24-04-2003 20:39									#151
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"I would recommend you stay away from these kind of discussions Bodds... because you are one post away from yet another restriction."

WHAT??!! Standing up for morals gets you banned? Bloody hell, and I'd forgotten why I wasn't coming here as much. This is a disgrace.

	24-04-2003 20:40									#152
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quote: Originally posted by Guynemer Boddington's should be hidden from society. No-one wants to read your inane rantings and homophobia.

Homophobia = fear of homosexuals.

I am not afraid of them, it is they who should be afraid if they act as they wish in public.

	24-04-2003 20:43									#153
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They should be afraid?

Threatening people, Spinky? Is your life so empty, your self-confidence so low, your masculinity so threated that you feel the need to make oblique threats against homosexuals?

	24-04-2003 20:52									#154
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Glad it went well for you Asher.

	24-04-2003 20:55									#155
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quote: Originally posted by Boddington's Homophobia = fear of homosexuals. I am not afraid of them, it is they who should be afraid if they act as they wish in public.

Enjoy your banning.

	24-04-2003 20:56									#156
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quote: Originally posted by Boddington's WHAT??!! Standing up for morals gets you banned? Bloody hell, and I'd forgotten why I wasn't coming here as much. This is a disgrace.

No Bod's... your bigotary is what's a disgrace.

And don't worry... keep "standing up for morals" like you have, and you won't have to worry about coming here as much, because you will be restricted.

	24-04-2003 20:56									#157
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Stop trying to dictate policy.

	24-04-2003 21:13									#158
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quote: Originally posted by Boddington's Stop trying to dictate policy.

I'm not... your anti gay crap has NEVER been allowed, and that isn't going to change.

You want to bash on gays, do it on some other site, because it isn't allowed here.

	24-04-2003 21:13									#159
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Nobody seems to under threat of banning for the continual anti-USA, anti-Israel, anti-France, or anti-take-your-pick-of-subjects trolling that goes on here at poly.

Without defending Boddington's opinions (I think mine are clear from my earlier post), I'd like to know why those who dislike or disagree with his views cant simply ignore them or attack them as is done for every other thread.

	24-04-2003 21:28									#160
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quote: Originally posted by SpencerH Nobody seems to under threat of banning for the continual anti-USA, anti-Israel, anti-France, or anti-take-your-pick-of-subjects trolling that goes on here at poly.

No-ones saying that American or French people should not go out in public, etc.

And Boddington's comments are entirely innapropriate for a thread on a sensitive matter - they're designed to make Asher uncomfortable (not that Asher would be bothered by something so pathetic).

Ming -

	24-04-2003 21:30									#161
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It is one thing to be anti-gay, and another to be pro-gay-bashing or pro-violence.

	24-04-2003 22:37									#162
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quote: Originally posted by Japher It is one thing to be anti-gay, and another to be pro-gay-bashing or pro-violence.

Thats true, but unless someone knows of evidence to the contrary, I dont recall Boddington usually espousing actual violence toward gays. Yes, in this thread, he said "I am not afraid of them, it is they who should be afraid if they act as they wish in public". I take that comment, however, to be a knee-jerk reaction from an inability to think cogently, rather than a true opinion.

	24-04-2003 22:43									#163
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quote: Originally posted by SpencerH I take that comment, however, to be a knee-jerk reaction from an inability to think cogently, rather than a true opinion.

I think you give him too much credit. Or too little. I really can't tell.

	24-04-2003 22:53									#164
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	24-04-2003 23:19									#165
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Godwin's Law. yes.
Briefly:

quote: Rule #4: (Godwin's Rule) Any off-topic mention of Hitler or Nazis will cause the thread it is mentioned in to an irrelevant and off-topic end very soon; every thread on UseNet has a constantly-increasing probability to contain such a mention. Quirk's Exception: Intentional invocation of this so-called "Nazi Clause" is ineffectual. Case's Corollary: If the subject is Heinlein or homosexuality, the probability of a Hitler/Nazi comparison being made becomes equal to one.

Contemporary opinion is that it does not automatically follow that whoever mentions Hitler loses the debate, and drawing that conclusion is bollocks. It simply means the thread has degenerated beyond all hope. (*tick*)

Note Case's Corollary.

Note also, the use of the phrase off-topic. If Bods was genuinely Nazist, then the debate is not lost by anyone's standards.

Incidentally, a good part of 1933 Germany was not in fact a Nazi regime.

	25-04-2003 00:23									#166
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat Godwin's Law. yes. Briefly: Contemporary opinion is that it does not automatically follow that whoever mentions Hitler loses the debate, and drawing that conclusion is bollocks. It simply means the thread has degenerated beyond all hope. (*tick*) Note Case's Corollary. Note also, the use of the phrase off-topic. If Bods was genuinely Nazist, then the debate is not lost by anyone's standards. Incidentally, a good part of 1933 Germany was not in fact a Nazi regime.

I think you overthink these things.

	25-04-2003 01:20									#167
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Well this thread has served its purpose. Can a mod kindly close it, please?

Thanks to everyone sane for the support, it means a lot.

	25-04-2003 01:44									#168
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Glad to be of assistance.

Congrats and good luck.

RAH