what happened to my thread

[Harlan Huckleby]

I disagree that Borat's man-kini should be enough to get a thread deleted in the Romper Room, but obviously I lost that fight when lesbians holding hands and cartoon sailors that insinuated they might possibly be gay were banned from the RR.

You have got to be kidding me.

Was that Borat picture the reason the thread was censored?


I can't believe that people sheepishly submit to this sort of censorship, being treated like children.

[MJZiggy]

I disagree that Borat's man-kini should be enough to get a thread deleted in the Romper Room, but obviously I lost that fight when lesbians holding hands and cartoon sailors that insinuated they might possibly be gay were banned from the RR.

You have got to be kidding me.

Was that Borat picture the reason the thread was censored?


I can't believe that people sheepishly submit to this sort of censorship, being treated like children.

Wait...a thread was deleted for Borat? The same Borat that JH used to use as an avatar???

[SkinBasket]

Before Borat becomes a battle-cry and his mankini the banner in the battle for what constitutes adult humor (we are being asked to act like adults after all) and what is inappropriate, I should state that I am assuming that's the picture being referred to in this thread. Obviously, I didn't delete it so I can't say that's what did it.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Actually, it doesn't really matter why the thread was deleted.

Joe the Administrator is simply enforcing his standards of what is acceptable. He owns the forum, and his judgement is the standard.

Joe doesn't want that gross garbage can on his site. THIS IS NOT AN UNREASONABLE POSITION. Many people would share this view, and most people who paid money for a site would undoubtably get rid of it.

Joe is not the problem, and should not be personally criticized.

The problem is the ridiculous proposition that a community of conversationalists such as this should be "owned" by an individual, and that a single person should set all the policies.

[SkinBasket]

Remember this?

The effect of not having a policy is to promote a social conformity.

And the effect of having such a policy is to promote forced conformity in a social setting.

Ah. The more things change, the more they stay the same. And like most of the philosophical, moral, and ethical battles that have been waged, discussed, mended and re-fought on this site, it can be found in the Garbage Can. There's a lot that can be learned from reading the threads that have ended up in it's depths - about the site, about us as posters and as people, about the line that Joe is trying to walk. All you got to do is look past it's gruff cock shaped exterior to find a treasure trove of some of the most important and thought-provoking threads these last few years have had to offer. It's quite literally the historical annals of our time here together.

It's easy to say parts of this site are disgusting, embarrassing, troubling, loathsome, and offensive. It's more difficult to say you weren't a part of that and that's not a part of what we are.

[Scott Campbell]

That's what I meant by deja-vu.

Remember Harlan's Forum Utopia?

[Scott Campbell]

I disagree that Borat's man-kini should be enough to get a thread deleted in the Romper Room, but obviously I lost that fight when lesbians holding hands and cartoon sailors that insinuated they might possibly be gay were banned from the RR.

You have got to be kidding me.

Was that Borat picture the reason the thread was censored?


I can't believe that people sheepishly submit to this sort of censorship, being treated like children.

Wait...a thread was deleted for Borat?

He does have a lot of body hair.

[Scott Campbell]

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[retailguy]

Remember this?

The effect of not having a policy is to promote a social conformity.

And the effect of having such a policy is to promote forced conformity in a social setting.

Ah. The more things change, the more they stay the same. And like most of the philosophical, moral, and ethical battles that have been waged, discussed, mended and re-fought on this site, it can be found in the Garbage Can. There's a lot that can be learned from reading the threads that have ended up in it's depths - about the site, about us as posters and as people, about the line that Joe is trying to walk. All you got to do is look past it's gruff cock shaped exterior to find a treasure trove of some of the most important and thought-provoking threads these last few years have had to offer. It's quite literally the historical annals of our time here together.

It's easy to say parts of this site are disgusting, embarrassing, troubling, loathsome, and offensive. It's more difficult to say you weren't a part of that and that's not a part of what we are.

Holy crap. Never thought I'd agree with SkinBasket. But I do.

The world is ending.