Enough is enough!

[MJ]

This is probably a sign of the times but threads are being closed for being what appears to me slightly controversial and this is nothing less than censorship. Perhaps you should rename the forum "General Chat as long it's nothing controversial".

I came to this forum because of the AV interest and was drawn to GC because I thought other people of similar interests might have something interesting to say and I was right but if controversy causes the big stick to come out then you may as well close the GC area down.

So you can count the people leaving the forum on one hand(?) then keep counting because I am leaving. No it probably won't cause people to leave in droves. Yes I'll miss the interesting and useful posts by some very knowledgable people but I can't take this PC nonsense. Thankfully there are still forums on the web that do not suffer this kind of censorship.

Good bye.

MJ signing out.

[mrtbag]

Missing you already.

[Duncan G]

Might as well close as the original poster has left.

[zmoosa1]

Originally Posted by mrtbag

Missing you already.

[overkill]

He has a point though. If you can't 'chat' beyond, "I had aunt agatha round for tea and it was most splendid! How was your day?", then you might as well re-name it to, 'chat as long it's not even the teeniest bit challenging or remotely interesting'.

Bit like our GCSE classes really...........

[signs]

Originally Posted by Duncan G

Might as well close as the original poster has left.

[Praxidike]

I kind of agree, but I don't really care enough to moan.

Bets on how long this thread stays unlocked?

5 minutes?

[overkill]

Originally Posted by Praxidike

I kind of agree, but I don't really care enough to moan.

Bets on how long this thread stays unlocked?

5 minutes?

[Mylo]

Well I'm not closing it

[overkill]

Originally Posted by Mylo

Well I'm not closing it

[JohnG]

Be careful otherwise you'll end up with 5 penalty points like I got this morning

[Mylo]

I find it sad that anyone would consider leaving AVF's, just because GC is not how it was

[Mep]

a lot of people enjoy GC and it does give you somewhere good to hang out when there is not much of interest to you going on in the technical forums.

I know that modding GC must be a tough job but I do agree that some fairly harmless threads have been closed recently ........along with those that quite rightly should have been.

I think that what often annoys members is the way it is done sometimes with a bit of a sarcastic comment that can't be responded to because the thread is locked, so feeling a bit angry they open a new thread and rule 13 is just quoted and it is locked again. Being a Mod doesn't mean you won't make mistakes now and then and it just seems a bit rude to the members the way things are done at times.

[shahedz]

toys and pram come into mind

[overkill]

Originally Posted by mep

a lot of people enjoy GC and it does give you somewhere good to hang out when there is not much of interest to you going on in the technical forums.

I know that modding GC must be a tough job but I do agree that some fairly harmless threads have been closed recently ........along with those that quite rightly should have been.

I think that what often annoys members is the way it is done sometimes with a bit of a sarcastic comment that can't be responded to because the thread is locked, so feeling a bit angry they open a new thread and rule 13 is just quoted and it is locked again. Being a Mod doesn't mean you won't make mistakes now and then and it just seems a bit rude to the members the way things are done at times.

In a nutshell! Thanks mep.

No-one is questioning Stuarts right to do as he sees fit with his own forum, or that the moderators have a tough job to do. It concerns me, and doubtless others, that all too often anyone who raises issues like the above is accused, without question, of doing exactly that.