kevinlwilliams67 Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Please remove this posts, this guy has nothing useful to say and using an obsene picture for his avatar. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minn_male42 Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 motion seconded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abuzah Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 I agree the avitar is porn, offensive, and deserves to be removed by our moderator. Quickly. I don't like the use of spelled out vulgarities either. I leave that to our moderator's judgment. Gil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good2BHome Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 A. Rude, Crude and Socially Unaccebtable B. The forum my have been hacked. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heresy2guy Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 After seeing his avatar I'll say this: His posts are probably a direct reflection of his pent-up frustration on NOT having "come out of the closet" yet. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vavoline Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 If DEAM had brought up the topic in an adult-like manner (and without the pornographic avatar, which has no place on this Forum), then maybe he could have expressed his opinions which could've been shared with others. He did not, though, and it'll only cause more harm than good. Please remove his topic from the Forum. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 After reading this simpleton's posts I wholeheartedly agree: His avatar is unacceptable in this type of forum, his troll-like posts are argumentative, and he should find a new home. This forum has way more class than to allow junior high school level taunting and pornographic avatars. Off with his head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 His posts should be removed. We have had a nice respite for this guy for many months. A permanent ban on his IP address should be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middlecreekguy Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 ---------------- On 2/20/2003 9:54:19 AM John Albright wrote: His posts should be removed. We have had a nice respite for this guy for many months. A permanent ban on his IP address should be enough. ---------------- I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 Is this a petition? I'll sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruinsrme Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 count me in. here is my sig X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 As usual, I am the one sitting on the bench while the other kids play baseball. Perhaps it is because I cant see straight. I certainly dont see straight about banishing or censoring any young whippersnapper for their childish or foolish behavior. I didnt see DEAMS offensive avatar. Yet, that does not matter. Last fall, I looked straight at Robert Mapplethorpes controversial male and child nude photographs at the Met in New York City. I viewed James Woods movie Dirty Pictures on Mapplethorpe's work straight through. I think Mapplethrope doesnt see straight either. His view of life is a curve-ball. His photographs are extremely well crafted, and yes, some of them are disturbing. But then, so are gruesome surgical documentaries on the Discovery channel and sticking your hand up a cold chicken to clean its gizzards. Life isnt all pretty pictures. None of this behavior is as bad as some people make it seem. Neither DEAM or Mapplethrope are so outrageously offensive as to infringe or limit something that is much more important to all of us. The privilege of writing what we say and feel on this corporate-sponsored public forum. Children are rude at times. They say the most obnoxious and embarrassing things at the worst possible moment. Yet, rude sayings of children are no reason to tape their mouths shut. We shush them, we reprimand them and we politely turn away. We can change the channel and order pizza, but if we dont like DEAMs comments and his avatar, do we really need to banish him to make this wonderful forum better? Why cant he sit out an inning or two? If we do banish him, then what is next? Will we still be able to diss Klipsch subs in favor of SVS tubes? Or will that be verboten too? Dont think that this isnt important, guys. Our freedom of speech, thought, self-expression, religion and yes, even obnoxious, childish behavior, is one of the many reasons the also young, also male, terrorists struck the most important financial towers of the Western world. I may be against a war in Iraq without better proof of its cooperation with anti-US terrorists groups, but I can see straight now. This is where I get up off the bench and draw my line in the sand. Let the child stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edster00 Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 Colin, The difference is that you chose to go to the Met and movies and even paid to view those works of art. The Klipsch web site has posted guidelines regarding what can and cannot be posted here: "You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this BB to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law." This is just a part of the contract you make with Klipsch when registering as a user here. DEAM violated those rules and as such the webmaster or other moderator chose to enforce the rules. The Klipsch moderators generally are very conservative when it comes to enforcing the rules but it seems they thought DEAM stepped over the line with his avatar. You notice they didn't delete his posts, just his offensive avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avman Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 i can assure all of you that DEAM will NOT be visiting this bb again anytime soon- in the deep south, we have garbage disposals...they're called alligators!! now-who else wants to bash klipsch?? avman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 The difference is not the language of the law, which governs this or any other public forum. The question is not whether the Met, or Showtime or Klipsch CAN show or remove colorful surgery, black n white Mapplethrope or confrontational DEAM for their behavior. They clearly have the choice. The language you quote above is but a prayer of the legal profession. Yet, the prayer by which we bury our victims does not make the crime any less. If the actions are deplorable, the words which cover the actions are no more than dirt. Klipsch clearly has the proper prayer for removing DEAM no problem there. I implore them however, to choose NOT to. Instead, I think it is a bigger crime to remove him. Let the rotting corpse lie. Instead, removing his offensive avatar, which their language gives them the right, seems a prudent first measure towards discipline. BTW, since I have to read books like Catcher in the Rye to judge for myself why such compelling material is so frequently banished, if anyone has DEAMs objectionable avatar, I would like to see it for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edster00 Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 Colin, I also think Klipsch did the honorable thing by removing the avatar but not removing the poster (I was going to say "removing the member"...the double entendre would have been appropriate if you get my drift). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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