How Not To Run A Forum - Update
Winston Hope Smith
So class...
The Farce Continues.
Colin Fox aka Mike Bane has tonight been banned from the supposed eIreland forum.
His crime was for using the term "Cappy Paddies"
Now a reminder...
Ian, the forum admin, in the comments of my last article Here stated.
So it seems he lied...not much of a suprise.
But that is not the only addition to this farce.
It seems that on a whim he extended this ban to the entire forum.
Oh yes Jean Luc he can because he is the forum admin.
You see the ban was passed by 3 votes to 1. Yes you read that right in a Congress of 40 members 4 people voted.
But the best thing about all this is it appears Colin is serving a 48hr ban from a forum his is not a member of. One wonders how Ian is going to implement this ban as he says he is.
And you ask us why a lot of people have no confidence in ian as forum admin.
Thanks for reading...
Late News...it is now been discussed on whether I deserve a ban from the forum for ,and you'll love this. sharing content from the Congress part of the forum with the new Congressmen who are not members of the forum.
As Nogin said to me...Welcome to Democracy Irish Style.
Not my Ireland Nogin!
Funny thing is Hank reported Colin's ban to the old message thread that contains people no longer in Congress....you could not make it up could you lol
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Four people voted. Not our fault people didn't vote against.
Democracy has been served.
So looking for a cheap reason to silence someone you do not like is democracy? Interesting, tell me more about this version of democracy of yours.
Struis, being able to put anything to a vote (even voting to gag someone) is the epitome of Democracy. If you're looking for enshrined basic civil rights then what you want is a Constitutional Republic.
The "dual pm system" we've been using for government is great in that it prevents anyone from being able to claim they were not informed (the implication being that Congressppl are not responsible for their own knowledge) however it has proved incapable of supporting a Constitutional Democracy because it has nowhere to enshrine laws.
A "forum government" does leave Congressppl the avenue of pleading ignorance (the implication being that Congressppl share some responsibility in their own knowledge/relevance) however it gives us the ability to enshrine a basic transparent set of rights and rules of conduct that will facilitate effective government. It will also provide a database of previous discussion which will be a resource to anyone taking responsibility of their own knowledge.
The "pm system" is actually more vulnerable to exclusivity than a forum. It works in discreet tiers just like irc. When you go onto a national irc channel, you know there is a "real" national channel elsewhere. Likewise, when you consider the precariously lobsided dichotomy in our government threads, it would be foolish to presume "real" government threads wouldn't evolve another discreet tier to facilitate effective government. Making the "big gov threads" just a coliseum for conducting public exhibitions.
you guys really do not have a quorum set in your congress rules for forum votes? haha nice
Better still...Non Congress members can vote in Congress votes...it just one big farce
send the cash back when you get a minute...
you pinned that on RTK , or dont you remember Nogin ? 😃
Well you were the one who said he did it..lol, but we all know you did it, so send the cash back.
you want me to send you the 30-50 k that appleman said I took?
Give me your definition of democracy please
Democracy is when people vote and there is an array of options. People voted.
Not my fault that not enough people voted for ILP to be in charge. If you are opposed to a democratic vote then you oppose democracy.
Democracy is having a system that allow the maximum turnout not the opposite,
This is not the Democracy
From wikipedia because the official one is too long : Democracy is a form of government based on four elements:
The citizens choose and replace the government through free and fair elections;
There is !!!!!!! active !!!!!! participation of the citizens in politics and civic life;
There is protection of the human rights of all citizens; and
There is rule of law, in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens.[1] Eligible citizens are able to: 1) vote for the passing/rejecting of laws or run for office during elections, 2) join political parties, sit on boards or committees, and criticize or protest, 3) feel that some of their rights are protected, and 4) receive a fair trial if accused of breaking the country's laws. Politicians represent their constituents in the proposal, development and establishment of the laws by which their society is run.
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No more Kunt governments!
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my vote
get a life
Cappy Paddy Ha ha haaa......😃 Banned for a sense of humour FFS....!!!
Stalin did that and it was awesome 🙁
Sssssshhhhh no tears WHS, der der its ok.
forum got boring when i couldnt play all of you there 🙁. So who cares. Tbh it was death a long time ago.
Stop including me in your spam PMs.
Maybe when china invaded they shared some censorship techniques.
My vote !
Hm, guess it's not that bad in eNorway. 😉
It is THAT BAD here
wow you guys are actually getting a forum going again. Bound to be some bumps
Only for those deemed acceptable to the Junta
your banging your head against a wall needlessly, grow up and act responsibly and get your members to do the same.
Nogin you are the one that kicked this off with a senseless rage fest. You are reaping what you sowed.
no rage, wheres the rage?? i asked congress to censor him for his actions, congress voted (only congress votes were counted) and he was.
that's called democracy where i live.
Just because you don't like it, does not made it wrong, I've the right, as has every citizen to bring to the attention of congress anything i feel is wrong and needs to be rectified/dealt with.
Stop trying to turn him into a martyr, you've seen his comments since then and if he wasn't banned for the one he was, he'd be banned for the later ones.
His actions lol give me a break all he did was call you a Cappy Paddy Funny how you have no issues when people are called C**ts etc. No Nogin it was just a tool you used to get Colin Banned because he disagreed with you. Pathetic
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Raven, Nogin is asking for the right to defend HERSELF from a baseless character attack.
You're refusing her right to defend herself in lieu of perceived past transgressions that you admit she isn't even involved in.
Up until Colin launched a spurious tirade at her virtuosity you had respect for her.
But when she tried to take a civil line of recourse against her assailant you lost your respect for her.
If this book were to be written, how would you describe your character's role in this story. You can tell your friends&foes alike w/e you want. I've worked with you. Paid a lot of attention to you. I know you are embarrassed by what is actually going on right now Raven.
I've actually believed in your neutrality for so long Nogin. Which is why it (mildly) surprised me that you wanted to ban him for such a remark, given all the times I don't recall you saying anything when Hank, OJ, PP and the boys were slinging insults constantly, turning an entire congressional term's thread into a warzone. But you remained silent. I would've remembered clearly had you done anything as I was knee deep in that warzone, drug in by OJ the moment I tried to say anything my very first congressional term when I was attacked and told to shut up.
As I've said time and time again. An older player who brings back memories you are fond of is more rich and meaningful than the mud he slings.
Or in your case specifically, an older RL Irish player. What separates the cheeky lot's actions into a "loveable rogue" category by so many while Mike is condemned? What causes all this is much deeper than any of you care to address and most of you have proven time and time again that you won't ever change.
Raven, you seem to forget it was me who went after OJ and got his ICA buddies to pay back the cost of his actions.
I normally don't take sides in any name calling, the only reason i got involved was i was singled out by him for abuse, hence my call for congress to impose a temp ban on him, hoping it mist make his wake up to the fact that abuse is not going to be tolerated.
you guys are all big boys, and free to do likewise in the past, so don't think because i'm silent i'm taking sides.
The Junta still exists!
o/ long time.