Race / religion threads on OcUK

dirtydog · 1 Feb 2011 at 19:51

Just for future reference, what is the rule.

I know that those subjects aren't prohibited per se. Yet sometimes threads are closed. Perhaps a mod could clarify

Viper² · 1 Feb 2011 at 19:52

Any that you post in should be/are locked as your opinion isn't worth ****.

Strife212 · 1 Feb 2011 at 19:52

Well they just cause fights that's why I guess.

dirtydog · 1 Feb 2011 at 19:53

Viper² said:
Any that you post in should be/are locked as your opinion isn't worth ****.

Why is that?

Pho · 1 Feb 2011 at 19:54

I predict this thread will end well

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Von Smallhausen · 1 Feb 2011 at 19:56

Where did you want or expect the closed thread to go dd ?

MikeHunt79 · 1 Feb 2011 at 19:57

Viper² said:
Any that you post in should be/are locked as your opinion isn't worth ****.

So this thread will be locked?

dirtydog · 1 Feb 2011 at 19:57

Von Smallhausen said:
Where did you want or expect the closed thread to go dd ?

I expected it to stay open until or unless any forum rules were broken, I suppose

Castiel · 1 Feb 2011 at 19:58

Well if the thread actually had any valid argument it would help, but a thread denigrating someone only because they married a Sikh is just daft.

Next time maybe you could actually have a valid argument regarding race or religion rather than just inane bigotry.

dirtydog · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:00

Castiel said:
Well if the thread actually had any valid argument it would help, but a thread denigrating someone only because they married a Sikh is just daft.

Next time maybe you could actually have a valid argument regarding race or religion rather than just inane bigotry.

Who is to decide on what is valid - you?

shadow_boxer · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:00

Stick to writing comments on Daily Mail please. At the end of the day Britain will always have a some bigots like you who are ignorant and intolerable. I'm glad that those types of threads are closed (admittedly) it was only after several comments about mods having to step in despite them responding earlier in the thread. Why should Overclockers harbor such threads in the first place. It'll only continue to harm its reputation.

dirtydog · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:02

shadow_boxer said:
Stick to writing comments on Daily Mail please. At the end of the day Britain will always have a some bigots like you who are ignorant and intolerable. I'm glad that those types of threads are closed (admittedly) it was only after several comments about mods having to step in despite them responding earlier in the thread. Why should Overclockers harbor such threads in the first place. It'll only continue to harm its reputation.

I thought these forums allowed free speech and weren't overly 'politically correct'

Do you advocate free speech only when it agrees with you?

Atrox Moris · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:03

dirtydog said:
Who is to decide on what is valid - you?

Your original post was nothing more than thinly veiled racism. And that is against the rules. Deal with it.

Von Smallhausen · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:04

Well here's my take.

The thread was started with a link to an interracial marriage that you clearly disprove of. Was it started with good honest debate in mind or to light touchpaper and stand back ? In truth dd, I suspect the latter.

There were comments made that would be offensive to some and several RTMs were received.

shadow_boxer · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:05

No absolutely not. However, threads such as the one recently closed had no meaningful point that I could see. What exactly were the aims of the tread and what were its likely discussion points. It was only there to stir up tension and have the inevitable outcome of descending into a farce as a mod quite clearly pointed out.

semi-pro waster · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:06

dirtydog said:
I thought these forums allowed free speech and weren't overly 'politically correct' Do you advocate free speech only when it agrees with you?

To repeat the old line - free speech has never been entirely free, it's certainly not freedom from consequence.

You could argue against the thread highlighted under the general prohibition on trolling or simply that it was a "link and run" almost as there was very little in the way of content provided (albeit you did stick around to offer some input) - sometimes those type of threads work and sometimes they don't, here I'd have to say it didn't.

Burnsy2023 · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:06

dirtydog said:
I thought these forums allowed free speech and weren't overly 'politically correct' Do you advocate free speech only when it agrees with you?

There is always a balance between free speech and preventing trolling and plainly offensive posts. Von, IMO rightly, decided that it went over the line.

dirtydog · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:06

Von Smallhausen said:
Well here's my take.

The thread was started with a link to an interracial marriage that you clearly disprove of. Was it started with good honest debate in mind or to light touchpaper and stand back ?

There were comments made that would be offensive to some and several RTMs were received.

Good honest debate. I realise it is a sensitive subject but all the more interesting to debate it then, surely.

shadow_boxer · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:08

What exactly were you hoping to debate?

Castiel · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:09

dirtydog said:
Who is to decide on what is valid - you?

Not me , that is for the moderation team to decide, but to be fair you made no argument other than that is was wrong. There was no validation of why it was wrong other than your personal opinion, and given your predilection for bigotry I am surprised that you thought it wouldn't be closed.

Next time, maybe you should frame some kind of argument to debate other than "OMG a Sikh marries a White Woman" or words to that effect.