Missy, as you probably know, the portion noted above was actually exerpted from the entire TOS, yet I will try to help once again.
In any event, as always, for a real "ruling" I'd urge you, or anyone, to email Randy & Co at
[email protected] !
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LexPassenger:
"In the News" should be renamed the "Doc News Network".
Anybody with three brain cells to rub together checks the news sites interesting to them. Doc either posts uninteresting sites or ones they have already checked. This is a form of trolling. But he gets away with it through huge post counts. Driving interesting posters away seems less important than attracting the ignoramuses who cannot find their own news sources, but THIS DOES drive up hits. Duh.</font>
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"Trolling" ???
"Ignoramuses" ???
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Calling other FT'ers ignoramuses or trolls is, IMHO, a TOS violation, clear and simple, no?
Has Randy not made his position on this type of post quite clear, in the past, many times?
One may also review the archives and find, among others threads, this:
http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/002271.html
Again, this is, by no means, a new issue here!
From the TOS, we are all urged to:
"...Be Tolerant -- Respect the beliefs and opinions of others.
..."avoid the use of bitterness or ridicule..."
"...Keep it friendly -- Any posts that come across as a put-down may be deleted..."
"...When posting a message, pay extra care to how it might be interpreted..."
"...Personal attacks on individuals, insults and "flaming" will not be tolerated and will be removed. You may challenge others' points of view and opinions, but do so respectfully and thoughtfully."
"...Any posts containing communications that are knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, obscene, profane, threatening, harassing, offensive, vulgar, abusive, hateful or bashing..."
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In summary, I personally think the post is manifestly disrespecftful, even insulting, as well as kinda' harassing and inaccurate!
Does this help?
-Mark