There has been quite a big to do over Cat's use of an uncivil word. The argument is spilling over into all sorts of discussions. I've deleted some of those argument extensions, and this is forewarning that I will be deleting any such discussions I find anywhere. This is a warning to everyone to keep a civil tongue about you.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
How is the arbitrary deletion of postings helpful?
Understand that I am asking to LEARN.
I am trying to avoid snarkiness, rudeness and any other unpleasant and/or uncivil behavior. But I don't understand why some are allowed to question my parentage and the relationships I have and there is no recourse without me being banned or deleted!
For the record, I asked ACDC to PM me regarding his particular questions from one topic and I would answer them one at a time. No response thus far.
I am concerned that not only did the deletions dilute the content of the thread, but that those who were singled out for deletion had no advance opportunity to change anything!
Had the posters of the comments you chose to delete been able to talk with you, maybe some of the objections could have been sorted out prior to blanket deletions.
With no reference to what you or anyone else found objectionable in concrete fashion, I cannot possibly do anything to modify my behavior or to question the absolute fashion in which this forum is being conducted. This all is heavy-handed.
Should we not be given the opportunity to face those whom are our accusers or those who feel they have been offended by others through some sort of process that defines our issues without the public forum deciding for us?
I would also like to request that everyone else reveal their DNA relationship to any and all others on the board since it became such an issue in my membership. It's only fair.
I'm not related to anyone here. I've know Dyany for years. Hic lives close to me and we talk often. My husband was going to join, but he decided to play a computer game instead. :)
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"There is order in the way the Lord reveals His will to mankind. . .we cannot receive revelation for someone else's stewardship." L. Tom Perry
"The promptings of the Holy Ghost will always be sufficient for our needs if we keep to the covenant path. Our path is uphill most days, but the help we receive for the climb is literally divine." --Elaine S. Dalton
I'll answer your questions as best as I can. In my opinion, the deleting of posts is not arbitrary. I'm deleting posts that seem to me to be continuing the argument. I am not claiming to be thorough in that, since today I don't have time to read all posts. If you feel that a post is offensive, please point it out to me. For instance, I did not see where your parentage was called into question. To date, I have only banned a couple of users, and those were anti-mormons who got onto the site somehow. So feel free to point out a post that you feel violates our forum rules. I admit that deleting posts is drastic. But I feel that in this case it is necessary. And I have deleted posts from both sides, including Cocobeem's. Also, if you will notice, I have not deleted any posts regarding the topic from the Moderation area. If you feel that you have been wronged, keep it to the moderation area. What was distressing to me was that the argument was spreading everywhere. That all said, I simply want the contention to stop. Neither side will convince the other of their righteousness. It seems to me that both sides feel that they are right, they are being reasonable and nice, and the other side is not. So this is NOT the place to decide who was right. If you feel that a rule wasn't violated, please point that out. If you feel that a rule is being violated, please point that out to me and I will evaluate it. Help me, since I have limited time. But this is not the place to work issues out. In my experience that pretty much always results in a huge fight. Please work that sort of stuff out in PMs or email.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
because my handicapped son is home from school and I have limited time to answer multiples at one time. that and after a day of trying to play catch-up with the housework, I am brain dead.
that was a request for me to fulfil the questioners needs without leaving vital bits of my life's guts unshown and unanswered.
At the risk of flaming fires further by simply saying something...
Yes, please, will people please just stop with the arguing and bickering and contention and fault finding? You've made your points, no one has been convinced one way or the other except to get madder and create more consternation and ill feelings that will get swallowed up to come out again some time later.
We all are imperfect humans who make mistakes, so let's stop treating one another like something less than the sons and daughters of God that we are and give one another a very healthy amount of slack...
So, please, just... let... it... go...
It will be healthier for everyone in many ways.
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
sometimes when I try to quote the post, I get a jumble of character strings and html code gibberish in the little box. Not sure why that is. perhaps my computer is as tired as I am.
I can try it again.
did you have questions you wanted me to answer or did you know how to quote a big string without it messing up and I'll answer from that?
I just use the Quote button on the person's post I want to quote from and quick delete the extra stuff. I get weird stuff in the editor sometimes, too. Using the quote button on the other person's post avoids that.
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"The promptings of the Holy Ghost will always be sufficient for our needs if we keep to the covenant path. Our path is uphill most days, but the help we receive for the climb is literally divine." --Elaine S. Dalton
No questions, really. I was just a bit boggled at the insistance on one question being asked at a time, when I've seen several long posts from you elsewhere. No big deal, though. I'm pretty much over this whole thing.
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"There is order in the way the Lord reveals His will to mankind. . .we cannot receive revelation for someone else's stewardship." L. Tom Perry
Using the quote button on the other person's post avoids that.
