'Soul Purpose'
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
See, the idea of telling someone that THEY CANNOT SAY SOMETHING is utterly and absolutely abhorant to me. Browbeating them is fine, I have no problem with that, but free speech is fairly important to me, strange as that might seem.
And, as far as the meta annoying people, I hate to say it, but keeping the board small means that the meta goes all over the place, whereas if there are certain places for the meta (like Kafka, and here) it gets contained to those people who want to deal with it.
BTW, what are we going to do if someone brings up one of the verboten subjects? Ban them? Have someone follow them around and monitor all of their posts? You have to have a consequence, and it needs to be laid out.
what are we going to do if someone brings up one of the verboten subjects?
I think we're just going to say "sorry. you can bring it up all you like but nothing's going to happen for 6 months, see this link".
Ban them?
Gandalfe, you're treading a very thin line here. That's the second time in five hours that you've thrown out the word "ban." It's not amusing. It's insulting and offensive and, personally, I'm more than a little tired of it.
Oh, is that a word I'm not allowed to use?
Did I say that? No. I said you're being insulting and offensive.
I think we're just going to say "sorry. you can bring it up all you like but nothing's going to happen for 6 months, see this link".
And if they keep bringing it up? Keep doing the same, and then ignore? I mean, that's a reasonable response, but someone who is determined enough can keep bringing it up, and will.
What is insulting or offensive about it?
Oh, is that a word I'm not allowed to use?
You can use any words you want.
I think we're just going to say "sorry. you can bring it up all you like but nothing's going to happen for 6 months, see this link".
But this is what's going to happen.
See, the idea of telling someone that THEY CANNOT SAY SOMETHING is utterly and absolutely abhorant to me. Browbeating them is fine, I have no problem with that, but free speech is fairly important to me, strange as that might seem.
You know if I were Nilly I could pull up literally thousands of posts among the Buffistas defending free speech. Can you trust me if I say this is so? You're not the only person on this board with a passion for this subject. We're talking about how to convert that free speech into functionality. We're balancing it against the meta.
Balance. Moderation. Good things.
Oh, is that a word I'm not allowed to use?
Use it if you want, Gandalfe. You won't be banned for using the word "banned", even if you are literally--if jokingly--asking to be banned. Just realize that rhetorically, it is not very effective unless the desired effect was to anger others.
Likewise, I have a similar reaction to someone saying that the board is squelching their free speech. This is a private board with an international membership. We are not constitutionally bound to uphold the 4th Amendment.