A new CF, an old vision (3)

[Lindon Tinuviel]

I would not be surprised if honest people get displaced from fora they have been posting at for years because some faction gets a bug in their butt and decides to rewrite the forum rules to their own liking.

That's self-limiting, too. Shortly after an unfair re-write of the rules, they'll be ousted by the other factions and independent Members.

ETA: But I agree again with your position that there needs to be some sort of oversight to protect the minority.

 

[Ramona]

Should I stay? Or should I go?

*Inserts Combat Rock disk into computer*

Points for naming the band!

CaDan, of course, does not count.

 

[nyj]

*Inserts Combat Rock disk into computer*

Points for naming the band!

CaDan, of course, does not count.

The Clash. Surely you could come up with something harder.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

I WANT MY MOMMY!!!!!!!!!

 

[justanobserver]

*Inserts Combat Rock disk into computer*

Points for naming the band!

CaDan, of course, does not count.

am playing it as I type!

 

[BelindaP]

You are right LittleLamb. We do need to stop snarking at one another. It's not very becoming.

*Move along. Nothing to see here folks*

 

[Stormy]

I WANT MY MOMMY!!!!!!!!!

lol

 

[Brimshack]

Quote:
Funny, people whining about secular CF, as long as Christians are not held as the highest class on the forum they will not accept it!

Then it should never had been named CHRIST-ianForums.

Alternatively, one could express the Christian nature of the forum by means other than classification and stratification of its membership.

 

[Miracle Storm]

Your posts drip with contempt. That's how.

It could be untintentional, but if so, you should listen to the advice of the Christians around you. Your posts are coming across as hateful and mean. Consider some self-editing.

Considered it.... Nah, don't think so!

 

[Ramona]

The Clash. Surely you could come up with something harder.

Hey, she spoke the lines. I just couldn't help myself, officer!

am playing it as I type!

Their debut was still their best work, though.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Alternatively, one could express the Christian nature of the forum by means other than classification and stratification of its membership.

With that I agree.

 

[Lindon Tinuviel]

We could always adopt a system like the web-quizzes have:

You are 43% Baptist
You are 32% Catholic
You are 22% Methodist
You are 02% Pagan
You are 01% Buddhist

 

[Ramona]

We could always adopt a system like the web-quizzes have:

You are 43% Baptist
You are 32% Catholic
You are 22% Methodist
You are 02% Pagan
You are 01% Buddhist

I'm still (allegedly) 100% Liberal Quaker when I take that Beliefnet quiz. I just can't escape my former church!!

 

[TheBear]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority

Thought you'd know that one Bear.

You did? Really?

Thanks for the link.

Since the overwhelming majority of members at CF are Christians, it would follow that Christians would be the "tyranny of the majority". Have we lost all perspective? Do you think that the majority of members will vote for a majority of non-Christian staff?

I think there's a lot of overreacting going on in this thread. It ain't what you're making it to be. Out of say, 100 staff members voted into staff, I'd say that maybe 20 to 30 tops would be non-Christian. Probably less though. After all, the majority of the voters will be Christians.

 

[justanobserver]

We could always adopt a system like the web-quizzes have:

You are 43% Baptist
You are 32% Catholic
You are 22% Methodist
You are 02% Pagan
You are 01% Buddhist

so what's the percentage of just plain ol' backslidden sinner boys like me with no current church affiliation?

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

You did? Really?

Thanks for the link.

Since the overwhelming majority of members at CF are Christians, it would follow that Christians would be the "tyranny of the majority". Have we lost all perspective? Do you think that the majority of members will vote for a majority of non-Christian staff?

I think there's a lot of overreacting going on in this thread. It ain't what you're making it to be. Out of say, 100 staff members voted into staff, I'd say that maybe 20 to 30 tops would be non-Christian. Probably less though. After all, the majority of the voters will be Christians.

We will let ya have the IPU and FSM as "Referees".

Man........I gotta go sack out......Can't hardly type anymore LOL. Bye.

 

[Beastt]

I would not be surprised if honest people get displaced from fora they have been posting at for years because some faction gets a bug in their butt and decides to rewrite the forum rules to their own liking.

Imagine that; people writing rules to their own liking. And what do you suppose has been happening up to this point? It's the same thing, nyj, it's just different people. You don't have a problem with it when it's the people in your clique'. You just don't want to see anyone else being able to do the same thing. But the trick here is that they won't be able to do the same thing. They might write the rules but then they're going to have to abide by them as well. Under the old system those who wrote the rules didn't have to abide by the rules because they could always play the secrecy card and claim it was for the good of the members. I saw that happen more often than I care to remember.

Having some sort of protection against pure mob rule would have been nice. I just don't see that in Erwin's plan.

I'm noticing that when people like it it's "democracy" and when they don't like it it's "mob rule". Tell me, are you in favor of dictatorships within national governments or just when it comes to key websites?

It's his site, he can do as he pleases. All I can do is stop sending him money if I don't like what I see.

No, that's not "all you can do". He has given us all far more than that. You can also vote to effect change and even try to be voted into a position of authority if that's what you want. I would suggest though, that if you have any inclination for the latter, your campaign is off to a disastrous start. This thread will likely still be here for those who want some insight concerning your personal agenda.

 

[TheBear]

This series of threads has really opened my eyes!

 

[TheBear]

We will let ya have the IPU and FSM as "Referees".

Man........I gotta go sack out......Can't hardly type anymore LOL. Bye.

Good night.

I'm headed to bed soon, myself.

 

[Beastt]

Considered it.... Nah, don't think so!

Rarely do people actually consider opinions contrary to their own. But when they find consenting opinions... it's all the rave!