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Feb 6 2010 04:46pm

Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Feb 6 2010 05:36pm)

The real irony lies in the fact that if these threads were ignored they would drop to the next page quicker than any inkanddagger thread does .

What many do not realize is that by objecting to these threads they keep the OP's message alive and a seed is planted in everyone who reads it .

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=39447369&f=119

In this last one, there were a grand total of 2 posts. One was by datajunky making a snipe at the OP's bible passage. The next one was otterjethro insulting datajunky's zeitgeistery. The biggest reason people object to these threads for now is because they have been going for two months straight and they get replies like the last thread and the thread before it.

It's not that I care about these threads in particular, it's just that there are so many of them and they serve no real function other than spam. The only semi relevant discussion in these threads are the ones where people object to them.

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Feb 6 2010 04:50pm

Quote (Shanny @ Feb 6 2010 05:41pm)

Can't we just chalk it up to everyone is entitled to their own opinions and allowed to express them in this forum because this is the only place on jsp to openly discuss religion without it being spam?

These threads are encouraging to me, and perhaps others too. They don't post because they will be flamed and made fun of. This thread gives me something to look up in my Bible and think about it's meaning and pray about how I can put it into practice within my own walk with Christ. Just because you don't, doesn't mean SOMEONE doesn't. There is spam all over jsp, not just this forum. If this really is spam at least it's spam with a positive message. You don't have to agree with it, just ignore it if it offends you. But allow the people who gain something from it to have it since we can't have it anywhere else on jsp. Please?

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Political and Religious Discussion Forum Decorum

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As an active forum within the d2jsp community, the general expectation is that everyone will try to have fun and follow the general rules and policies of the site. Usually, that is what happens. Sometimes a reminder about what can and can’t be posted is worth reading for sake of helping keep the forums clean. The following is a list of topics that have recently been reposted too many times, and it’s not meant to be exhaustive of all the repeatedly reposted topics:

9/11 inside job threads
Marijuana legalization threads
"How to get into heaven when you die”
God isn't real threads/God exists threads
Bible passage threads
Racist or misogynist topics
Flame topics, topics related to vent, Wrong Forum topics

These topics tend to deliberately or unintentionally create spam fests. They also provoke drama.

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Feb 6 2010 04:56pm

Quote (Nihlathak @ Feb 6 2010 05:50pm)

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But according to how I read the sticky these threads are not banned . The drama only exists if the responders create it .

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Feb 6 2010 04:58pm

Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Feb 6 2010 05:56pm)

But according to how I read the sticky these threads are not banned . The drama only exists if the responders create it .

"These topics tend to deliberately or unintentionally create spam fests. They also provoke drama."

Seeing as we obviously know this to be the case, I think it implies that we should stray away from them.

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Feb 6 2010 05:00pm

Quote (Nihlathak @ Feb 6 2010 05:58pm)

"These topics tend to deliberately or unintentionally create spam fests. They also provoke drama."

Seeing as we obviously know this to be the case, I think it implies that we should stray away from them.

Apparently you can't follow your own understanding of the implication .

I find that quite interesting .

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Feb 6 2010 05:01pm

nihlathak v widowmaker

let me make some popcorn

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Feb 6 2010 05:01pm

Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Feb 6 2010 06:00pm)

Apparently you can't follow your own understanding of the implication .

I find that quite interesting .

I obviously meant "stray away from creating them". Once they're made, the drama fest is inevitable. After all, I only posted for the first time on the 4th page...

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Feb 6 2010 05:04pm

Quote (Nihlathak @ Feb 6 2010 06:01pm)

I obviously meant "stray away from creating them". Once they're made, the drama fest is inevitable. After all, I only posted for the first time on the 4th page...

That speaks more to the inability of the responders to be mature and civil than it does to the OP , wouldn't you agree ?

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Feb 6 2010 05:04pm

52 days of this and a mod hasn't told this person he can't post bible passages?

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Feb 6 2010 05:05pm

Quote (Nihlathak @ Feb 6 2010 06:01pm)

I obviously meant "stray away from creating them". Once they're made, the drama fest is inevitable. After all, I only posted for the first time on the 4th page...

But why does it have to be a drama fest? Why can't people just stay out of this and allow us who enjoy these threads and do take encouragement from them to have them? It's not like it's hurting anyone. It's not like we can have this anywhere else on jsp! Don't be so mean and closed minded please!

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