I have a flight in October. What should I do?

[The Six]

WT is a funny guy. He's got an unusual wit. He, whatever you may have thought of his oddball sense of humor? He was one of us. Period.

We’re all dogfaces, we’re all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to sign up for this abuse.  We’re mutants. There’s something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us – we’re X'ers. But we’re Auburn X'ers! We’ve been kicking Bammer loving ass for 200 years! We didn't have to worry about whether or not we were cultured. We didn't have to worry about whether Captain Drillpress wanted to curtail our freedom of expression. All we had to do was to be the great X'er fighting soldier that is inside each one of us.

Until TinyTitan decided to flex the micro ePenis becasue he was butthurt over politics. Targeted WT, overstepped whatever authoritie he thought he had.


But you can't hold this whole fraternity of X'ers responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole message board system? And if the whole system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our internet in general? I put it to you, Wes - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to WT, unfair as it may be, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Good day!

I thought you were Pre-Med.

[wesfau2]

There was only one rule. 

Patently false. There have always been two.

[War Damn Six]

Patently false. There have always been two.

Don’t talk about TigersX?

[wesfau2]

Don’t talk about TigersX?

Well, shit.  Now we've got to amend the bylaws.

[Snaggletiger]

Has 6 decided on that flight yet?

[wesfau2]

Has 6 decided on that flight yet?

He decided to warm up for his MARATHON by jogging to the event.

[Kaos]

Patently false. There have always been two.

You sure do like to declare things as absolutes that are blatantly untrue. 

Such a rule does not exist.  Overt racism is the one and only prohibited behavior. 

[Snaggletiger]

He decided to warm up for his MARATHON by jogging to the event.

Solid

[The Six]

Has 6 decided on that flight yet?

Flight was already booked.

He decided to warm up for his MARATHON by jogging to the event.

 

[CCTAU]

You sure do like to declare things as absolutes that are blatantly untrue. 

Such a rule does not exist.  Overt racism is the one and only prohibited behavior.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “We only have two rules here…”

[GH2001]

You sure do like to declare things as absolutes that are blatantly untrue. 

Such a rule does not exist.  Overt racism is the one and only prohibited behavior.

2 if you count the nudity one. But yes as far as what words/behavoir can be used - 1 rule. Per the man himself over a decade ago....

Our latest new members and lurkers.

Couple of things to get you climaxed acclimated.

We don't do much for moderation around here.

We really only have two rules no nudity and no racism. We have no ban list, except spam.  If you are curious how we deal with annoying bammers I suggest you read this.  Everything else is pretty much fair game. 


Some of you will make it some of you will not, we are ok with that.  This is a fraternity over here.  If you are a dick we are gonna tell you, and it may not be nicely.  We have a language filter, for those that are pussies and want it on at work.  We are adults, if you don't like language leave the filter on.

[wesfau2]

2 if you count the nudity one. But yes as far as what words/behavoir can be used - 1 rule. Per the man himself over a decade ago....

I concede that the f-slur isn't racially based. 

[Snaggletiger]

I concede that the f-slur isn't racially based.

What if the gay guy was black?

[Kaos]

The facts are simple. 

1.  WT was “suspended” for three days for using a term/phrase that is not a violation of site rules or Jeff Spicoli’s dream.

2. That phrase was, until only very recently, a regularly used jibe, and for older members of this site it is not considered a pejorative.

3. The suspension was arbitrarily enforced and was a gross abuse of power by TinyTitan. 

4. To the best of knowledge no other member, particularly a frequent contributor, has ever been sanctioned in this manner.

5.  WT was personally humiliated by the sanction and as such has decided his contributing and participation in this site is no longer worthwhile. 


The above being true, the following remedies are proposed:

1. TinyTitan must publicly apologize for overstepping his bounds and ask WT to return as a member in good standing. 

2. If certain words and/or phrases are truly “offensive” to all as opposed to “I feel offended”  the elders of this site must meet (you know who you are) and make a majority ruling on which are prohibited. Upon such time, those new guidelines will be published on the site. 

3. No extreme sanctions - banning or suspending - will be enforced without the concurrence of at least two elders.  There will be no single arbiter.  Ever. 

[War Damn Six]

What if the gay guy was black?

Why does it have to be a black guy?   What about a Hispanic lesbian?

[Snaggletiger]

Why does it have to be a black guy?   What about a Hispanic lesbian?

The judges will allow it, but we all know you just want to watch two Hispanic lesbians scissor.

[wesfau2]

What if the gay guy was black?

Oh, total permaban...unless there were pics.

The spirit of the rule is to forestall bigotry, sorry if some people want to wrap themselves in that for some pyrrhic victory.

[War Damn Six]

The judges will allow it, but we all know you just want to watch two Hispanic lesbians scissor.

You say that like it’s a bad thing.

[War Damn Six]

Oh, total permaban...unless there were pics.

The spirit of the rule is to forestall bigotry, sorry if some people want to wrap themselves in that for some pyrrhic victory.

Shouldn’t Pyrrhic be capitalized? 

I am offended by your lack of usage of upper case letters. 

By the way, “spirit of the rule” might provoke the same reaction I get when an architect talks about “design intent”.  My first thought is “I’m not a mind reader, Poindexter.”   

[wesfau2]

Shouldn’t Pyrrhic be capitalized? 

I am offended by your lack of usage of upper case letters. 

By the way, “spirit of the rule” might provoke the same reaction I get when an architect talks about “design intent”.  My first thought is “I’m not a mind reader, Poindexter.”

It doesn't take a mind-reader to know that slurs in general are gonna get caught up in the rule.  As pointed out, it was kind of lightly enforced...until someone went ham and made about 20 new threads with it in the title.