Random Announcements
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Here's my announcement. Moderators need to be careful before they imply that anyone is "racist". Till is the anti-thesis of racist. I liken Till's "gene pool" comment to the very comment made by DougNg not long ago, something like, "if you lose your wee-wee while zipping up, it's a good thing – you're stupid as fuck and shouldn't be reproducing anyway". Honestly, sometimes, I feel that Till is a whipping boy. I was not in the least offended by his gun statement, though I'm totally anti-guns and anti-killing. Unanimous moderation ? If Till should have been reprimanded (mildly) at all, it's for his use of the gun metaphor – but definitely not for racism.
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Tfar was not banned for being racist. He was banned for being abrasive, offensive and being argumentative
In addition, this is not his first offense. I receive complaints about him regularly
Should these complaints come face to face? In our opinion, no. This forum is not for personal disputes. It is OUR job to handle difficult personalities, not have a forum free for all (which would what would happen if all these complaints were public)
As for my comment vs Tfar's, there is a big difference between isolating stupid people which was very obviously in jest vs isolating a nationality
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Well, OK…I concede that if I were French, I might be offended by Till's comments. But I know Till well (outside of this forum) -- and yes, he can be arrogant and opinionated -- but he's no racist. Oh well...onwards and upwards. For What It's Worth (FWIW), I thought the French were sweet as pie while in Paris. Never encountered a rude person even once. I was expecting the worst, because of the rumors and the stereotypes -- but in fact, found Parisians to be genuinely kind and helpful. And most of the youngish ones (30 and younger) actually spoke decent English.
I will say this -- this forum is a lot more tolerant than SuFu and styleforum. I have to be fair and admit that. If several people complained about Till, well...then, of course, the mods have to act.
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Recent events aside, I think it is probably worth remembering that there is a a cross section of nationalities here. It may be that someone's colloquialism may be someone else's insult (however inadvertent). English only happens to be the lingua franca at this point in history, at another time we could be speaking German, Russian or whatever (admittedly a paper based forum might not work very well).
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i've been receiving straight A's recently in all of my classes. just letting everyone know
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Thanks Shubzz! i'm majoring in Sociology. thinking about getting a minor in history as well. after that, i'm going to be shooting for a masters in Theology and we'll see where it goes from there. Really wanna be a teacher like my dad! But i wanna teach at Public schools in/around Oakland. They could really use some good teachers. As Too $hort said
@Too:Get your high school diploma, go to college
Get a degree and start makin dollars
Only one thing wrong, and it's a trip
Inner city schools don't teach us shit
Got us stuck on stupid, straight S.O.S.
Can't get nothin, but they payin the rest of them fools
all around the world in the other countries
They should be spendin that money right here
in the state of California
You graduate and can't spell diploma -
dead, more power to you ! We need smart public school teachers in Oakland – who can be role models to troubled youth. A close friend of mine is a public school teacher in Emeryville -- and she LOVES her job (English). I am certain you'll achieve your dream, dead. Keep at it and good work !
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@tfar:
So do you think that cat pic is tampered or is that the real thing?
Beats, I never doubted the cat in the pic was genuine, but am amazed at how HUGE (and beautiful) it is!
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Just got my Ladies Medium 4526J Iron Heart Jacket. It fits PERFECTLY ! It looks so-o-o-o much better on me than the SEXIH07BK Type III did – let me tell you. This jacket is sheer PERFECTION. Giles, if a SuperBlack version were available – I'd buy it in a heartbeat. But I know it's not.
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Oh, Shubs, you are funny! So thrilled you love the jacket so much - can't wait to see the pix that G has just demanded
