The Full Ponty

RE: Its not arbitrary- site admin were receiving specific complaints

So you ban whoever someone complains about?</p>

What are the subjects/words that are not allowed?</p>

 

RE: Its not arbitrary- site admin were receiving specific complaints

But you wont tell us what words we aren't allowed to say.

 

RE: Its not arbitrary- site admin were receiving specific complaints

Had the majority of &quot;members&quot; complained?</p>

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RE: Its not arbitrary- site admin were receiving specific complaints

Why am I not allowed to say sp@stic? It's a proper word in the dictionary that has a valid meaning.

 

No - it's far better for Admin to act unilaterally. Fascist.

 

RE: Its not arbitrary- site admin were receiving specific complaints

I think you're justified - you've given fair warning, he made his own decision, he's a big boy, he can live with the out come.

 

RE: Its not arbitrary- site admin were receiving specific complaints

Very funny. You might as well make it clear that it isn't the number of complaints or what the complaint is about that leads to a banning. The key factor is WHO makes the complaint. Come on and be honest otherwise you all look like fools.

 

RE: the only word I can see that he uses all the time is..

No something much worse as neither of the above should offend anyone. Well done site admin for doing something that might not be popular for the good of the site (Y) (Y) (Y)

 

RE: Its not arbitrary- site admin were receiving specific complaints

One of the site admin may have found his language offensive - what does it matter? He got a fair warning, and decided to ignor it. He made a choice. I think that situation is fair. I think this board is run fairly, it provides a superb service, and the site admin look anything but foolish. You can't say that site admin have lacked tolerance towards all of us in the past. I'm sure the TFP would be big enough to put his hands up and say 'Fair's fair'.

 

For once you're right

The site admin have the difficult job of running this board, and you can't please all the people all the time. If they apply the rules to everyone equally they will piss someone off at some point (such as in this case) but it still needs to be done consistently. Well done site admin for making a difficult choice. This is not about TFP, it's about the site admin being fair - and they have been. I'm sure if I chose to post as TFP has in the past (same language, multiple user accounts winding people up etc) eventually I would pick up a short ban - especially if I was given a polite warning that I ignored. It's hardly forever is it?

 

was he funny???

tried too hard for my liking

 

Made me chuckle at times

 

RE: was he funny???

Yeah just what i thought. Why you gone and changed your funky avatar for

 

very in my opinion...

... when he resorts to the purile stuff like spoff etc it's not to my taste, but fight night and his conversational pieces between GS and AR were some of the funniest stuff I've read.

 

if it was

Sp@z then you can see the problem i suppose tiger woods had to deal with it. </p>

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from wikipedia</p>

</p><h2><span class="mw-headline">The Connotation in the United Kingdom</span></h2> <ul>[*]A sufferer of sp@sticity. This usage is generally believed to have been popularized from its use in the name of The Sp@stics Society, a charity for people with cerebral palsy. As a result of the next listed usage, this usage has become offensive to many.[*]A politically incorrect term of abuse for an ungainly or physically inept person, as in &quot;You're such a ********&quot; (also colloquially abbreviated to &quot;spa&quot;, &quot;sp@z&quot;, &quot;sp@g&quot;, &quot;sp@ck&quot;, &quot;sp@cko&quot; and &quot;sp@cker&quot, derived from a popular misconception that those with any physical disability resulting in sp@sticity would necessarily also have a mental or developmental disability. When a &quot;sp@cker&quot; has a fit, it is often referred to as a &quot;sp@ck attack&quot;.[/list]


In the mid-1980s, some people attempted to &quot;reclaim&quot; the term. This is the meaning in the Ian Dury and the Blockheads song: Sp@sticus Autisticus, and it is also used in the Ben Elton book Gridlock.</p>

The Sp@stics Society is now named SCOPE, leading to the colloquial use of the expression Scoper or Scopers or Scopey to be used in place of sense three. A widely held belief is that what is now Scope, was in effect forced to change its name because of the BBC Children's television show Blue Peter. The show in the early eighties featured a &quot;********&quot; named Joey Deacon. The term &quot;You Joey&quot; became a popular vulgarism with children at that time, along with &quot;you sp@z&quot;. Consequently, the terms ******** and all above associates evolved developed derogatory connotations.</p>

</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">The Connotation in America</span></h2>

In American slang, the term &quot;sp@z&quot; is generally inoffensive, most Americans considering it casual slang for clumsiness, sometimes associated from overexcitement, excessive energy, or hyperactivity. It was especially common in Valley Girl or preppy pop culture trends of the 1980s which emulated the affectations of affulent urban youth of Southern California.</p>

On occasion North American TV series or movies, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Meatballs, will use the term &quot;Sp@z&quot; and get a different reaction from British and American audiences.</p>

The difference in understanding of the term was highlighted by an incident with the golfer Tiger Woods; after losing the US Masters Tournament in 2006, he said, &quot;I was so in control from tee to green, the best I've played for years... But as soon as I got on the green I was a sp@z.&quot; This comment went uncommented upon in America where the term does not have the same connotations that it does in the UK.</p>

As with Tiger Woods, it is often said of oneself in moments of clumsiness, awkwardness or absentmindedness. On learning of the furor over his comments, Woods' representative apologized for causing offense a few days later. Reuters on CNN/SI</p>

Most Americans were surprised when they learned about the controversy. In fact, at least one American dictionary (Merriam Webster's) makes no reference to cerebral palsy in its definition or word origins. It simply defines &quot;sp@z&quot; as a shortening of the word &quot;sp@stic&quot; and &quot;one who is inept.&quot;</p>

 

RE: very in my opinion...

1 in 10 hit the button for me, the rest was just purile juvenile crap.