A level playing field.
 

Part of the interest, and dare I say fun, of debating issues on here, whether they be daft or serious, was that all the players who took part played on a level playing field, so to speak. Everyone had an equal chance.

I've posted many times that every member has an equal right to air their point o view. Spelling, grammar, big words weren't a necessity to allow everyone who wanted to have their say, even if they were shot down in flames by everyone else. Their voice was heard.

I sadly believe this is truly not the case anymore, and that saddens me greatly.

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I know where you are going Rindy x

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Why do you say that? Has something been said or done?

As for spelling and grammar mine are terrible.

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I know exactly what you mean, and the fact is you can't clearly say it for fear of 'rule breaking'.
I have had the same experience today that you have, and I am annoyed too.

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I guess its one of them secret threads...... either that or someones being a drama queen and waiting for a few more to ask whats going on....


oh hum :)

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Thank you.

I'm glad it's not just me that's noticed.

Though I'm not going off in a huff, that would be giving in to the injustice.

Neil, I fear I can't be anymore specific, because that would break forum rules.

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Go on Margaret, be a devil and tell us about it

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Thank you Rindy. The first person who had acknowledged a comment from me in months x

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Sadly as I've just posted I can't say what I'd really like to, because it would be breaking forum rules.;)

No drama.

Others, with half a brain, know exactly where I'm coming from.;)

:D

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At the risk of a ban I will say that three of us had consecutive posts deleted.

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She can't.

I can't.

Hey ho, such is life.

At least we can have a moan in here, about no one imparticular(:rolleyes:), all subtle and within the rules.:D

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Well I just did! - and I don't tell lies

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I'm presuming a little but I reckon that Rindy is looking back to a couple of years ago when we did have some fun on this site. Everyone was able to comment without feeling pressured and even if it wasn't politically correct we read it and gave our opinion.

As for bad grammar, why does that affect things? We are mates, aren't we?

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Anyone see that film starring Sally Field called Sybil?

She had multiple personality disorder.

You know, were people have different characters, all living differing lives.

They refer to themselves in the third person, when speaking of other characters.

I heard there was a total ban on any reviews if the press, for fear of upsetting.....er, I don't really know.

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It has changed, and not for he better.

Fun and humour are now something that's to be stamped on.

About four years ago someone accused this site or racism. At that time I vehemently defended the forum against that accusation. I'd certainly never seen any racist comments at that time. I pointed out that we were fairly well self policed, with any unacceptable behavioue being pounced on by other members, or reported, as the case may be.

There are racist posts on this forum now, as well as a lot of other nastiness.

It seems it is only humour that is being hounded from the place, as you pointed out, and that does sadden me.

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What you mean we can't upset anyone anymore?

What the hell am I going to do if I can't upset Christians, Jews, Muslims, Catholics, JW's, dog owners, ethnic minorities, Politicians and Jam Butty? :mad:

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Well, I must have been short changed in the brain department Garinda, haven't a clue what you are on about.... :confused:

Seems everybody still speaks their mind on here and although not acknowledged in another post, I read lots of posts that I giggle over and speak out loudly to myself 'Good on ya!'. Think we did get told off (sortof) for putting up too long 'a quotes 'cause of computer issues.

Did actually notice that you have had a more serious head on recently, is this what it was about ? Although some brilliant witty posts from you in the last few days, so wasn't too worried.

Guess we will just have to get in the JBC to flatten out those mounds ... :D

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No, there was just nothing that got my juices going recently, so to speak.:D

I can't say what I'd really like to, because I'd be breaking the rules.

(Think of the worse rule break, and you'll be half way to understanding why I'm soooooooooooooo saddened a the turn of events on here.)

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Its a JCB but I think be would prefer your hands working on his mounds :D

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I have struck the offender from my friends list on Facebook - what more can I do:rolleyes::confused:

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I've just done the same thing!

You can chose your Facebook friends, but you can't chose....:D

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For the good of the forum I will do a test post and see which part gets changed.


I love Graham Jones and wish I was his love child :D


I love Peter Britcliffe and wish I was his love child :D

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I will take bets that #2 stays:D

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how's that???? :D:p

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Don't know anything about Reflexology Neil .... (she's says innocently) .. ;)

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They aren't married, or in a civil partnership, so that would make him a little ba....damn, it's only Anything Goes, and not the Over 18's.

:D

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well if its what i'm thinking, its part of the reason i spend more time on the "Stanley" part of the forum these days.:rolleyes:

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Hey miss quoting people is my job around here

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yeuk Neil, how very dare you :eek:

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I'm in the right thread to make my nomination for sad geek of the year?

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I could have thought of someone worse,

errmm
errmm
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Less :D:D:D

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From Black to Gold? - has it ever been done?

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if bad spelling gets you in trouble im screwde :D

as for posts going missing i can safely say i know what your talking about with some experience of this under my belt :)

granted most of teh time its justified lol but sometimes perfectly clean and well grammard posts have gone missing too without so much as an explination :confused:

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REMINDER!


This is Anything Goes, home of silliness, and mindless fun....and no rules are being broken.

Just in case it's going to get a heavy 'editing'.

:D

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No 'Best un- dressed Avatar. :D

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Well green is going to be the new gold....because I haven't nominated any of my threads this year.:D

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My avatar's wearing a thong, holding his lunch.

Well more of a snack than a lunch really.

:D

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Great - my chosen evening dress is green:)

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I might nominate this thread if it survives long enough

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careful everyone or we might just get huulled over the hot coals ;)

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Lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllll:p:p:p:p:p

That's one of the funniest things I ever read on here, and subtle beyond belief.

When did I write it for you?

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if this thread stays %100 intact i will lick my own balls

if only 1 post gets deleted neil can lick em

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I.O.U. Karma (and you June.)

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They might leave the thread intact, and just delete your balls instead.;)

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I have a question for you rindy ......... what am i wearing this year .... a wooden spoon is it by any chance? :D:D:D

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Please can a mod delete just one post. I will get my boots on ready just in case :D

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you want to borrow my steel toecaps neil?:D:D:D

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you wish you had written it for me...

anyway it is just a simple spelling mistake I meant hauled of course

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That's up to you.

My only advice is if you're knitting an outfit again this year, use large needles, because times running out.

Just make sure you wear a vest this year.

We don't want you doing a Judy Finnegan again, and popping out on the red carpet.

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liar!!!

at least its easier to say than grangemouthed ....:D

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Of course.

Must try harder.

(Still laughing here.)

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only do that when spugs around .... but flashing you would be ok .. your eyes wont pop ... not like neils .... mind you that smile on his face ....:D

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Shill's just come up with a good idea.

A Facebook group!

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Hey dont blame me ..........

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That's the night you drank a pint of meths or Fairy Liquid or something.

Though I think you took that before you drank the absinthe, because it's not aimed from the floor.

:D

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You can't see Gary's foot in that picture ;)

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it was resting in your lap wasnt it neil? :D:D:D

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hmm why have I got dragged into this...although it was a good night that night :D

And I am laughing here too rindy, 1st time I have enjoyed it on here for a long time :mosher:

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That photo reminds me of the cover of a German film I have.

Hedi does Peter...and Clara came too.

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can i just say that photo and another with hr and mez and mistletoe are part of my entries in the pics competition ... though i was thinking entering the one of mez and her magic knickers .....

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No, you really hurt my bunion when you sat on it that night.

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well i didn't believe her anyway.:D

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least i only sat on neils lap ... mind you i did bounce up and down i think .. but that was after the poison i drank ..:D

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Just like old times.

Having a laugh.

The child(ren) safely tucked up in their cots.

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You were really bouncy that night!

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why did i bounce on yours as well ..... you said you'd tell me what went on .... but you never did!!!

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Alcohol has a lot to answer for.:rolleyes:

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If Only.........:rolleyes:

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I know ....... thats why im teetotal now ....... that was the last time i ever got drunk that night ... :D

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Yes, that was to prevent someone sitting on it :p

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Well it stopped mick from sitting on it..........

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now im off to bed .... im using lighters to keep my eyes open ... matches are so yesterday!!!!

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I would have preferred Mick, I would have had less knee pain :p

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Now look what you did Jen, I have mentioned a mod in a post. I will get into trouble now.

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Thank's for the mention, what a shame I'd gone to bed early yesterday, it would have been fun to enter one of the old style spontaneous threads of the type from yesteryear when humour was allowed and without my personal troll trying to kill it before it's started. (watch this space he'll be along in a moment).http://planetsmilies.net/person-smiley-9616.gif

Karma to you all, (yeah like I'm that generous!).

http://planetsmilies.net/sign-smiley-7080.gifCheers

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Well So far not one post has been deleted/edited so carry on:rolleyes:



As for Jen everyone else at that meet had a shot of absinthe not a half pint glass which you could not get down fast enough it was not forced on you it was voluntary and you where warned about it at the time :D
and the out come of that drink/night oh Jen :eek:

Re: A level playing field.
 

Posts rarely get moderated, but when it happens the moderators nearly always get stick from someone, be that in a PM or creating a thread. The posts in question referred to another member as having a multiple personality disorder. We are supposed to be a friendly community, that's why we have moderation in place. It's no more 'funny' to make jest at somebody's sexuality or race, as it is their mental well being.

Re: A level playing field.
 

i read that post n would put money on it was tongue in cheek, like others have said, much of the fun has evaporated from here these days.:(

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When someone posts in the third person, and apparently says they are issuing a statement on behalf of themselves, it all looks very odd, and a tongue in cheek reference to multiple personalities was quite apt, in my opinion.

You can bet your bottom dollar if the same humorous observation was made about someone else, Graham Jones for instance, it would have remained unedited.

The pathetic pettiness, and outlawing of any humour, is killing the fun of this site.

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I know what you mean too.......I was one of those people who had what I thought was a quite innocuous post deleted.

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theres every chance that was me... accyweb has always been a place where racists can say just about anyhting they want so long as it has a smile on the end... Its never changed.. it has ups and downs.. I was disgusted with the swastika avatars no matter what arguments where put forward to allow them...

I am proud of the fact that I got a zero tolerence rule against a certain word beggining with P to be enforced on accyweb ..

i give up bothering about it as i aint on no crusade.. it just means accyweb is a true reflection of hyndburn which is quite racist in itself.


Hows that? :)

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this is the same grahame jones who made a total embarresment of himself in the accy stanley part of accyweb is it... what a plonker..

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I thought you got a P word banned:confused:
...obviously not this one - I find that more insulting than what was deleted yesterday on the grounds that it was 'insulting'

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I agree with that MargaretR.

My feelings exactly. K-P's post is personal and insulting........and as such is against the rules of the forum.

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Oh hell I've been deleted:D:D:cool:

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No need to swear - it happens to the best of us:rolleyes:

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Welcome to the club Jaysay...we don't have a lot of rules to follow.:D

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Why - are you telling me there is a baby jen i dont know about running around accy? :D We are all over the age of 21 arent we? All adults? Then again ......:D:D:D

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I agree with the two lovely Margarets about the 'P' word! Second one that is, the first one referred to isnt an insult, it is I think, referring to a person from a certain country!

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paddy - irish
scot - scotland
ausi - australian
taffy -welsh
yank - american
pommie - english
ruskie - russian
pole - polish
sweed - sweedish
crout - german
indian - indian
frog - french

no one ever hears about any on the above list screaming racism or has people screaming to stop using those names on tehir behalf :rolleyes:

its not the word that is racist its how you use it infact i think the british public are world leaders at getting offended on other peoples behalf:rolleyes:

if i was racist i wouldnt use cb cabs, i wouldnt eat at the akash and i wouldnt buy my computer parts form the shops i do :rolleyes:

i will hold my hand up to predjudice but everone is guilty of that in some way or other , unless they are a saint that is

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jock - many of my mates are known as, fer ever, never known 1 get the hump oer it or shout racism, aussies call us pommie Bs. i don't mind, but the P. word sure brings em out the woodwork, WHY?:(

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My take on this....Trust the devil you know, but never trust the devil you dont know or ever will. ;)

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I work with a half Aussie reject - he tells me the P word as we are calling it is a common term in Australia and is used at a shortened version of Pakistani. Is that not what it means over here :confused:

Surely you have to add some other words with it to make it an insult.

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ahh but neil we are all racists and this is a racist site typical of hyndburn which i see as been no different than any other part of the UK

with so many racists it makes you wonder why so many people try so hard to get into hyndburn yet alone the UK

well i suppose a soft arse benefit system helps but apart from that i couldnt see any attraction in been here if teh people of teh UK were such racists

im off to the local chinky for some egg flied lice for my supper

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don't forget your 2p fock.

That reminds me of a story a bloke at work told me.

I work just outside Liverpool. He said a local Chinese has a high counter with just a small serving hatch, yes it is a nice place ;)

This guy did the usual thing of pulling the sides of his eyes and asking for egg flied lice in a pathetic Chinese accent. The Chinese looking bloke behind the counter put his fingers above and below his eyes and stretched them to be wide open and said in a strong scouse accent "get to flip" - well you know what I mean :D:D:D

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i'll give ya my thoughts on this, Britain is in a mess socially, n one of the biggest reasons why,is numptys who call the word insulting/ racial, its that simple to me, never mind the pakistanis, we would be much better off if these people would "Sod Off" somewhere else.:rolleyes:

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seems simple to me...I don't call people P****.and I don't call people N******..I have used thoose terms and some still use em..but I know black people do not like to be called niggers or gollywogs.. so why would anyone want to use those names when we all know some people do not like them?.. I may call a mate a Aussie t*** but I would only do it if I knew the bloke did not take offence..I'll say again..would you call a black person a gollywog in thier face? or call someone a **** in the face?..if yes then good luck to you.. cos you may need it!

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And to make things plain..if anyone called me a pommie bastard they would get a swift headbutt.take it or leave it.

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Well rindy .........you did it (got me to read through a full thread) not done that for a long time........thank you :D

Have had a bloody good laugh :D

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it's a choice.. if we go down the right road then it will be OK
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