Well, actually 1 week for calling a moderator a liar. He got off easy. You guys want to call each other liars here in the Aussie section, no one really cares, it's when your "Aussie-ness" leaks out into the other forums that trouble ensues. D
Did he ACTUALLY say the guy was a liar ? I know he can piss people off but he doesn't normally abuse people or call them liars .......... oh, wait ....... fair dibs
Don Giovanni you’ve got it arse about,,he never pisses people off,,people just piss him off But seriously l think it’s a crying shame he got banned for what he said,,l do understand dm_n_stuff’s point about being outside the Aussie section but a week ban for what he said is exaggerated..l didn’t think his comments were abusive in any way..
I think that's my point, exactly. In here? No biggie, plus you don't really have a moderator to abuse for what goes on, as no one really has an eye on you. (And try to keep that between us, don't want the rest of the guys here knowing that. ) But on the rest of the site, you really have to stick to the rules. He really stayed after it, wouldn't let it go, and got mildly whacked on the knuckles for it. If one of the other mods had stepped in, it could have been for much longer. Matt (smiles) is pretty hard to rile up, and is left to his own devices when it comes to moderating. D
Hey we have the Papster here,,he’s gunna get us all Owner monikers,,,,, one day But yes l see your point albeit l don’t agree with the banning.. l guess different moderators moderate differently,,you were notified of a squabble in here and instead of banning you pm with a warning.. l just think that Smiles could have pm him with a warning and nipped it in the butt that way.. Anyway he’ll be back in a week..
Ummm ok. I’m not going to be at the front of the queue to defend the Toorak Troll, but I do have an issue with you saying that “Aussie-ness” outside of the Aussie forum is a problem. Sounds a bit racist to me. Has anyone from the U S and A ever been banned because their Yankee-ness leaked out into other forums? (Especially in relation to their moronic gun laws).
Oh my God, are you friggin' serious? Aussie-ness refers to the way you guys treat each other in this forum. It's quite a bit more wild west in here than is allowed in any other forum, and you very well know that. There has been an understanding that as long as that "in your face" style stayed here, it would be ok here. But if it leaks out into the other forums, then there would be consequences. anything more than that is just your imagination running wild. And yes, there have been bans handed out to non-Aussies who get out of control in here. D
So Dave what you are saying in a polite way is the rest out of the Aussie section need to HTFU ? Can't really see a reason to get banned.....Must be real soft cocks living across the Pacific.......
You guys aren't stupid. There are rules here, you agreed to them when you joined. Click the link in my signature in case you've forgotten them. Some of those rules are unofficially relaxed in the Aussie Forum. for instance, you have long running threads that are P&R, that's not supposed to happen outside the P&R forum, but since they generally are about Australian issues, we leave them here for you guys to discuss. The tone of many of your regular posts are insulting towards each other. Insulting a member here is grounds for a ban, yet, short of suggesting a guy here should be killed, there are no bans for insulting each other. Everyone who posts here understands that, except apparently one or two of you. Well, now you know. Across the ocean we're not soft, we're, um, civilized. D
I couldn't have said it better myself I got a month ban for calling Hamilton a **** in the F1 forum but some others in there said exactly the same thing using the same word and not a thing was done, that is one of the problems with the modding in there Here we have the Papster who knows how to bypass the filter with the best of them, no problem with that as I consider guns far more pornographic than swearing or nudity, not that I want to see the Papster nude
And I for one hope our Aussie section keeps its 'protected' status; PP will just have to remember he's not in a 'safe place' when he steps out into the big mean F1 world!
No, Gary is right .... they're all soft cocks overseas This world is becoming too PC and a few people are holding the world to ransom by using social media to make the world go their way