quite frank, a cop's job is to not always side with the cop! We are supposed to side with the TRUTH!

Shooting a one armed, one legged man in a wheelchair because he has you "cornered" is total bullshit! If the cop kicked him over in his wheelchair, fine, if he Tasered him, or OC'd him, fine, even if he punched him in the face, fine. But this cop KILLED a MAN out of fear for his personal saftey? The 21 foot drill doesn't really cut it with a man in a wheelchair.

Thsi forum chose to shut down the thread because it was going south, why? The forum members were upset? They have every right to be upset! I'm tired of seeing them shut down when they have a vaild point. Any cop should be ashamed of him/herself for supporting this unnesseary censorship.

I know I'm getting the boot, and I'm glad for it. Grow a fucking pair COAR-15!

I doubt you are going to get banned for this, but seriously if you are getting this worked up over something you are not in a position of authority to regulate and has been consistently moderated on this site, you need to walk away for a while. Self-regulate a little... get a soothing hobby. But please, if you are going to vent your spleen publicly, don't get pissed when you get chastised publicly.

[clublights]

I'll just say this .......


The Mod's here might not be perfect...


but at least they are better then the replacement NFL refs.......

[lead_magnet]

I was the one that closed the thread. It wasn't to stick up for the cop.

The thread had no real discussion. It was headed nowhere but sarcastic remarks and far fetched comparisons. So I closed it, as I didn't see any viable path for that thread to become a valuable discussion. I only saw a downside of it branching off to a couple of cop bashing posts and getting closed anyways.

Yes, sometimes our moods change how lenient and patient we are. We are only human, it happens to the best of us. Nobody is getting banned, so don't worry about that.

I can understand your actions, when viewed from that perspective. Maybe you're better at detecting where a thread is heading better than me. The topic seemed like a good place to dicuss "shoot no shoot" or "good shoot bad shoot" but you are correct, that wan't being discussed.

Sorry If I pissed in anyone's koolaid... Been here since 2009, only posted 200 posts. Guess its back to the for sale section for me... less harm to be done there