Criteria for closing a thread
#31
11-09-2009, 04:58 AM
Ridge & Twilight.....
THANK YOU!!!!!! :bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow: At last...voices of reason have returned.!
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#32
11-09-2009, 06:37 AM
IMHO.....
It gets to be very frustrating when people ink life's novel with narrow minded and hand picked "evidence" to support their unwarranted prejudice, fear, and/or out right "hot air". Conclusions are drawn without facts and are supported only with one presumed variable, such as political affiliation, religious beliefs, and country of genetic origin. People really don't want to know the truth, so it seems. Much more interesting going with the hype. I tend to feel heavy-hearted from many of the comments from seemingly intelligent and kind members that are posted here. Are we, the occupants of this planet, seriously blinded by hatred and consumed by prejudice? I would rather wear my rose color glasses and believe that we are a world of compassion and seeker of truths and justice. I can understand his frustration. And at the same time I believe there are many of us, I like to believe I am one, that tries to be compassionate. I may louse it up a lot but I try. I wish nothing but the best for rev and he has helped me out as much as anyone else in here but the choice to stick around or leave has to be his choice. now for my side to this, rev is choosing to leave because of his belief that we are racist and bigoted. If he looks hard enough, I think he might see his reasoning is as bigoted as much as any.
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#33
11-09-2009, 07:22 AM
I felt this thread was kind of racist, but it got allowed:
http://www.classadrivers.com/forum/a...attention.html But it did spawn into a non-racist conversation that was civil. I felt this thread was more a red flag than the news report about the Ft. Hood shooter.
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#34
11-09-2009, 08:10 AM
I understand the being frustrated part, but don't you think you should be able to respond to dispel those unfounded beliefs? Instead let's just lock the thread and not have a chance to see someone else point of view or try to win them over to our side with facts and logic?
I am all for presenting facts and logic ! I am a nerd
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#35
11-09-2009, 08:26 AM
I did not judge the man prior to the evidence. I believe in knowing the f-a-c-t-s before I judge. I am part German.. and yep I love knackwursts and sauerkraut .. but I can throw down bagels and lox any ol' day 
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#36
11-09-2009, 08:56 AM
and lox on toast is good too.
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#37
11-09-2009, 09:25 AM
I still have no problems with rev. overall I think he's a good guy. I just think he needs to realize things aren't going to fit into his perfect world of right and wrong, and b4 you call racial remarks ( not arguing with him on this) you need to ask why you are doing it? As a member of the military I hated communism. By definition that makes me a biggot. would my dislike of that get my thread banned from the board if we were discussing say china or cuba?
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#38
11-21-2009, 05:25 PM
Bump for Snowman7
Halfway thru page 1, I brought this topic up again as concerned the locking of the "postal" thread. The "meltdown" had already begun, but his last post is on this thread.
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#39
11-22-2009, 01:28 AM
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: the Buckeye
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The thread is open. Go ahead and post your racist rants if you want. Since Ridge is rarely here to moderate, and GMAN doesn't moderate all that much, I guess it's free reign on CAD. Have fun.
And the thread was closed because it was full of hateful racist rants, which is against the rules you agreed to upon registering for this site. But I refuse to be affiliated with a website that condones, tolerates, or encourages hatred and racism. So good bye. |
