CCW thread closed due to politics

[wroughtn_harv]

Somethings never change, just the way it is when you have people together. Way back in the day, 2003 I believe, I got involved in a religion discussion that got way out of hand here. I think it was the source for the rules we have at TBN.

What is great is that didn't stifle the growth of TBN nor did it weaken the passions when it comes to what brings us together.

 

[MikePA]

I was just brought up not to tattle.

TBN is a community, albeit a virtual community, but a community nonetheless. Hopefully, you don't follow this same practice when you see someone breaking the rules in your physical community.

 

[Pixguy]

TBN is a community, albeit a virtual community, but a community nonetheless. Hopefully, you don't follow this same practice when you see someone breaking the rules in your physical community.

To a degree, yes depending on severity. Don't get me wrong, I want the threads to be civil and open and rude comments and posters to refrain from doing so but its not my job but you feel free.

In my neighborhood I wii report crime but not call the dog catcher on a roaming dog, again, each situation is judged.

Back to the OP......

 

[kenmac]

No argument here Roy, I was just brought up not to tattle.

I agree, I didn't run to mom and tell her everything that went on either.

 

[SandburRanch]

You are right Roy, it always seems like just a handful of poster are able to shut down a TBN Thread by ignoring the rules. You would think that the moderators could enforce the rules on the violators instead of a total shutdown.

This is how this whole country is being run, by a few that ignore the rules.

 

[MikePA]

You would think that the moderators could enforce the rules on the violators instead of a total shutdown.

If people do not report posts that need pruned and there are too many replies, replies with quotes, etc., the 'good' and 'bad' posts become so intertwined, not unlike a hedgerow left untended, it becomes too time consuming, if not impossible, to prune and is closed.

 

[Garandman]

College football tomorrow and that never causes any arguments!

Yeah, those college sponsored semi-pro teams are fun to watch.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Well said. :thumbsup:



No argument here Roy, I was just brought up not to tattle.

Is it tattling? Or is it telling the produce manager there is a rotten apple in the bunch?

 

[dave1949]

Yeah, those college sponsored semi-pro teams are fun to watch.

LOL I was waiting for that one.

Cesspool of academic corruption. Public financed NFL training camp. :laughing:

Well, there are some deserving and talented youngsters who get their time in the spotlight. Hopefully most make good use of that experience.

 

[RoyJackson]

If people do not report posts that need pruned and there are too many replies, replies with quotes, etc., the 'good' and 'bad' posts become so intertwined, not unlike a hedgerow left untended, it becomes too time consuming, if not impossible, to prune and is closed.

Exactly...if some want to call it "tattling", so be it. And that's what I intend to do.

 

[MossRoad]

If people do not report posts that need pruned and there are too many replies, replies with quotes, etc., the 'good' and 'bad' posts become so intertwined, not unlike a hedgerow left untended, it becomes too time consuming, if not impossible, to prune and is closed.

The trouble is if the mods go to bed, 8 hours later the thread is, as you described, a tangled hedgerow. Impossible to prune without killing the entire plant.

 

[RoyJackson]

The trouble is if the mods go to bed, 8 hours later the thread is, as you described, a tangled hedgerow. Impossible to prune without killing the entire plant.

Unfortunately, that's true. However, by reporting such posts, the mods can determine which posters (members) are most problematic....just as was done with those members banned from Friendly Politics, IIRC....then determine if the member should be banned permanently.

 

[Garandman]

LOL I was waiting for that one.

Cesspool of academic corruption. Public financed NFL training camp. :laughing:

Well, there are some deserving and talented youngsters who get their time in the spotlight. Hopefully most make good use of that experience.

Just went to a seminar with a guy who introduced himself as being from "The Center of the Universe of College Football - Alabama." I asked "How many of them graduate?" and he turned red in the face and sat down.

A buddy went to U of F and had a campus job as a football team "tutor". He was given tests for certain courses and his job was to teach them the right answers. So while these players did "study" and did take tests, they weren't really engaged. He said even with this corrupt system in place, some of them still
flunked.

 

[dave1949]

Just went to a seminar with a guy who introduced himself as being from "The Center of the Universe of College Football - Alabama." I asked "How many of them graduate?" and he turned red in the face and sat down.

A buddy went to U of F and had a campus job as a football team "tutor". He was given tests for certain courses and his job was to teach them the right answers. So while these players did "study" and did take tests, they weren't really engaged. He said even with this corrupt system in place, some of them still
flunked.

I can remember some athletic-looking guys sitting in the back row of college classrooms, this is around 1970, who never said a word. They would just be present. It wasn't common but certainly happened back then too.

I haven't really looked into it but I have the impression that some universities have created majors designed to keep academically weak athletes eligible.

Right or wrong, whose to say? It is a sweet deal for the NFL though. MLB runs baseball academies here and there in Latin America and the Caribbean to feed their farm team system.

 

[k0ua]

I haven't really looked into it but I have the impression that some universities have created majors designed to keep academically weak athletes eligible.

I would bet my last dollar on that being the truth.