Ooh interesting? What sort of things? Dodgy enforcement of civil forfeiture laws? Special get out of jail free cards given to family members of cops and people who make donations to police related charities... get pulled over for speeding and pull out your "I support the cops" card for a discretionary warning instead of a fine/citation. The fact that moonlighting/private security work is allowed? Or that private businesses (nightclubs etc..) can even go so far as to contract uniformed officers complete with patrol car etc..?
Have you been permanently banned from any forums?
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Ooh interesting? What sort of things? Dodgy enforcement of civil forfeiture laws? Special get out of jail free cards given to family members of cops and people who make donations to police related charities... get pulled over for speeding and pull out your "I support the cops" card for a discretionary warning instead of a fine/citation. The fact that moonlighting/private security work is allowed? Or that private businesses (nightclubs etc..) can even go so far as to contract uniformed officers complete with patrol car etc..?
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Caporegime
Actually, I did think I was going to get perma'd here. This is going back a while but my posting at the time was of an even lower quality than normal so I ended up on moderated posting (a mod checks before it goes public). That was tiresome but deserved. I think I was clashing heads a bit with Burnsy (apologies if this is off the mark Burnsy) but I think I'd made everyone fed up so I shouldn't really single anyone out. Pushing boundaries is fine, kids, but don't be surprised when it bites you if you go too far for too long. Lesson learned.
Soldato
I got perma banned from puregym on facebook for a PG rated meme on cheat days, probably used it as an excuse as I'm more Alpha than them... kinda silly of them, since I might be missing information on the gym when I go back
Luckily the information is on PureGym's website for those too Alpha for Facebook.
They say the the term Incel Rage is overused but i don't think it is considering the way some mods act on Tech support forums (especially amongst the Linux community) having meltdowns over seemingly trivial things.
I've seen someone booted off the Arch linux forum just for putting 2 question marks at the end of their sentence.
I've seen someone booted off the Arch linux forum just for putting 2 question marks at the end of their sentence.
I was kicked out of an Islamic forum last week for saying that the former president of Turkey, Ataturk was a great leader.
The one I was a member of was pretty well anti-christian and anti-Jewish. The moderators were backward thinking.
Moral is avoid Islamic forums.
The one I was a member of was pretty well anti-christian and anti-Jewish. The moderators were backward thinking.
Moral is avoid Islamic forums.
Have you seen Linus Torvald's emails on various mailing lists? Hardly surprising given his childish outbursts over the years.
I'm not sure if some are trying to emulate him or if they are just plainly A-Holes that enjoy it.
Man of Honour
That's a good starting point, yes.
I used to post on the EA UK forums, and the moderators were fairly strict there, but I think the satire and dissatisfaction took hold so much in the end EA shut it down.
Soldato
I'm permabanned from OCuK, I happened to have hacked my way back in.
Digital Spy many years ago. Can't remember why. Tried rejoining about a year ago and never got approved.
Digital Spy many years ago. Can't remember why. Tried rejoining about a year ago and never got approved.
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Lol. That's quite the admission...
I used have the name 'Cracker' as my gamer tag on most games. I always had to defend myself to the yanks and insist i wasnt racist. i wouldnt mind the picture was of an actual edible cracker. ****whitts
I joined a travel forum mainly surrounding Disney. I got banned for going to town on some absolute tool who thought it was OK to send 10's of messages/emails phone calls daily to the airline. i argued my point to the mods and insisted it was a well constructed argument and they lifted the ban after agreeing.
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I just got a thread deleted on facebook because I said there was nothing wrong with saying "all lives matter"
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Got banned from a Channel 4 science program forum in the late 90's. There was a guy who was completely anti science, promoted crystals and was waiting for the rapture. I asked him if he was upset that he missed his comet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven's_Gate_(religious_group)
Because it was used a pejorative term for a long time and is therefore considered offensive, and rightly so. As others have mentioned you wouldn't use the shortened version of Pakistani, or at least you shouldn't. And yes people who are Japanese or Pakistani may use the pejorative term amongst themselves as a means of re-appropriating the word in an attempt to ultimately make it less offensive, much like the N word is used. It's taking it back from those who used it as a slur.