Thank you for illustrating my point exactly.

If you think the solution is people are only going to post here with purely technical information and business transactions this forum would be duller than dirt and there would be absolutely no one following it. Case in point this thread, although not a very pleasant topic or discussion it had a tremendous response and number of views. There are other elements beyond plain pragmatism that make a forum interesting. Often people will post that really have nothing to offer but their own curiousity or humor and in doing so stimulate further conversation which may move into areas that would not normally be brought forth. I would like to think there are a few more personalities involved in this hobby than a bunch of pocket protector wearing Dilbert's.


Like I already stated you take the good with the bad and you should know where to draw the line. Going back to when my ad for my sons kart kept getting doctored up; there is a line between funny and offensive and the types of pictures being posted that appeared to be represented by myself, I personally found offensive. Now that was me finding them offensive but others may not have so it could be argued that it is difficult to really know where to draw the line. I understand that Sparky is trying to keep the forum from going down a road that we, he, all, none...most would find offensive (yes it's a very subjective topic). Some including myself will call it censorship but I think there may be a line that was crossed here. Sparky drew the line somewhere because he felt the one post put the forum out of an "E" rating, which is why mine and ToMMy's posts on the same thread were left alone. Arguably goofy posts no doubt but not what I would anticipate to be offensive. I am still working on censoring myself from posting goofy. My therapist says I will need to up the visits to three times a week.

Quoted from Grauwulf

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that we as a community have allowed this to happen by not policing ourselves, and letting people get away with ... personal attacks and petty bickering in an open, public forum.

Quoted from sinpin

Funny you somehow managed the longest, most pointless post in this thread though  

When you read it carefully, you may find valid concerns in there.

How's you Mom Bish?

Quoted from Bish

When you read it carefully, you may find valid concerns in there.

Nothing to do with the subject... but how do you put 2 different quotes in one single post???

Quoted from kidflash

How's you Mom Bish?

The same comment I posted on Karmatose on moms applies to everyone's mom...

Keep it clean, or I lock the thread.

Quoted from Sparky

The same comment I posted on Karmatose on moms applies to everyone's mom...

Keep it clean, or I lock the thread.

I am pretty sure I said nothing derogatory, I do recall a past post that was quite derogatory about Bish's mom in the past, hence the question.

Not a level playing field, to be sure.

HEY!?  Where is B1?

I know I am new here and I don't really know anyone, but maybe the person who posted the offensive material just had a bad day and didn't realize what they posted would offend other people?

Quoted from discoisdead

I know I am new here and I don't really know anyone, but maybe the person who posted the offensive material just had a bad day and didn't realize what they posted would offend other people?

Ironically, I'm going off topic here.. but what is that machine in your avatar?  It looks awesome!  Did you make it?  Do you have more pics?

I don't really understand why we need to have these types of discussions every couple of months. All of this could easily have been nipped in the bud via PM and 99% of members would have been none the wiser. Instead we get this whole drama queen Shakespearean over-analytical tragedy thing going on which only hurts the perception of maaca in the minds of its membership.

Maaca is what it is and I like it (for the most part). I think it's appropriate to have the admins pull offensive content, but this whole "warning" thing in the open forum is pretty silly and just serves to shine a spotlight on something that didn't deserve it in the first place.

My very humble two cents.

There is only Mr. Hanky that could put a stop to this.
Hey we are all adult.... or over 25 years old... so that is what we are... I hope.
Wy don't we flush all this thing in the sewer, the point of all this story from every aspect have been covered, this thread is becoming almost as ridiculous as the thing it condemed.
NOBODY IS RIDICULUS, it is just that this story is getting out of proportion and that is ridiculus.