Subj : Request To : Gary Braswell From : Alan Hess Date : Thu Mar 06 2003 04:09 pm Whilst masticating on , Gary Braswell (1:379/1.45) wrote to Alan Hess: >> You could have just joined me with POL_DISORDER, Gary. I intend >> the same thing. >> Good luck. *adh* GB> Appreciate the offer, but this is bringing back the old CONTROV GB> echo and its beyond just discussions of politics, its open to any GB> controversy. Here's my rules for POL_DISORDER: ********************************************************** | Official "Rules" for the POL_DISORDER Conference | | Conference Moderator is Alan Hess, 261/1000 | ********************************************************** This message will be placed by me in the POL_DISORDER area at regular intervals. Below constitutes the rules regarding the use and access of this area. As moderator, I hereby reserve the right to take whatever actions are necessary to protect this conference from abuse. Note that I will likely take few actions - I enjoy give and take, and figure adults can ignore flame-type messages that occasionally appear from immature posters on all sides of issues. I support free speech. This echo is intended to be a place where people with opinions from all sides of the politicial spectrum can interact with those who share their views, and those who can't stand their views (preferably in a mature manner, though I expect that won't always hold true. This echo is open to anyone who ever posted in a political echo, be he or she a long-termer or a person who was banned. I want all. Below is what I'd like to see the echo become. Please try your best. I think you're all capable of mature debate. * THOU SHALT NOT BE TOO EASILY ANNOYED! Remember, this is a message area on a BBS, not a matter of life and death! * POL_DISORDER is an echomail area for discussing topics dealing with politics and the disorder which results from politics. Disorder basically includes almost anything, including Constitutional interpretation, political discussions, and how to deal with law breakers (and makers, if you wish). Religion can be a basis for law as well as a source of disorder, so discussions such as, "What is your religious base for supporting/opposing X?" are considered on-topic. "Prove your deity exists" is not. If I see a message I feel does not fit in the area, I will make my opinion known. NO PRIVATE MESSAGES OR ADS OF ANY KIND ALLOWED!!! Please QUOTE or RECAP any messages to which you reply, to help maintain continuity of the message thread. Please use > as your quote character. * DO NOT REPLY TO PERSONAL ATTACKS WITH MORE OF THE SAME! Immature people are everywhere - don't stoop to their level. Attacks on the content of posts is within the rules. For example, "This post is bigotted trash," is permitted, but "You are a bigot" is not welcome, or productive. THERE WILL BE NO ACCUSING FELLOW POSTERS OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES! THAT IS BEYOND THE PALE. Questions regarding moderation should be sent netmail. * Crossposts from and to other echoes are allowed. * The use of "handles" in POL_DISORDER is allowed, only if the handle that you use is the name you normally use on the board on which you access this conference. This area is NOT to be set up as anonymous, and if your local Sysop does not allow you to use handles, then you should either respect his/her wishes and use your real name, or locate POL_DISORDER on another board that carries it and allows handles. Users of handles are subject to the same rules and protections as everyone else. There is to be no "Hey, Joe X is actually...," or "He's using multiple aliases!" posts - I don't care, and this isn't the place to discuss it. * This conference is open to both USERS and SYSOPS. * Aside from the rule concerning the attacks upon other users, it is also hereby requested that messages in this conference will use tasteful language. There is nothing wrong with using a few clorful metaphors, so long as you don't overdo things and/or otherwise seek to demonstrate a complete lack of intelligence. However, if you feel you cannot get your point across without using such language, then go ahead, but KEEP IT TO A MINIMUM, PLEASE. There are sysops whose dislike of colorful metaphors causes them to feel the need to delete any message containing same. So, to be sure your input is read by as many other users as possible, keep it clean. * The biggest reason for this conference is to have a place to disagree without getting nasty. Without controversy, there would be no use for this echo. However, please remember we all have the right to our own opinions, and just because yours and someone else's may differ doesn't make either of you a bad person. A person who stoops to name-calling or other type of attack usually does so because he can't back his position with facts. Skip by low class posts. * Those people that just cannot seem to follow the rules for this conference at all are hereby asked to find another conference. I HAVE NEITHER THE TIME NOR THE DESIRE TO BE AN ECHO BABYSITTER, SO PLEASE ACT LIKE ADULTS HERE!! * The moderator takes NO responsibility for any posts save his own. That about sums things up for this conference. I know that not everyone will like this conference, but I hope that for the majority of us that use POL_DISORDER, it will be fun and thought provoking, as well as entertaining. We hope that you, the new participant here, will find it so, and will in turn post some messages along with the rest of us. Thank you for your time, and for reading these simple rules that cover the use of this conference. And now, back to the issues! Alan Hess, moderator POL_DISORDER Nerve Center BBS - Pikesville, MD. --- Msged/2 TE 05 * Origin: Join the POL_DISORDER echo. All are welcome. (1:261/1000) .