So we can hijack a thread concerning a shocking tragedy with repeated political garbage.
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The Merry Prankster
Pactum serva
Taste, decency, humanity. Pick any one.
I woke this morning to hear this news and an extremely shocked and saddened by this truly cowardly attack on one of life's doers! RIP Jo
Take your political correctness to a place where the sun never lightens.
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Don't wait for me!
Awful incident. So much hate in this world and the current referendum is only fuelling it.
The politicians should take a good look at themselves, but unfortunately that's all they ever do.
The politicians should take a good look at themselves, but unfortunately that's all they ever do.
Jesus wept some of the discussion in this thread is sad. People in Remain and Leave camps will be appalled at this. Yes, there will be reasons for this, but it is not for us to reach those conclusions now. We are raw at the moment. I suggest we all just mourn a woman who was clearly respected for the job she did and who has been horrifically taken from her family. Let's just stop for 24 hours at least shall we?
I'm just shocked. People on both sides of the present debate will be shocked.
Sent from my iPhone in a non-Calde world :-(
I'm just shocked. People on both sides of the present debate will be shocked.
Sent from my iPhone in a non-Calde world :-(
The ridiculous nature of 24/7 rolling news means events like this have no filter applied to them, any rumour is presented as 'possible fact' and eagerly swooped upon. If this 'possible fact' is later discredited the same outlet will act puzzled as to how this 'possible fact' even entered the conversation, despite it being them in the first place who raised it up.
Since the story broker I have seen several 'possible facts' voiced, withdrawn and voiced again. I've seen various people and at least one MP delete earlier tweets. Perhaps people can wait until 'possible facts' become facts.
Since the story broker I have seen several 'possible facts' voiced, withdrawn and voiced again. I've seen various people and at least one MP delete earlier tweets. Perhaps people can wait until 'possible facts' become facts.
Lots of evidence of all these on other threads - EU, immigration, Islam. Speaking personally, I try to limit issuing bans to things that are abusive (of a fellow NSC user), illegal (eg homophobia, racism), libellous (hence watching the stuff that's written about Cliff Richard), etc. Issuing bans for taste, decency, humanity or political garbage is,imo, fraught with danger of showing political, social, societal &/or cultural bias which, again imo, is not the role of a mod.
Again speaking personally, I deplore the views that the poster has posted, but I remain of the view that the poster has not breached the guidelines of the site. Of course, other mods may disagree
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
You're right but human nature being what it is, a lot of people will believe what they want to believe. The media have great responsibility in situations like these, but sadly don't always exercise that responsibility.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Lots of evidence of all these on other threads - EU, immigration, Islam. Speaking personally, I try to limit issuing bans to things that are abusive (of a fellow NSC user), illegal (eg homophobia, racism), libellous (hence watching the stuff that's written about Cliff Richard), etc. Issuing bans for taste, decency, humanity or political garbage is,imo, fraught with danger of showing political, social, societal &/or cultural bias which, again imo, is not the role of a mod.
Again speaking personally, I deplore the views that the poster has posted, but I remain of the view that the poster has not breached the guidelines of the site. Of course, other mods may disagree
There are two options open to a moderator
a) Ban the poster (which you've rightly said doesn't apply here)
b) Ban the poster from an individual thread, which works well (see the Calde dinner thread for a good example)
This was all I ever meant [MENTION=27447]Goldstone1976[/MENTION]
Surely someone making an ill judged comment, getting roundly turned upon, then making the same comment x amount of hours later, needs a 'rest' from that particular sensitive thread.
RIP Jo, and thank you.
If you have a 24/7 rolling news channel there's only so many times you can repeat the same known facts in an instance like this. The demand is for the outlet to come up with a new angle, prior to the 24/7 news they had time to wait and reflect, now they are terrified of being scooped so they'll rehash any which might later become a scoop.
It's a new low for the media, but what do you expect?
Sorry I can't hold back. This should be a mark of respect, call it a thread of condolence, but no, it's full of racism, bile and political point scoring, hang your heads in shame.
Yes, I take this point. A much more moderate (pun intended) approach to the issue in question than an outright ban. Still censorship though, which, rightly I believe, sits uncomfortably with me and should only be used as a last resort. Stat's comment about the number of people commenting negatively about a post in a thread is, I think, valuable input into making a decision.
Thanks for the input.
Shropshire Seagull
Well-known member
In such tragic events as this I find the less said the better so my contribution is:
OMG
and
RIP
NSC has so many great threads but a binfest on this particular one is in very poor taste IMHO
OMG
and
RIP
NSC has so many great threads but a binfest on this particular one is in very poor taste IMHO
Not all of them. The poor young lady here, being a case in point.
spring hall convert
Well-known member
Newsnight still manged to be an absolute disgrace through. Apparently it's twitter's fault.