Originally posted by ozstamps:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">As my Grandma always said - most dinner table discussions of politics and religion ends up in heated arguments, and thus should be avoided. And on a BB it is no different. Possibly worse.</font>
At the Naval Academy and as a naval officer, it was strictly enjoined on us that the following subjects were unsuitable for discussion in the wardroom (officers' dining room): sex, politics, and religion.
Of course, we had to get along with each other on a frequent basis at all hours of the day or night in confined conditions, often under stress and with lack of sleep.
Hey, that sounds like Flyer Talk! But we know better about civility these days, don't we? We don't? Well, don't expect our host to be able to hold back the tide. I'm sure he'd prefer a focus solely on miles and points. These other subjects were done at
our request.
Speaking of personal attacks (perhaps as a recipient), does anyone know what thread or threads triggered the putative expulsion of
IndustrialPatent?
See I'm Opening this thread...Change of attitude.....Guess when IP might come back?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum35/HTML/008317.html
By the way,
Randy, I appreciate your policy of not publicly explaining enforcement actions, except in eggregious circumstances.
Letting the recipient of the discipline publicise it through a third party (if desired) seems not only more humane, but also lessens the chance of a frivolous defamation action against Flyer Talk. I'm sure you're either getting good legal advice or have a lot of common sense.