Gone, or banned?

Are the Religion and Politics boards deleted, or are some of us just banned from them ?

Are the Religion and the Politics boards deleted, or are some of us just banned from them ?

They are just offline until further notice... no reason.....  just having a bad day! 

PMS or did somebody drink your last beer without asking?

PMS or did somebody drink your last beer without asking?

Either one of those would be equally bad.

I'd rather suffer from PMS and be able to drink my beer. Imagine what it's like the other way 'round!

Are the Religion and Politics boards deleted, or are some of us just banned from them ?

We can always just PM each other.
Carl

PMS can stand for premenstrual syndrome...or post-menstrual syndrome...

In our house, it's perpetual menstrual syndrome

PMS can stand for premenstrual syndrome...or post-menstrual syndrome...

In our house, it's perpetual menstrual syndrome

oh you dead

 

LOL

I heard PMS stood for Puttin up with Men's Sh*t.  Thanks for clarifying it with the definition.  I probably deserve to be banned from religion and politics.

too cool .

For what it's worth, You never know what will happen with the new owners of this site.  Yes, sure, he's still an admin, but when will that end.   I hope that this will still be a place where we can talk openly about anyone or anything without fear of ....  oops, I just got banned.

Are the Religion and the Politics boards deleted, or are some of us just banned from them ?

They are just offline until further notice... no reason.....  just having a bad day! 

Marc...today is a new day...we love you....here's a cup of coffee for you, now we need our fix...LOL :coffee2:please let us bounce in the rubber room once more!

Dear texastee2007;
I personally think that Marc made the correct decision when he got rid of The Rubber Room. The RELIGION section was full of anti-Catholic hatred, unfounded accusations against other forum members, lies of every stripe, blasphemies of all descriptions and heresies of all sorts. Certainly it's far better not to have a forum section of this nature than having to endure one where hatred against Roman Catholics was being spawned and permitted to grow.

The only way to rid the forum from this sort of prejudice is to silence those participants who continue to accuse the Holy Mother Church of being the *harlot* of Babylon and other such nonsense. Marc cannot make people stop hating, however he can make them take it somewhere else and I am quite pleased with his decision in doing exactly this.

Marc, I applaud you! 
Your friend;
LAMAR

What I want to know is, Who bought T-Net?  I have never seen nor heard of who got it, was just curious

There are many ignore options on this site. I use a few myself.
 
Newt

Are the Religion and the Politics boards deleted, or are some of us just banned from them ?

They are just offline until further notice... no reason.....  just having a bad day! 

 

But, but, he started it!!
Carl

[Study Identifies Couples’ Underlying Concerns During a Fight]

PMS can stand for premenstrual syndrome...or post-menstrual syndrome...

In our house, it's perpetual menstrual syndrome

oh you dead

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100624141517.htm

Study Identifies Couples’ Underlying Concerns During a Fight

"Sanford and his research have identified the first type of underlying concern as perceived threat, which involves a perception that one's partner is being hostile, critical, blaming or controlling.

The second type of concern is called perceived neglect, which involves a perception that one's partner is failing to make a desired contribution or failing to demonstrate an ideal level of commitment or investment in the relationship."

I guess this could apply more widely in some circumstances.

Marc knows when the kids need a time out!
(*Hint when the debates turn to ugly and personal insults)

Good work Marc

Marc knows when the kids need a time out!
(*Hint when the debates turn ugly or personal)

Good work Marc

     When are they not ugly or personal?

Although I respect Mrs Tee and Lamar immensely, the conversation between them is why the rubber room is needed. Their conversation needs to be in the Religion area, but there is none. Ultimately Politics and Religion will bleed into the other threads. Before if some one was getting a little out of hand the thread could be removed to these places. What will happen now. If someone complains about what Tee and Lamar are talking about will it get removed? That is the only option now and that will make folks who have their post removed resentful. We do need the bleeder valve that is the rubber room or pressure will build. I hope careful consideration is given to this subject. And Lamar, I understand your feelings about the Catholic Church, but since you did not like what was said in the Rubber Room about it, are you really ready for it too show up here? I would bet if the RR does not come back such discussions will more than likely show up on threads like everything else.

Add to that the possibility of someone becoming hypersensitive to posts that, while criticizing a nonpartisan agency of the U.S. government, do not take a political stand for any party but instead looks to benefit others --- MILLIONS of others --- and you can see why we need the rubber room.

That way, if you criticized, oh, let's say the Environmental Protection Agency . . . Since it is a government agency started during the Nixon Administration (republican) . . . no one could possibly thing you were criticizing another administration for any missteps that the agency would commit.

Then we would be dealing with people knowledgeable enough about politics that no one would be offended . . .

There are other Treasure sites that have no rubber room boards and the sites get along just fine without them. Mods would have no problem doing same here, pull the posts that go to far off topic and get out of hand and issue temporary to permanent bans to those who demostrate they can't behave........

Another option, charge $100 a year dues for access to rubber room...........

User options have ignore preferences. Why get rid of them? People will be offended no matter what. I don't believe in censorship. This is the USA, right? That being said, Marc has the right to do whatever he wants to with his site. I'll respect whatever he does and still appreciate this site as much as ever.
Newt

Or......
We could just discuss metal detecting related stuff.
Carl

Or......
We could just discuss metal detecting related stuff.
Carl

 Yes we can and ignore certain sections. There are certain sections here I never visit. Why not do away with them too? There not my cup of tea, but to some they are. I just ignore them and move on.

Newt

Or......
We could just discuss metal detecting related stuff.
Carl

Soooooooo,.............What were you doing posting in politics Carl since you only want to discuss "metal detecting related stuff".? Inquiring minds would like to know.

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Or......
We could just discuss metal detecting related stuff.
Carl

 Yes we can and ignore certain sections. There are certain sections here I never visit. Why not do away with them too? There not my cup of tea, but to some they are. I just ignore them and move on.

Newt

Possible those "certain sections" are about Treasure Hunting, while the rubber room has nothing to do with treasure hunting at all and usually only sprews hate and personal attacks.....  Maybe a special membership fee for access to the rubber room, $100 a year per member who wishes access to enter would bring in additional income and keep others from stumbling in on it.....

[$100 a year per member who wishes access to enter]

Or......
We could just discuss metal detecting related stuff.
Carl

 Yes we can and ignore certain sections. There are certain sections here I never visit. Why not do away with them too? There not my cup of tea, but to some they are. I just ignore them and move on.

Newt

Possible those "certain sections" are about Treasure Hunting, while the rubber room has nothing to do with treasure hunting at all and usually only sprews hate and personal attacks.....  Maybe a special membership fee for access to the rubber room, $100 a year per member who wishes access to enter would bring in additional income and keep others from stumbling in on it.....
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Again, learn to navigate the site. Why another tax on freedom? I hardly ever post in that section, but, I like to read varying viewpoints.
Even if they aren't my own.
Newt

Or......
We could just discuss metal detecting related stuff.
Carl

 Yes we can and ignore certain sections. There are certain sections here I never visit. Why not do away with them too? There not my cup of tea, but to some they are. I just ignore them and move on.

Newt

Possible those "certain sections" are about Treasure Hunting, while the rubber room has nothing to do with treasure hunting at all and usually only sprews hate and personal attacks.....  Maybe a special membership fee for access to the rubber room, $100 a year per member who wishes access to enter would bring in additional income and keep others from stumbling in on it.....
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Possibly we could run off all those who would visit those "certain sections" with a $100 dollar per year fee thus leaving TN to only those who would not entertain such sections. This would leave us with a site with only those who thought and felt the way we do concerning having Politics and Religion forums here. Oh happy day.

Now I'm even getting confused.
Newt

Possibly we could run off all those who would visit those "certain sections" with a $100 dollar per year fee thus leaving TN to only those who would not entertain such sections. This would leave us with a site with only those who thought and felt the way we do concerning having Politics and Religion forums here. Oh happy day.

Rubber room has been an embaressement to Treasurenet for a long time. There may be a few members who enjoy active discussions about the violent overthrow of our government, do we put a board up for them too just because they think different from the majority?.....

Or......
We could just discuss metal detecting related stuff.
Carl

Soooooooo,.............What were you doing posting in politics Carl since you only want to discuss "metal detecting related stuff".? Inquiring minds would like to know.

A. Doing my best to get certain people banned for their homophobic, racial, or sexist comments and beliefs, and...
 
B. Making the Mods realize that the site reflected poorly on the otherwise sane detecting community, and...

C. I just like light reading sometimes. ...

Carl

Although I respect Mrs Tee and Lamar immensely, the conversation between them is why the rubber room is needed. Their conversation needs to be in the Religion area, but there is none. Ultimately Politics and Religion will bleed into the other threads. Before if some one was getting a little out of hand the thread could be removed to these places. What will happen now. If someone complains about what Tee and Lamar are talking about will it get removed? That is the only option now and that will make folks who have their post removed resentful. We do need the bleeder valve that is the rubber room or pressure will build. I hope careful consideration is given to this subject. And Lamar, I understand your feelings about the Catholic Church, but since you did not like what was said in the Rubber Room about it, are you really ready for it too show up here? I would bet if the RR does not come back such discussions will more than likely show up on threads like everything else.

Dear21stTNCav;
I understand your point of view, my friend, however my particular point of view is that *hatred is hatred*. To me it does not matter what sort of special label a person places upon it, be it anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism, Racism, whatever, it's ALL hatred. I feel that the Rubber Room should remain closed for the simple fact that this forum does not have a neo-Nazi section, a KKK section or a Black Panther section, therefore why should this forum have a section dedicated to anti-Catholicism?  

As a Roman Catholic I was taught practically from birth to ignore the anti-Catholic hatred but today I am no longer ignoring it. For over 500 years my faith has had to endure this garbage and why should we continue to do so? The ONLY reason why I became so predominate in the Religion Section was to do my share to combat anti-Catholicism.

Certainly I hurtled my share of insults and I will freely admit to this without reservation but one needs to ask them-self WHY did I do that? Because I grew tired of the hatred, therefore I retaliated the only way I knew how to, by using  tit-for-tat. Please note that I am not only dedicated to combatting anti-Catholicism, but ALL FORMS of hatred. I will defend the Jewish faith with the same vigor and devotion as I do my own, for I believe in the FREEDOM to worship as a person sees fit without fear of reprisal or prejudice.

I started posting in the Religion Section with the single-minded goal of ending the prejudice. It has ended and I most definitely do NOT wish to see it return! Good riddance to that section. People do not seem to realize that as Roman Catholics, we are fed up with people pointing their fingers at us and stating things like :
"Your Church is the harlot of Babylon"
or
" You are a pagan because you worship statues"
or
"You are a Roman Catholic therefore YOU are PERSONALLY responsible for the deaths of 186 MILLION innocent people!"
or
"Your Church helped ex-Nazis"
or
"Catholics don't really pray to God, instead you all just recite prayers on beads"
or
"There was a Pope Joan"
And on and on, Ad infinitum.

People do not typically make these sorts of statements about Hindus, Buddhists or Muslims, therefore why should MY faith be so different? If one were to make the same statements against ANY OTHER religious denomination, that person would be instantly labeled as a bigot and a hater, yet it's tolerated against Roman Catholics and, from my point of view it seems to be fashionable to hate us.

It is only through ignor@nce that people are like this and if they REALLY wished to understand the historical facts or the different facets of my faith, all they need to do is to ask politely and I would be absolutely tickled pink to answer them in an intelligent and respectful manner.

Instead people see fit to accuse Roman Catholics of all sorts of nonsense without knowing the factual reasons behind our particular form of worship and not WANTING to know the reasons. For example, if a person wished to actually know about the Rosary, they COULD ask me something like:
"Yo Lamar! I've heard that Catholics are taught to pray by using beads to keep count and that you guys do not actually talk to God. What's up with this? Is there any truth to this? What's the story with the prayer beads?"

If someone were to approach the subject in a manner such as this I would be absolutely THRILLED to explain the Roman Catholic concept of mysticism and becoming closer to God. It's actually a form of deep meditation and by reciting the same prayer over and over one enters into a deep form of spiritual meditation, if done correctly of course. That is the whole point behind reciting the rosary.

Of course nobody seems to want to know any of that because they are content to belittle my Catholic practices and rituals. And that is a form of hatred. It's like " I hate you because I do not understand you and what's more I have no desire to understand you, therefore I am content to continue hating you because you carry prayer beads in your pocket and wear a crucifix around your neck."

Hatred is wrong and it must stop and one of the best ways to halt it to be intolerant of it. I am intolerant of it and obviously Marc Austin shares the same level of intolerance as myself. If someone is intolerant of my faith, why should I continue being tolerant of theirs?
Your friend;
LAMAR

Or......
We could just discuss metal detecting related stuff.
Carl

 Yes we can and ignore certain sections. There are certain sections here I never visit. Why not do away with them too? There not my cup of tea, but to some they are. I just ignore them and move on.

Newt

Good Post  

There are at least 15 preset topics that have nothing to do whatsoever with treasure hunting or metal detecting but they do add flavor to the community. If someone doesn't like them they can easily ignore them.

GG~

A. Doing my best to get certain people banned for their homophobic, racial, or sexist comments and beliefs, and...
 
B. Making the Mods realize that the site reflected poorly on the otherwise sane detecting community, and...

C. I just like light reading sometimes. ...

Carl

 

Says the guy with the tiny naked woman in the palm of a hand on his avatar, that I find to be sexist and offensive.
I suppose free speech is ok with you as long as you are not the one being offended.  

You want others to practice tolerance, yet you do not tolerate others.  
The Rubber Room was a place to vent our humanity for better or worse, just like the real world.  


GG~

A. Doing my best to get certain people banned for their homophobic, racial, or sexist comments and beliefs, and...
 
B. Making the Mods realize that the site reflected poorly on the otherwise sane detecting community, and...

C. I just like light reading sometimes. ...

Carl

 

Says the guy with the tiny naked woman in the palm of a hand on his avitar, that I find to be sexist and offensive.
I suppose free speech is ok with you as long as you are not the one being offended.  

You want others to practice tolerance, yet you do not tolerate others.  
The Rubber Room was a place to vent our humanity for better or worse, just like the real world. 


GG~

Dear GoodyGuy;
Freedom is a wonderful thing my friend, yet along with this wonderful freedom comes the incredibly heavy burden of *responibility*. Freedom without responsibility is nothing more than anarchy, my friend. In the USA we have the freedom to bear arms, yet as time passes and more people abuse this freedom I am afraid that one day this particular freedom may be taken away from individuals for the good of all. If everyone were to remain well within the bounds of their liberties, then they should have no fear of seeing those liberties removed or restricted. It's from abuse of liberty that the liberty becomes restricted or eliminated.
Your friend;
LAMAR

When i lived in Amityville there was a small bar called Tiny,s and for good reason it was small   as you walked in there was a sign posted that said (There will be no discussion of War Sex and Religion in this place if you violate this warning you will be banned for ever ) and believe me that held true many got tossed for doing it ,and for good reason those 3 subjects cause more fights in bars then anything else mixed with booze ?   , i just thought that was interesting i never saw a sign like in any other gin mill i went to . Dd60

"Sanford and his research have identified the first type of underlying concern as perceived threat, which involves a perception that one's partner is being hostile, critical, blaming or controlling.

I never thought LaMont was aggressive in any episodes I watched. Fred was always the troublemaker, 

"Sanford and his research have identified the first type of underlying concern as perceived threat, which involves a perception that one's partner is being hostile, critical, blaming or controlling.

I never thought LaMont was aggressive in any episodes I watched. Fred was always the troublemaker, 

Dear GopherDaGold;
I had my suspicions that Aunt Esther was the one who was behind all the ruckus.
Your friend;
LAMAR

Dear GoodyGuy;
Freedom is a wonderful thing my friend, yet along with this wonderful freedom comes the incredibly heavy burden of *responibility*. Freedom without responsibility is nothing more than anarchy, my friend. In the USA we have the freedom to bear arms, yet as time passes and more people abuse this freedom I am afraid that one day this particular freedom may be taken away from individuals for the good of all. If everyone were to remain well within the bounds of their liberties, then they should have no fear of seeing those liberties removed or restricted. It's from abuse of liberty that the liberty becomes restricted or eliminated.
Your friend;
LAMAR

Yes I witnessed plenty of verbal abuse in both the Religion forum as well as the Politics forum.
However, I have never once felt threatened by the freedom to bear arms.  Although I would feel very threatened if that liberty were taken away from law abiding citizens.    Then only the abusers you warned about would have them.

I am not willing to give up any of the freedoms that the founding fathers of this Nation in their great wisdom have provided for the citizens of America.  

GG~

I am sorry Lamar that you feel this way, but I hope that you realize that your protest about Catholicism should be in religion, except that that board does no exist. This illustrates the problem. We would not be discussing this here if not for the deletion of the RR. Did you like dealing with those who would argue about your faith in the RR? Did you "escape" back to the regular part of treasurenet for a breather? Well look out General Discussion, Forums, and Charter Members board. It has already started and I am sorry Lamar, but you are at the forefront of it.

We would not be discussing this here if not for the deletion of the RR. Did you like dealing with those who would argue about your faith in the RR? Did you "escape" back to the regular part of treasurenet for a breather? Well look out General Discussion, Forums, and Charter Members board. It has already started and I am sorry Lamar, but you are at the forefront of it.

It could be taken as a threat, "give us back the rubber room or else"....................Mods know how to fix that and have the power to do so if chaos spreads to the other boards.....

why not just make it so that those who start a thread, can moderate that thread. I've seen this done on other forums, and it seems to work well. Moderators are still needed, but not as much, and those who respond to a thread that they disagree with, tend to do so in less-strident manners.

Now that is an excellent suggestion!  

A. Doing my best to get certain people banned for their homophobic, racial, or sexist comments and beliefs, and...
 
B. Making the Mods realize that the site reflected poorly on the otherwise sane detecting community, and...

C. I just like light reading sometimes. ...

Carl

 

Says the guy with the tiny naked woman in the palm of a hand on his avitar, that I find to be sexist and offensive.
I suppose free speech is ok with you as long as you are not the one being offended.  

You want others to practice tolerance, yet you do not tolerate others.  
The Rubber Room was a place to vent our humanity for better or worse, just like the real world. 


GG~

Wow, GG, really grasping at straws, aren't we? If a 70 year old, 1940's pulp magazine cover by a renown (by some) artist truly offends you, I'd hate to see what's hanging on your wall. Now if any of the fine woman that detect and post are offended, drop me a pm, and I'll be more than happy to change my avatar.

Besides, she isn't naked, she has an almost diaphanous covering of the finest silk.

Look closer, no closer, there ya go!

Carl

 

Wow, GG, really grasping at straws, aren't we? If a 70 year old, 1940's pulp magazine cover by a renown (by some) artist truly offends you, I'd hate to see what's hanging on your wall. Now if any of the fine woman that detect and post are offended, drop me a pm, and I'll be more than happy to change my avatar.

Besides, she isn't naked, she has an almost diaphanous covering of the finest silk.

Look closer, no closer, there ya go!

Carl

It was sexist in the 40's and it's sexist now, and inappropriate for use as an avatar on a family website, in my opinion.
And it speaks to the point I was trying to make, concerning you wanting to police Treasurenet  according to YOUR standards.  ("A. Doing my best to get certain people banned for their homophobic, racial, or sexist comments and beliefs, and...")

I also believe the Mods are quite capable of handling any situation on their own, without your help.
( "B. Making the Mods realize that the site reflected poorly on the otherwise sane detecting community, and...")

As far as the pictures hanging on my walls are concerned, they are definately not sexist pulp fiction art designed to stimulate prurient interests.  

Now as a teenager,  well..........  

GG~

Wow, GG, really grasping at straws, aren't we? If a 70 year old, 1940's pulp magazine cover by a renown (by some) artist truly offends you, I'd hate to see what's hanging on your wall. Now if any of the fine woman that detect and post are offended, drop me a pm, and I'll be more than happy to change my avatar.

Besides, she isn't naked, she has an almost diaphanous covering of the finest silk.

Look closer, no closer, there ya go!

Carl

It was sexist in the 40's and it's sexist now, and inappropriate for use as an avatar on a family website, in my opinion.
And it speaks to the point I was trying to make, concerning you wanting to police Treasurenet  according to YOUR standards.  ("A. Doing my best to get certain people banned for their homophobic, racial, or sexist comments and beliefs, and...")

I also believe the Mods are quite capable of handling any situation on their own, without your help.
( "B. Making the Mods realize that the site reflected poorly on the otherwise sane detecting community, and...")

As far as the pictures hanging on my walls are concerned, they are definately not sexist pulp fiction art designed to stimulate prurient interests.  

Now as a teenager,  well..........  

GG~

Apparently the Mods were quite capable of handling the situation, hence no more Rubber Room.
Kudos.
And as far as me doing my best to get certain people banned for their homophobic, racial, or sexist comments and beliefs,
That still stands.
So the avatar isn't appropriate, but the constant racial, homophobic, and just plain ugly comments WERE appropriate, for this family website?
Carl

Wow, GG, really grasping at straws, aren't we? If a 70 year old, 1940's pulp magazine cover by a renown (by some) artist truly offends you, I'd hate to see what's hanging on your wall. Now if any of the fine woman that detect and post are offended, drop me a pm, and I'll be more than happy to change my avatar.

Besides, she isn't naked, she has an almost diaphanous covering of the finest silk.

Look closer, no closer, there ya go!

Carl

It was sexist in the 40's and it's sexist now, and inappropriate for use as an avatar on a family website, in my opinion.
And it speaks to the point I was trying to make, concerning you wanting to police Treasurenet  according to YOUR standards.  ("A. Doing my best to get certain people banned for their homophobic, racial, or sexist comments and beliefs, and...")

I also believe the Mods are quite capable of handling any situation on their own, without your help.
( "B. Making the Mods realize that the site reflected poorly on the otherwise sane detecting community, and...")

As far as the pictures hanging on my walls are concerned, they are definately not sexist pulp fiction art designed to stimulate prurient interests.  

Now as a teenager,  well..........  

GG~

Apparently the Mods were quite capable of handling the situation, hence no more Rubber Room.
Kudos.
And as far as me doing my best to get certain people banned for their homophobic, racial, or sexist comments and beliefs,
That still stands.
So the avatar isn't appropriate, but the constant racial, homophobic, and just plain ugly comments WERE appropriate, for this family website?
Carl

You might want to look again. They're back. Do you still think the mods know what they're doing? Now you can go back to trying to get people banned. Only now everyone knows what you're about.

I miss arguing with the libs. It sounds like the problem was on the religion side. I think the libs here have connections and they got tired of all the butt whippings. With that said, i really like this site. Bring back the political forum and i will become a cm the next day, i might do this anyway. Just having a little fun while watching tv. I haven't had much time for detecting lately and I have been on a dry streak. I made the banner once, that sure felt good. I hope i am not a one hit wonder. I get the magazine.

I miss arguing with the libs. It sounds like the problem was on the religion side. I think the libs here have connections and they got tired of all the butt whippings. With that said, i really like this site. Bring back the political forum and i will become a cm the next day, i might do this anyway. Just having a little fun while watching. I haven't had much time for detecting lately and I have been on a dry streak. I made the banner once, that sure felt good. I hope i am not a one hit wonder. I get the magazine.

Deno, politics and religion are back.

I miss arguing with the libs. It sounds like the problem was on the religion side. I think the libs here have connections and they got tired of all the butt whippings. With that said, i really like this site. Bring back the political forum and i will become a cm the next day, i might do this anyway. Just having a little fun while watching. I haven't had much time for detecting lately and I have been on a dry streak. I made the banner once, that sure felt good. I hope i am not a one hit wonder. I get the magazine.

Deno, politics and religion are back.

Dang, if i could have just held out a little longer. I am a man of my word. I will get my wife to do the paypal thing tomorrow.
Thanks KK.

Wow, GG, really grasping at straws, aren't we? If a 70 year old, 1940's pulp magazine cover by a renown (by some) artist truly offends you, I'd hate to see what's hanging on your wall. Now if any of the fine woman that detect and post are offended, drop me a pm, and I'll be more than happy to change my avatar.

Besides, she isn't naked, she has an almost diaphanous covering of the finest silk.

Look closer, no closer, there ya go!

Carl

It was sexist in the 40's and it's sexist now, and inappropriate for use as an avatar on a family website, in my opinion.
And it speaks to the point I was trying to make, concerning you wanting to police Treasurenet  according to YOUR standards.  ("A. Doing my best to get certain people banned for their homophobic, racial, or sexist comments and beliefs, and...")

I also believe the Mods are quite capable of handling any situation on their own, without your help.
( "B. Making the Mods realize that the site reflected poorly on the otherwise sane detecting community, and...")

As far as the pictures hanging on my walls are concerned, they are definately not sexist pulp fiction art designed to stimulate prurient interests.  

Now as a teenager,  well..........  

GG~

Apparently the Mods were quite capable of handling the situation, hence no more Rubber Room.
Kudos.
And as far as me doing my best to get certain people banned for their homophobic, racial, or sexist comments and beliefs,
That still stands.
So the avatar isn't appropriate, but the constant racial, homophobic, and just plain ugly comments WERE appropriate, for this family website?
Carl

You might want to look again. They're back. Do you still think the mods know what they're doing? Now you can go back to trying to get people banned. Only now everyone knows what you're about.

You are correct, didn't notice that they were back.
And now, frankly I don't think the Mods are knowing what they are doing.
To me, the "Corner", is a half-assed approach to a serious condition. It's like a time out in elementary school. Some of the postings got so filled with vehemence,
ON BOTH SIDES, that a "Corner" is like BP's many ways of trying to stop the spill.
And as far as trying to get people banned for hateful, racial, homophobic, etc., etc.,
that still stands. But I have never, ever ran to the moderators crying and whining if I don't get my way. I've talked to them once, when all that porn-trolling crap was going on.
That's it.
Will I try and bait certain people to get so upset that they show their true colors?
Or should I say truer colors?
Ya betcha.
But in a non-provoking way of "bait", of course.
A friendly, loving way.
Carl

Can we see an example of the friendly, loving way to "bait" someone? You know, for learning purposes.

Point taken. But was it in a friendly and loving way?

LOL

Point taken. But was it in a friendly and loving way?

 Yes it was. I was just yankin' your chain a little !!! Maybe you didn't even realize it, but I just baited you too. You could have come back with something totally different than what you said, but you didn't. You could have blown up, and ripped me a new one for even saying what I said, but you didn't.

Ahh, you are learning quickly.
Emoticons can also brighten any argument!

Okay, but does this go too far?

Okay, but does this go too far?

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Hey I'm trying to get a recently found kitty on the Banner, so anything that has to do with cats is okay by me.
Carl

Okay, but does this go too far?

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Hey I'm trying to get a recently found kitty on the Banner, so anything that has to do with cats is okay by me.
Carl

It's funny you should say that, a while ago one of our members was metal detecting and found a pup that had been tied up and abandoned in the woods. He rescued her and kept her. I always felt that was a banner find

Just to add to the dispersant.  You guys have to actually appreciate Tnet as a whole.  A long time ago, I used to go to sites for things I was interested in like 'corvettes'.  But, I quickly found that they are just a bunch of 16-30 year olds with no respect.  Now, Tnet, on the other hand, when have you even seen a 16-30 year old interested in the history of farms, or the history of towns, or even just finding memorabilia that was worth nothing, yet it was worth a lot of the finder.   Just go look under 'what is it'.  You'll find a heap of rust that a 20 year old will kick and curse it for cutting his shoe.   We are a different breed of people.  Even though, as we get older, we are still crazy, yet we are crazy in a mature way....  we can argue with knowledge and factual evidence, and put educated discussion behind it...   instead of just saying, "Your a loser fa g".

Point is,  ... Tnet is probably the best place to go to, to talk about anything... even without the rubber room, we still have good conversations. 

Long live Tnet.

   Everyone who is NOT needs to step up and get a Charter membership and
help Marc keep "our thing" going.  You can be a "made" guy or gal for only
20 clams.  Now that's a steal.

   Everyone who is NOT needs to step up and get a Charter membership and
help Marc keep "our thing" going.  You can be a "made" guy or gal for only
20 clams.  Now that's a steal.

When I get gainfully employed, or at least making enough money, I will gladly contribute. I'm also sorry I wasn't in this position before the site recently had to sell because of financial conditions.

You do bring up an interesting point though.  What makes a website successful.  Is it membership fee's, or is it advertising revenue.


I'm just thinking out loud here, but I would guess that this site has probably 1 or 2 SQL databases?   I wouldn't think the data traffic here would equal not much above 10 Gig a month (it's mostly text).  Most web hosting sites can give that to you for under $10 a month (mine is $5).  But, I'm just showing my ignorance here.  I really have no idea.

Ooops, I just got banned.. Again.  (get it?  This thread "Gone or banned"?)