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Posted by Bruce Evans (Member # 44) on :

I could have swore I posted a OT post today....and it appears to have been pulled maybe?

Any new rules I don't know about? I didn't think it was offensive or anything.

I've never been fond of OT posts so maybe the rules have finally changed.

Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :

Bruce

It may not be what you fear.

I tried to post a couple times in the last few days only to have it vanish. where did it go????

But if we post something and it doesn't go the the BB then where does it go????

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

-dan

Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :

Check your e-mail Bruce. If anyone discovers a missing post and they haven't heard from us, please contact us by phone or e-mail.

Posted by Rob Larkham (Member # 2105) on :

I'm missing five bucks...anyone seen it. C'mon cough it up!!!!

Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :

Hey Rob,

I got your five bucks right here.

Have a great one!

Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :

Bruce,
I found the letter you forwarded to the BB to be very interesting. It took some time to read, what with work and all, so after returning to my screen & finishing it, I reloaded the page to see if there were any more replies. All I got was a message "The page you requested does not exist" strange that I tried the back button as well as my history of recent pages to try to retrieve it from my cache, "...does not exist"
I'd appreciate it if you could you email it to me.

I posted a guestion about where your post went, but that was deleted also. I did get an email explaining that your post was deleted because it was "political" & mine was deleted because my "answer" was provided in my email. Maybe we are not supposed to discuss it? Is it a new rule about posts with political content?

Posted by Jerry Steward (Member # 2420) on :

esplane pleese....
This doesn't sound good. I think politics are just as well talked about as spelling errors! Anything that any sign person thinks is worth posting is OK with me, afterall, this is a place to check out who our peers are. Just my opinion.

Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :

Maybe Steve's a little gun-shy from the recent terrorist postings.

It's good to see that not only the airports are beefing up their security.

Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :

The way I interpret the rules for posting....political posts are OK, BUT that post was simply a diatrabe bashing President Bush and many of his cabinet members.

I read it, and it sucked! I am glad Steve deleted it!

Discussions are great, but not vicous attacks! Especially when Steve had just posted the policy stating that such crap was not allowed! That post amounted to a slap in the face to Steve & Barb!

Just my humble opinion!

[ February 07, 2002: Message edited by: Si Allen ]

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

Don't sugarcoat it Si. Tell us how you "rrreeeaalllyyy" feel!

(for those of you in Lizard Lick, NC, that was humor...you can smile now)

Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :

si read my tag line.....hehehehehehehe

Posted by Jerry Steward (Member # 2420) on :

I know we're not to bash each other,but the President? Or does he post here too.......hmmmmm

Posted by kevinlandry (Member # 1352) on :

I found your post in my washer with a few missing socks and a couple of ideas and some peoples names that I had forgot. Oh yeah I found that big sign order there, too.

LOL

Posted by Jim Upchurch (Member # 209) on :

Kevin, you misspelled Laundry !
I believe that 'offensive posts' would include a hack job on a political figure. We could do that all day to no avail....

[ February 07, 2002: Message edited by: Jim Upchurch ]

Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :

I believe Bruce's topic subject was "have you read this." I don't know what his thoughts are on the content but I found it interesting.

I tend to have middle of the road views. Does that mean I sit on the fence ready to be swayed by popular opinion? I don't think so, nor do I subscribe to a right or left wing, or conservative or liberal thinking to the point that I can filter information based on what "camp" it came from.

I may be gullible or naive in some ways, but if I find provocative information, or dis-information as the case may be, it makes me want to pay attention. I have friends & aquaintances (sorry, not in my dictionary ) who range from very politically educated patriots to paranoid conspiricy theory radicals. I admit I would probably not spend a lot of time verifying the claims made in that post, but I enjoy dropping "have you read this" types of claims on a variety of folks to see what I can learn from the variety of reactions.

It seems from most replies to this thread that everyone else but me already knows that Michael Moore's "claims" were ALL lies. I thought the Enron business was looking a little messy for GWB, & wanted to find out who the author was, (not sure I even remembered his name correctly ) & what "7th largest corporation" he was talking about. (7th something, I forget & can't check now)

I have no desire or ability to debate politics. I am interested in further discussion about Letterville policy.

quote:

The Laws Of Letterville
We require that you use your full real name as your username and include a valid e-mail address. We are a community here, and use of an alias is discouraged. In either case, use of a signature file that automatically signs your posts is always required. Your signature should include your real name, company name, and your location.
Vicious personal attacks will not be tolerated. Treat others in a professional manner. We are a community. Use of the \"Golden Rule\" is strongly encouraged.
This is not the spot for commercial advertising. If you have a product our users should know about, please call us about becoming a Letterville Merchant. Blatant advertising will be removed!
The Letterhead WebSite, Letterville, and the Shortreed Family strictly prohibits the use of this site as a means to request copyrighted artwork and fonts. Please respect the copyrights of the designers and foundries. If you feel compelled to \"steal\" from those people, please go to another site to do it. We do encourage all designers using this site to build the cost of fonts and clip art into your project's costs.

I can only guess that "Vicious personal attacks"
is the law that was violated, but I didn't see it that way.

If Mike Pipes is correct and new "security" measures are now in effect, I am fine with that. Tell me the rules & I'll play by them.

[ February 07, 2002: Message edited by: Doug Allan ]

Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :

Doug put it very well, are we operating under new rules?
I would like to be appointed as director of Letterville Homeland Security. I think this would help.

Posted by Bruce Evans (Member # 44) on :

Judging by the quality of Si's response, Steve must have been right.

Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :

I'm going to have to ammend the Law to include posts of a political or religious nature. We've been over this ground several times in the past, but I haven't changed the Law to reflect the changes.

I have nothing against OT posts in general. As a community, we have other things going on in our lives beside the biz, and we should be able to talk about that here. Unfortunitly, when it comes to subjects such as politics and religion, it has always resulted in bringing out the worse in posters.

When in Letterville, we ask you to wear your Letterhead hat. We come together here as a community of signmakers and/or small business owners interested in preserving the best of our craft's past and to share our knowlege in an unselfish manner with each other. Any topics that serve to divide us along political and religious lines are not necessary in Letterville.

Having said that, we also recognize that politics and religion are very important to many of you. We urge you to find an online community that is setup to debate religious and political debate.

As the owners of Letterville and the hosts of this on-line meet, we have the luxury of running the The Letterville BB in the manner we see fit. It's our goal that everyone attending this meet feel comfortable posting without fear of being called names or any other form of personal attack.

I apoligize for any confusion that exists. Over the next day, I'll edit the Laws Of Letterville to better reflect our posting policy. When in doubt, pretend you have the microphone at a live meet and think before you hit that post button.

Posted by Steve Purcell (Member # 1140) on :

I did not read the censored post. But from what I glean from this discussion, I probably would have strongly disagreed with it.

Having stated that, I'm a big boy and can handle points of view that run counter to mine. I don't like having my meals cut up for me.

If a post is not profane nor an unwarranted personal attack, I believe that it is wrong to censor it.

Posted by Rob Larkham (Member # 2105) on :

In the past political and religious post have gotten pretty out of hand. I have been guilty myself. I don't think any of you will be hurt if they go away. If I came to your house and acted or spoke in a manner that you didn't care for, you might ask me to leave. This is Steve and Barb's house and they set the rules. If we don't like the rules we have the option to leave or not to pay our taxes. Life is full of choices. Steve chose to set some ground rules. You have the choice to stay or go. Let him be mayor and run his town as he see's fit. Just my 2.5 cents

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

Well said, Rob.

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