Re: Bye, Bye Politics
Originally Posted by James1549
So only the political forum holds your interest? The rest of the Crossfire Forum isn't worth any amount to you?
James
I was not aware of a vote on this topic either. But let me see if I can put some perspective on this issue. This is first and foremost a car forum dedicated to car enthusiasts of the Crossfire. It has always been very liberal with letting everyone have fun without tons of rules. Julian provided a "general" and "political" forum, as well as a couple non Crossfire sections to discuss topics freely. All other car forums I belong to don't have a political forum.
The Political forum has become a real burden to moderate. We (the moderators/administrators) of the forum have only become involved when we were notified of threats, or abuse. In such cases we closed or deleted the thread, mostly on the requests made by you (the political forum posters). Gary and I have collectively been PM'd by over 12 members at one time or the other. Some from you that are complaining about it being closed. I will not name anyone. To say you have never been warned? Are you kidding me? Have I not posted reminders for you to keep it civil? Have we not deleted or closed threads because of abuse and flared tempers? Give me a break...
I suggest that all of you take responsibility for getting this section closed. It was your behavior that led to the closing. You abuse the previllage given to you here. It is a liability to the owner of this site to allow the threats and abuse to continue.
I was not aware it was shut down until one of you notified me via PM this morning. I'll be the first to tell you that in numerous occasions I suggested that forum be closed. But even then, Julian allowed it to continue. Hey, It's his forum, and his decision, and I have to respect that. He apparently decided to eliminate it last night when he got involved to fix this site when it was down. I'll share his comment to Gary today, He said for now the political forum is closed. I don't know what that means long term.
There are plenty of political forum out there free of charge.
I will leave this thread open till end of day tomorrow so you can vent, but it will be closed. After that the 'general" section will not be used for political talk.
Last edited by FP; Sep 27, 2011 at 08:31 PM.