can we please ban homophobia

noodles · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:57 pm

i want to get rid of wsx26

i find it offensive and juvenile and if this website expects to be taken seriously by serious metal bands then i suggest this improvement

Mintrude · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:13 pm

noodles wrote:

i want to get rid of wsx26

i find it offensive and juvenile and if this website expects to be taken seriously by serious metal bands then i suggest this improvement

In all honesty, I'm all for it, but it'd be a nightmare to enforce it.

EdgeOfForever · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:21 pm

Mintrude wrote:

noodles wrote:

i want to get rid of wsx26

i find it offensive and juvenile and if this website expects to be taken seriously by serious metal bands then i suggest this improvement

In all honesty, I'm all for it, but it'd be a nightmare to enforce it.

I don't know about that, it'd be equal to racism. Personally I haven't seen any problems with homophobia on these forums, it's only in the past week that it's been an issue. Most people here seem to be pretty tolerating. I don't see how it would be a problem to enforce a rule against homophobia.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:32 pm

EdgeOfForever wrote:

Mintrude wrote:

noodles wrote:

i want to get rid of wsx26

i find it offensive and juvenile and if this website expects to be taken seriously by serious metal bands then i suggest this improvement

In all honesty, I'm all for it, but it'd be a nightmare to enforce it.

I don't know about that, it'd be equal to racism. Personally I haven't seen any problems with homophobia on these forums, it's only in the past week that it's been an issue. Most people here seem to be pretty tolerating. I don't see how it would be a problem to enforce a rule against homophobia.

Heh, "fag" "homo" et.al. are thrown about all over the place. I'd just be doing non-stop nannying.

rio · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:34 pm

Banning homophobia? that's a gay idea

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:46 pm

That's totally gay.

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:46 pm

I'd be for it, except like Minty says it would be very hard to enforce. Censuring everyone who says 'fag' would result in the forumites here being even more annoying than they usually are, although why left-wingers like Rio are taking the piss when homophobia is as valid a problem as racism is beyond me.

Of course, we could always just ban Wessex Two Six... then again, banning forumites because people find them annoying is a misuse of power. He'll either fall in line or step over it eventually, leave him be says I.

noodles · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:50 pm

hows it it less a problem than racism? black people can get married and i havent heard anyone hear say that interracial couples kissing is "repulsive"

rio · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:54 pm

Zad wrote:

I'd be for it, except like Minty says it would be very hard to enforce. Censuring everyone who says 'fag' would result in the forumites here being even more annoying than they usually are, although why left-wingers like Rio are taking the piss when homophobia is as valid a problem as racism is beyond me.

Of course, we could always just ban Wessex Two Six... then again, banning forumites because people find them annoying is a misuse of power. He'll either fall in line or step over it eventually, leave him be says I.

If it were up to me I wouldn't ban racism on the forum either. As if the only reason people aren't being racist is because it's against mr.com policy. ban this ban that yay

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:00 pm

rio wrote:

Zad wrote:

I'd be for it, except like Minty says it would be very hard to enforce. Censuring everyone who says 'fag' would result in the forumites here being even more annoying than they usually are, although why left-wingers like Rio are taking the piss when homophobia is as valid a problem as racism is beyond me.

Of course, we could always just ban Wessex Two Six... then again, banning forumites because people find them annoying is a misuse of power. He'll either fall in line or step over it eventually, leave him be says I.

If it were up to me I wouldn't ban racism on the forum either. As if the only reason people aren't being racist is because it's against mr.com policy. ban this ban that yay

All we have to do to solve racism is change MR's policy? Wow, I wonder why no-one's ever thought of that.

rio · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:02 pm

Zad wrote:

rio wrote:

Zad wrote:

I'd be for it, except like Minty says it would be very hard to enforce. Censuring everyone who says 'fag' would result in the forumites here being even more annoying than they usually are, although why left-wingers like Rio are taking the piss when homophobia is as valid a problem as racism is beyond me.

Of course, we could always just ban Wessex Two Six... then again, banning forumites because people find them annoying is a misuse of power. He'll either fall in line or step over it eventually, leave him be says I.

If it were up to me I wouldn't ban racism on the forum either. As if the only reason people aren't being racist is because it's against mr.com policy. ban this ban that yay

All we have to do to solve racism is change MR's policy? Wow, I wonder why no-one's ever thought of that.

eh?

Dago · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:26 pm

I don't agree.

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:27 pm

Dago wrote:

I don't agree.

You rebel, you.

grandbazaar · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:44 pm

Unless it's a direct attack, ignore it, it'll eventually blow over.

Wsx26 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:11 pm

We should ban the gay instead.

Speedyjx · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:12 pm

grandbazaar wrote:

Unless it's a direct attack, ignore it, it'll eventually blow over.

I pretty much agree with this. Everyone has their own opinions, and using the word "gay" as slang for an insult is common place so unless it is an outright attack on someone's sexuality I say leave it be.

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:24 pm

Wsx26 wrote:

We should ban the gay instead.

Being serious, don't think that the obnoxious won't get banned.

Adam · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:36 pm

rio wrote:

Banning homophobia? that's a gay idea

rio wins the thread

Fingon · **Joined:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:11 pm **Posts:** 3207

Wsx26 wrote:

We should ban the gay instead.

I wouldn't ban you or anyone else for being homophobic, but I would ban you since you're just an asshole with nothing to contribute to this forum :rolleyes:

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:26 pm

rio wrote:

Banning racism? that's a nigger-loving idea

Imagine the outcry.

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