I'm with Scott on this. When your thread gets locked and you start another one in response, you're really pushing things. I personally don't have a conflict with Cozee at all. Never had, dunno the guy. But if ANYone started a VERY political thread that got locked and then quickly started another thread in response is just not reasonable. If you have ANYTHING to say at ALL after your thread got locked, it should go to Jeff and nobody else.
I don't know why I am replying to this. I usually stay out of these things ... but ... it's this kind of flare up that makes me feel less and less like visiting here. I can, sadly, expect a controversy on IAP at least once a week. This makes me want to visit less often, i'm sad to say. I hope i'm the only one who feels this way ... it's just not fun watching people bicker like this ... I tend to avoid the casual conversation board the most, but sometimes there is GOOD content in there and it's hard to sift through the sludge.
I haven't reached the point of leaving, but i've come close a couple times - this isn't one of those times. This place is full of incredibly helpful, polite and wise people. I would just expect us all to be capable of self-moderation so that Jeff wasn't required to babysit so much. It's really embarrassing, to be honest. I have to tell people "Hey, IAP is really great!... but ... try to avoid the Casual Conversation section, things can get a little heated in there...".
Why is it so hard to NOT post things that are potentially inflamatory? It's easy, for me. I don't get it. There's no place for it here. NONE. I don't care how strongly you feel about something ... i'll probably agree with you most of the time ... but HERE is not the place for it. Where is? A place that's devoted to the subject, perhaps. I just don't understand why so many threads have to be locked on this site. The 3 other forums i visit average maybe one or two a month between all three of them. This place seems to average at least one or two a week. Why is that? We don't have strict rules here ... we don't have unreasonable expectations. It's a mystery to me.
Sorry ... my rant has been building up quite a bit ... and now before I hit send, i'm gonna read what i just typed ... okay, I made sure to just state my grievance and tried very hard not to attack anyone, so ~hopefully~ nobody gets too bent outta shape by any of it... I just feel like it needed to be said. If you wanna berate me, feel free to send me a PM anytime. I'm happy to fight with anyone, privately.
