Are Tolkiens Books Sexist? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mister Underhill*** · 09-24-2002, 08:03 PM

Okay, bombur, old boy – couple of points to clear up here.

1. This button -

– allows you to edit your posts. Learn it. Use it. Three posts in a row are unnecessary when you can edit.
2. It should be pretty obvious why curse words get zapped out. This is a family-friendly (and at its best, a somewhat scholarly) board. We don’t take our cue from Tampere University final debate texts; we take it from the writings of the man whose work inspired this board.
3. You can care passionately about your point of view in a discussion and still debate with common courtesy. In fact, here you must be able to do that if you want to hang around for long. I’ve seen you pull aggressive, overly-personal rants on other people in this thread and elsewhere, and that style doesn’t cut it. The explanation, “That’s just the way I am, take me with a grain of salt” doesn’t cut it either. If you feel like going off on someone, count to ten or something and then think again.

I’m not trying to chase you off or anything, I’m just letting you know the baseline rules that we ask everyone here to follow. A word to the wise is sufficient.

Now back to prostitution and lip-smacking...

[ September 24, 2002: Message edited by: Mister Underhill ]

09-24-2002, 08:03 PM	#34
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	Okay, bombur, old boy – couple of points to clear up here. 1. This button - – allows you to edit your posts. Learn it. Use it. Three posts in a row are unnecessary when you can edit. 2. It should be pretty obvious why curse words get zapped out. This is a family-friendly (and at its best, a somewhat scholarly) board. We don’t take our cue from Tampere University final debate texts; we take it from the writings of the man whose work inspired this board. 3. You can care passionately about your point of view in a discussion and still debate with common courtesy. In fact, here you must be able to do that if you want to hang around for long. I’ve seen you pull aggressive, overly-personal rants on other people in this thread and elsewhere, and that style doesn’t cut it. The explanation, “That’s just the way I am, take me with a grain of salt” doesn’t cut it either. If you feel like going off on someone, count to ten or something and then think again. I’m not trying to chase you off or anything, I’m just letting you know the baseline rules that we ask everyone here to follow. A word to the wise is sufficient. Now back to prostitution and lip-smacking... [ September 24, 2002: Message edited by: Mister Underhill ]