Ifish Life in General rules

[Jennie@ifish]

No name calling.
No profanity.
You do, and your nixed.
If you choose to introduce a politically heated issue, expect that the thread may be closed, if it comes to either.
Respect one another's views, and the fact that they may be different than yours. Just because they are different doesn't mean they are wrong, regardless of how strongly you feel.
This is our OPEN house, with everyone invited. grab a drink, sit down, and have fun!-- but remember, you are a guest!
If you become a pain in my house, I will ask you to leave. The same holds true for this board. The moderators will assist me in this.

Pretty clear?

:smile:
Jen

Oh yeah, and this, from Crabbait. I thought it was important, and it reflects my feelings:

Consider this: You read the posts you want, when you want to. We get to read all of them and, some, several times whenever someone posts to the thread questioning something that someone has said or when we are "whistled" to look at a thread.

The three threads I posted to this morning were all within the AUP, to the best of my knowledge. They were also so similar to other threads that I have read and re-read recently that I felt I had a pretty good idea where they were going. Nowhere good.

Read my post in those three thread (any one, they are all the same). I did not threaten. I gave my opinion (you can tell it is my opinion because the sentence starts with "I think"). Then I made a suggestion (you can tell it is a suggestion because it says "I propose").

I did not close the threads or threaten to close the threads. I said, "I will leave these open for now" and they have remained open because there has been no violation of the AUP as far as I know. I was trying to keep the discussion civil and hoping that folks would leave it alone for awhile in favor of a little peace and harmony, hence, my suggestion (silly me).

I regret that so many took this as threatening and over moderating. I don't feel responsible for their opinion as I made no threats and edited/deleted nothing.

(Edit, bold: this part rings true deep down! Jen)

Some of you amaze me. Why are people arguing so heatedly in favor of bickering and name calling? It is beyond me.

[ 04-16-2003, 05:49 AM: Message edited by: Jennie@ifish ]