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pan6467 · 02-11-2004, 12:27 PM

I felt the journal was a place to spout off, without repercussion. They should be where you can go to express whatever you feel, BUT they are public so you must take that into account. Now if you lock your journal, you are therefore saying your feelings are private and therefore you should be safe from any repercussions, as only you should be seeing them. If you do not lock then they become public and you must accept that.

However, after reading Hal's post, I do see how if very damaging things are posted they should be somewhat monitored. After all having a pedophile on the board and if he is posting about his desires whether in journal or not, is something that will destroy the reputation here faster than trying to quietly kick him out. Especially if he/she had left the journal unlocked and left open to the public.

I am as anti-censorship as they come, BUT by allowing pedophiles, rapists, or sociological plagues to infest and post publicly thier deeds or desires, then this site is doomed by it's own freedoms.

I don't believe or agree tho, that people who post negative things about the board should be censored. In fact, I feel negatives should be posted so that they can be explained and worked out. By not allowing negatives to be expressed, (and not everything is or can be positive) you allow the people to become upset and they begin to feel thier voice and thoughts don't matter. That can destroy this site also.

In the end, I believe this site was and is for people who have similar thoughts to come, create make friends and talk about mutual interests and perhaps help each other out.

It goes to responsibility, be responsible for your posts, and the mods won't have to.

02-11-2004, 12:27 PM	#53 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	I felt the journal was a place to spout off, without repercussion. They should be where you can go to express whatever you feel, BUT they are public so you must take that into account. Now if you lock your journal, you are therefore saying your feelings are private and therefore you should be safe from any repercussions, as only you should be seeing them. If you do not lock then they become public and you must accept that. However, after reading Hal's post, I do see how if very damaging things are posted they should be somewhat monitored. After all having a pedophile on the board and if he is posting about his desires whether in journal or not, is something that will destroy the reputation here faster than trying to quietly kick him out. Especially if he/she had left the journal unlocked and left open to the public. I am as anti-censorship as they come, BUT by allowing pedophiles, rapists, or sociological plagues to infest and post publicly thier deeds or desires, then this site is doomed by it's own freedoms. I don't believe or agree tho, that people who post negative things about the board should be censored. In fact, I feel negatives should be posted so that they can be explained and worked out. By not allowing negatives to be expressed, (and not everything is or can be positive) you allow the people to become upset and they begin to feel thier voice and thoughts don't matter. That can destroy this site also. In the end, I believe this site was and is for people who have similar thoughts to come, create make friends and talk about mutual interests and perhaps help each other out. It goes to responsibility, be responsible for your posts, and the mods won't have to. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"