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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,635 |
| Posted: | | | | Skip,
While I understand and agree with your revulsion at his avatar and username, I also believe he has the right to use them if he so chooses.
There is no "right not to be offended" guaranteed by this forum or our constitution or any other constitution that I know of.
There are other avatars and usernames that I find offensive (a troll giving you the finger, forget the user), but "c'est la vie" as they say! | | | Hal |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | He has no such right Constitutionally or any other wise.This is a PRIVATE forum, tye Constitution deals with Governmental authority. Were this my site such clearly anti-social behavior would not be permitted. There are several other avatars that annoy me, and I have commented on them at certain times, but this crosses the line...big time. I know this much for certain, I am not interested in the opinion or any other comment made by such a user.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!! CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it. Outta here
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 1,777 |
| Posted: | | | | Aaaannnndddd another new user with his whopping 8 posts being shown the door. Gotta love this community. |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,911 |
| Posted: | | | | New avatar for you Skip .... | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,635 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote: He has no such right Constitutionally or any other wise.This is a PRIVATE forum, tye Constitution deals with Governmental authority. Were this my site such clearly anti-social behavior would not be permitted. There are several other avatars that annoy me, and I have commented on them at certain times, but this crosses the line...big time. I know this much for certain, I am not interested in the opinion or any other comment made by such a user.
Skip .....but this is not your site. | | | Hal |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | Never said it was, hal. You were the one who tried to bring imagined rights into it, not I. But if a user has the right to be crass and disgusting, I have the right to voice my displeasure about such behavior and call him on it. Hmmmmm Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!! CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it. Outta here
Billy Video |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 3,830 |
| Posted: | | | | Quote: Che Guevara remains a controversial and significant historical figure | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,293 |
| Posted: | | | | It is interesting to note that someone who many people DO consider a 'hero', and certainly a man of peace, Nelson Mandella referred to Che as "an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom"... would people have these problems with an avatar of Mr Mandella I wonder. | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 2,692 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote: Never said it was, hal. You were the one who tried to bring imagined rights into it, not I. But if a user has the right to be crass and disgusting, I have the right to voice my displeasure about such behavior and call him on it.
Hmmmmm
Skip why not just block his posts and then you won't see his avatar either will you? | | | Paul |
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Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,459 |
| Posted: | | | | Whilst I agree with Voltaire and Paul's posts, I don't think we should discuss this anymore in this thread. This is the Technical Support forum and is not the place for a discussion on the merits or otherwise of Che Guevara. Please note this is not an accusatory post of any kind, I'm not blaming anyone for the topic going this way, in fact I participated briefly, I just think it should be allowed to end now. |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 2,692 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote: Whilst I agree with Voltaire and Paul's posts, I don't think we should discuss this anymore in this thread. This is the Technical Support forum and is not the place for a discussion on the merits or otherwise of Che Guevara. Please note this is not an accusatory post of any kind, I'm not blaming anyone for the topic going this way, in fact I participated briefly, I just think it should be allowed to end now. I agree. | | | Paul | | | Last edited: by pauls42 |
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Registered: January 1, 2008 | Posts: 18 |
| Posted: | | | | "I know this much for certain, I am not interested in the opinion or any other comment made by such a user". -skipnet50
Such a user?? Umm, OK... here we go...even this place isn't immune.
This "community" is made up of many people of varied backgrounds and beliefs coming together for some common goals. If you can't participate in a community like this, and accept people for who they are without initiating personal critism about something as simple as a one inch image in an avatar, try making your personal statement by blocking the offensive member and moving on. That or stop participating on the thread and step away from the keyboard for a while and just chill.
Notice how the thread is now about your opinion? Maybe we don't care to read about that! ...a topic we didn't click on in the first place. You can always build a soapbox for your disgust and outrage in the General Discussion wing, where those who want to read it can do so by choice. |
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