You care enough to read and reply to my posts. Pretty sad, if you ask me.

why aren't you original.

boo hoo.

why on earth would i want to do that?

Sooooo anyway... you other guys were saying?

my what?

Say what?

Then why don't you ban people whose stock reply half the time is: "you're a moron" or "you're an idiot?"

Oh, I know--can't touch the BF big shots.

^

For real? Why not make an effort to enforce those then? Your number one poster has it as it singular mission to take every thread off topic, yet you guys hold him up as a pillar of cycling knowledge.

Ass.

We can still say "ass" right?

^^^ +1. I sometimes wonder if certain members have their replies mapped to hotkeys or if they have randomizer automatically select from 'moron,' 'idiot,' 'HTFU,' etc

this thread is stupid

a friend of mine is a big bad ugly rugby player, rower, mountaineer, army reservist and all round tough guy. He was set upon by a gang of 12/13 year olds and beaten up. Yes, he was scared too.

Yeah, the OP isn't following the 12/12 rule.

Sigh.

I think mods do discuss amongst themselves. I was warned to keep my posts under 3000 words so I've been trying.





















april 1,
cdr

this thread is an april fool joke

I have been wondering about this and some other issues in the Road Section myself. It does appear that some in here can say whatever the hell they please and there are no consequences, yet others are stomped on for relatively little. The selective enforcement is, oftentimes, maddening. Why are there even rules for this forum when they are only enforced when someone feels like enforcing them? Are the rules too strict? I do not think so. In 2 of the photography forums to which I belong there is precious little tolerance for rules violations. It is one warning and any subsequent infraction renders the offender gone for good......too strict? Perhaps, but those forums are alot more civil and helpful and on topic, and almost all of the regular members help police the forum for the good of all, especially the newbies, which is hardly the case here where new posters are routinely hassled by some of the veterans here in the name of "having only a bit of fun." Telling a new member to leave because it will be one less newbie to deal with is not a way to encourage membership.

Damn I am long winded....and I apologise.

Regards,

Brian J.

As in any field, there is respect earned and respect forced.

+1

I can think of a few people without even trying, that have posted "you're a moron" just in the last week or so....

you're short

Uh, nope.

Personal attacks and inflammatory behavior will not be tolerated.

Good post.

Many of us have given up applying logic to moderator behavior. It things were logical, software could enforce the required discipline i.e. the same logic in software that controls corporate filtering should be sufficient.

Agreed. But respecting people isn't the same as treating them with respect. Most of us are strangers and I wonder how many of us would do or say these things to the faces of those they reply to in here.

I do recall that you and I have gone a round or two in here without much harm being done.

Well put--

Everyone be nice. We are trying to attract more women here.

midget

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