Should the forum support a "Blue Room"

[DavidT]

Good to know that its adult humour, not porn you're wanting to post

Can we have a new name for the forum please ?

[derdle]

Jeffw - as a matter of interest, I have done some surfing here at work, and as I'm the fun police I can see porn sites etc. On one S&M type forum they have an Off Topic area, and guess what... they talk about cars, and politics and computers.

Now that's what I call weird and kinky.

Paul

[S4TAN]

Jeff - that's a bit of an OTT reaction and a bit personal in my opinion, but then you've never missed an opportunity to take a swipe in my direction ....... so, whatever, carry on, help yourself.

You seem to take the approach of "there's Jeffs way ... and the wrong way" - life isn't quite as binary as that in my experience. Not everyone is like you, or me for that matter.

I'm trying to posit a reasoned debate. I see nothing wrong with that.

And I do respect everyones opinion, all is valid in my book.

[jeffw]

Strangly it wasn't a personel attack as you seem to think. I was simply following on from what PhilT had suggested previously in the thread.

You seem to take the approach of "there's Jeffs way ... and the wrong way

Ohhh pleeeaaasse....your are the first to castigate people for having opposing views to yours and then proceed to verbally bully people until they either shut-up or agree with you. The recent thread regarding S4TANs apology is a case in point. I only have a "swipe" at you because of the stuff you write which goes unchallenged otherwise.

You are, however, right in as much as I appear to be the only person who finds the whole thing unnecessary. I think I've said more than enough on this subject already and I'm sure you'll agree with that at least.

[PhilT]

So...have an area that SATAN approves access to this area (Hell ?) where SATAN and the chosen (disciples?) can share the weird, humorous and bizarre aspects of human nature and then berate each other with S&M or homosexual references.

Does this mean that the rest of us in the normal site (Heaven ?) don't have to put up with the banter of a sexual nature (S&M, homosexual or just strange) or am I missing the point?

Still don't understand why a car interest site needs this but what do I know. Yes....I know .....I'm prudish, moralistic, outraged etc etc by this standard.

I vote yes. Not because I find it valuable or would read it, but because it would hopefully dry out the monotonous g@y, p3n1s, ar$e, etc stuff that dilutes the quality of the car side of the site. If it can be focussed in an area that is great by me.

I like the theme of Jeff's suggestion

New Forum: Hell
User Group: Satan's Disciples

[MarkB]

Question - If something is posted in an OT forum and it pushes some people to the point of wanting to complain, does it really hurt that it got removed?

Being 'off topic' it most likely doesn't have any long term value to the forum.

[Andiroo]

You are, however, right in as much as I appear to be the only person who finds the whole thing unnecessary

I don't think you're the only one Jeff, I think a lot of users will vote on this poll (and already have), and with the polling being anonamous it means you don't have to justify your yes or no.

It just so happens that you and the guys here are justifying your position for both arguments, which is good for debate, and ultimately good for this site.

Keep the votes coming guys we need to get this sorted one way or another.

Cheers,

Andiroo

[derdle]

Good point Mark - but I suppose the issue may be that one person's "thresshold of decency/pc" may be lower than anothers. So what may be perfectly acceptable to xxxxx may not be acceptable to yyyyy. If it came down to the Mods reviewing a posting, you may have a totally different viewpoint to the other Mods - so do all the Mods then carry a vote on whether an article/joke should remain, or be locked or deleted? Perhaps a lot of waork for the Mods.

I dare say that there will be a flurry of activity once it is opened and then decline but not die out.

Paul

[S4TAN]

Ohhh pleeeaaasse....your are the first to castigate people for having opposing views to yours and then proceed to verbally bully people until they either shut-up or agree with you. The recent thread regarding S4TANs apology is a case in point. I only have a "swipe" at you because of the stuff you write which goes unchallenged otherwise.

So wrong there Jeff! I don't e-bully or castigate others with differing views - the 'apology' post was a complete p!ss-take; it made me laugh to write it - and if I saw someone else post something similar I would laugh reading it! I did it purely for humour, nothing more, nothing less.

... but then maybe my sense of humour doesn't translate well on a web-site in written text.

I have absolutely no qualms with the way the poll goes - hopefully it'll reflect the general consensus and that's what counts: it's about what the people want! (whatever that may be)

Anyway - I enjoy your swipes Jeff, constitutes good banter to me (see; it's not all S&M and knob gags) - and no, I don't agree that you've said enough.

I also agree with Mark about the 'does it really matter whether OT posts disappear' point - no, it doesn't matter. My point was that some get removed and others (which have had worse content) don't - that's one thing I can't stay quiet on I'm afraid.

All good stuff.

[DavidT]

I also agree with Mark about the 'does it really matter whether OT posts disappear' point - no, it doesn't matter. My point was that some get removed and others (which have had worse content) don't - that's one thing I can't stay quiet on I'm afraid.

Fair point and you should have been told it had been moved & why.

[GrahamS4]

I agree with what Jeff has said. Also PhilT and I think his additional section by group membership works for all. Those that want it see it, for those that don't it really effectivly doesn't exist and hopefully on topic stuff remains on topic.

[quattrokid1]

I think the first vote should be....should rs246.com allow adult humour to be posted. I don't believe that a car site needs a portion of it's site partioned off to allow people to publish material of an adult nature. There are lot's of sites on the internet which allow this and I fail to see why rs246.com needs too.

And this is not about being prudish or morally outraged. If there is no mechanism to control the age of the people view the material that is to be published (I'm assuming the material will degenerate further once a seperate section has been created) then rs246.com is responsible, possible under law but certainly morally, for the material published. My 9 year old son reads this site on occasions and if this proposed section is implemented without age controls he would be in a position to read it. You should not assume that it is only adult men that read this site and you should also not assume that all adult men find the humour your talking about funny or appropriate.

I really don't understand why we need this type of humour on a car interest site.

well said Jeff, couldnt put it better myself.

Its ca CAR FORUM.....if you want porn then go to the relevant sites that floats your boat, the last thing the forum needs is unwanted publicity or porn getting into the wrong hands as mentioned a few posts up.

Come guys keep it clean please!

[derdle]

As mentioned before - it won't be used for "porn" - as you say there are plenty of sites for that. The idea is for jokes, articles or links more of an adult nature...e.g "blond" jokes or "Englishman, Irishman, Scotsman" type jokes which some may consider non-pc in todays crazy world. No doubt an element of bawdy "bar room" type jokes will play their part too??

[GrahamS4]

Ohhh pleeeaaasse....your are the first to castigate people for having opposing views to yours and then proceed to verbally bully people until they either shut-up or agree with you. The recent thread regarding S4TANs apology is a case in point. I only have a "swipe" at you because of the stuff you write which goes unchallenged otherwise.

the 'apology' post was a complete p!ss-take; it made me laugh to write it - and if I saw someone else post something similar I would laugh reading it! I did it purely for humour, nothing more, nothing less.

I missed the action before hand and thought the apology thread WAS a joke! LOL

[Dom81]

This is like a bunch of off-licence customers debating whether their store should also do haircuts - it's not so much a question of yes or no, but why?

Admittedly my hair looks like it was cut by the bloke in Oddbins, so maybe it's not such a good analogy...