Request for discussion: ban political threads from ILE?

It seems that politics is a far too volatile topic for ILX, and can inflame the most benign poster into acts of aggression and pettiness

Ha ha

Passantino, you have a very odd view of ILX.

Your question is somewhat dishonestly phrased, Dom. As you are well aware.

It's a request for discussion, Pash, not a "request for discussing the thread itself". We have Ask Chaki for that.

it's the aggression and pettiness that should be banned, not political debate altogether

Yes, but it was like meta: we offered the meta posters a chance to be unaggressive and non-petty, and they responded with slander and paedo gags. So we killed it. Same as politics threads: they can't behave properly, so we've got to torch the playroom.

i can totally see tombot banning people for being aggressive.

who can't behave properly?

I can see people getting banned for using sockpuppets to start threads intended to annoy the moderators.

That's not really a helpful comment, Dan.

As a piece of general guidance, it could be quite helpful, I think?

Maybe oh just maybe Dan does not feel like enabling passive aggression, RIGHT KIDS?

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/mayall_young_ones-278x130.jpg

"Hmmm, what else could I pronounce with a silent P today?"

oh god now i see what dom is on about.

turbulent times aboard the good ship ilx. liberal values in abeyance. the steady thump of the marching drum.

the sequence of events was:

- thread call for moronic posts (e.g. by the lower orders, on Other Message Boards)
- c+p of moronic post from THIS BOARD <---- quality revenge zing
- deletion of same and use of a misogynistic oath
- round of applause

oh well, maybe FREEDOM OF SPEECH is just a phase in any civilization.

more slash-fic anyone?

knock yerself out

I read that as 'knock one out'.

ilx troll/mod plz

stop everyone stop :(

Don't call it a comeback
I been here for years
Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear
Makin the tears rain down like a MON-soon
Listen to the bass go BOOM
Explosion, overpowerin
Over the competition, I'm towerin
Wreckin shop, when I drop these lyrics that'll make you call the cops
Don't you dare stare, you betta move
Don't ever compare
Me to the rest that'll all get sliced and diced
Competition's payin the price

I'm gonna knock you out (HUUUH!!!)
Mama said knock you out (HUUUH!!!)
[REPEAT 4X]

Don't u call this a regular jam
I'm gonna rock this land
I'm gonna take this itty bitty world by storm
And I'm just gettin warm
Just like Muhummad Ali they called him Cassius
Watch me bash this beat like a skull
Cuz u know I had beef wit
Why do u riff with me, the maniac psycho
And when I pull out my jammy get ready cuz it might go
BLAAAAW, how ya like me now?
The river will not allow
U to get with, Mr. Smith, dont riff
Listen to my gear shift
I'm blastin, outlastin
Kinda like Shaft, so u could say I'm shaftin
Old English filled my mind
And I came up with a funky rhyme

I'm gonna knock you out (HUUUH!!!)
Mama said knock you out (HUUUH!!!)
[REPEAT 4X]

Breakdown!!!

Shadow boxin when I heard you on the radio (HUUUH!!!)
I just don't know
What made you forget that I was raw?
But now I got a new tour
I'm goin insane, startin the hurricane, releasin pain
Lettin you know that you can't gain, I maintain
Unless ya say my name
Rippin, killin
Diggin and drillin a hole
Pass the Ol' Gold

I'm gonna knock you out (HUUUH!!!)
Mama said knock you out (HUUUH!!!)
[REPEAT 4X]

Shotgun blasts are heard
When I rip and kill, at WILL
The man of the hour, tower of power, I'll devour
I'm gonna tie you up and let you understand
that I'm not your average man
when I got a jammy in my hand
DAAAAAM!!!!! Oooooohh!!
Listen to the way I slaaaaay, your crew
Damage (UHH) damage (UHH) damage (UHH) damage
Destruction, terror, and mayhem
Pass me a sissy so suckas I'll slay him
Farmers (What!!!) Farmers (What!!!)
I'm ready (we're ready!!!)
I think I'm gonna bomb a town (get down!!)
Don't u neva, eva, pull my lever
Cuz I explode
And my nine is easy to load
I gotta thank God
Cuz he gave me the strength to rock
HARD!! knock you out, mama said knock you out

i don't think political threads should be banned as long as they contain kaos anis http://www.anikaos.com/0032-kao_licca_kao-ani/kao_licca_kao-ani_14.gif

^^^ LZBC and u know it

xpost

Don't mess with the orig. britpop zing kru; who needs 77 when you 've got Two Sevens Clash?

I'm not going to take this thread remotely seriously, I'm just going to post a picture of a cute baby chinchilla, which I'm sure we all agree is much better.

http://www.scionline.org/images/c/c6/Baby_chinchilla6.jpg

Awwwwwwwww.

somehow not as cute as an actual adult chinchilla though

Has anything ever screamed 'squeee hugs and cuddlez' quite as much as that?

I disagree.'

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SLOW LORIS:

http://www.hedweb.com/animimag/slowloris.jpg

(erm i have actually forgotten how to do images!)

http://www.petstroller-4less.com/simages/back-pack-dog-carrier.jpg

AWWW KISSY KISSY HUGGLEZ I WUV YOU.

baby squirrel from the obama victory thread was more sqeeeee.

http://www.c-r-alpacas.com/images/huggable.jpg

This is what all posts will be like under the jackboot of nu-ILX fascism.

Gah! That's more weird than squeee

Yeah the alpaca kind of looks like it would rather be anywhere else, or at least it would if alapacas weren't cursed by looking they're smiling all the time.

http://www.urlaubschweiz.de/imgansichten/eichhoernchen.jpg

see, more squeeee

It looks like a two-legged no-armed blind Bungle (xp)

I thought that alpaca was some kind odd gorilla.

or at least it would if alapacas weren't cursed by looking they're smiling all the time.

t/s: alapacas vs south american/african football players

I haven't quite worked out whether gorillas are banned yet, give me time to think.

I can't believe the thread's taken this turn and I've left all my Bunty jpegs on the puter at home.

freedom of speech vs freedom of shut the fuck up

nice

freedom of speech vs freedom of shut the fuck up

THIS IS WHAT NU-ILX IS FIGHTING FOR

http://pic.pics4thesoul.com/pics/pic_11909490844637.jpg

http://heyjules.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/squirrel_07-0508-001_f_8x10_w.jpg

they took away my FREEDOM OF SPEECH when they MODDED ME ON THE INTERNET

and now he shifts picnic tables!

http://muzyka.onet.pl/_i/info/duze/z/zack_de_la_rocha.jpg

"freedom of speech vs freedom of shut the fuck up"

Not cuddly enough

Too much hair.

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/03/DogSWNS_450x300.jpg

That's more like it.

http://library.thinkquest.org/6068/pages/looking_otter.jpg

"oh well, maybe FREEDOM OF SPEECH is just a phase in any civilization."

http://www.innocentenglish.com/img/kitten-mouse-bunny-dog.jpg

http://www.all-creatures.org/works/images/tsunami-02.jpg

yeaahhh

http://media.funlol.com/content/img/critter-buddies.jpg

End times, innit, when the hippo lies down with the giant tortoise?

This all proves my point: people are having much more fun on this thread than they would on a politics thread. Nobody is getting angry, annoyed, or vexed. Nobody has been flamed. This is what ILx should be like, and if anyone can really put forward an argument as to why we should keep having politics threads, then I'd like to hear it.

http://www.crystalpalaceusa.com/Graphics/Team-to-England.jpg

http://www.theanimalblog.com/images/2006/0725/buddy.jpg

dude just stay outta the political threads if you don't want anything to do with them...

but more importantly, MONKEY HUG FINGER!

http://lilrooroo.com/SmallestMonkey.jpg

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/cat_hugs_puppy.jpg

http://www.all4humor.com/images/files/Tiger%20Hug.jpg

Why stop at ILX, perhaps we should abolish politics altogether and perhaps just have a big paddling pool for everyone instead? We could have slides and a bar giving out free drinks in hollowed out pineapples.

http://www.sillydogs.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/polar-bear-funny-dog-death-hug.jpg

Where would we put the Obama Llama then? Here is a baby Bush Baby:

http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3360766.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=5C1929E78F851DD207F637036DB54463A55A1E4F32AD3138

http://www.cbsnews.com/images/2007/01/08/image9aef16f2-06e7-4db9-ba3d-d89e4e1f093d.jpg
YES

http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=velociraptorfq8.jpg

"This all proves my point: people are having much more fun on this thread than they would on a politics thread. Nobody is getting angry, annoyed, or vexed. Nobody has been flamed. This is what ILx should be like, and if anyone can really put forward an argument as to why we should keep having politics threads, then I'd like to hear it."

x-post -- Cats II: The Crying Game

This is what ILx should be like

-- The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Friday, June 6, 2008 3:31 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/books/everythingthatrisesimages/chamberlain345.jpg

DO SOME WORK

http://boortz.com/images/funny/hillary_witch.jpg

^^^ brings the content

Where Have All the Cuddles Gone?

Why stop at ILX, perhaps we should abolish politics altogether and perhaps just have a big paddling pool for everyone instead? We could have slides and a bar giving out free drinks in hollowed out pineapples.

-- Matt DC, Friday, 6 June 2008 14:35 (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

+1 vote for Matt DC partaay.

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-09/swimming-cat.jpg

No, that's scary

remember- if you don't 'do' politics, you don't 'do' anything

Except being a big fat party animal with a Hawaiian shirt and a paddling pool.

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/6/6/gocryemokid128572376198100086.jpg

Where would we put the Obama Llama then?

I agree with dom, instead of primaries threads we should have an Obama Llama Ding Dong.

christ, suzy, that's tasteless.

But more crucially it's pretty lol.

http://wholeenchilada.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/fw_-cute-pictures-5.jpg

^^ #1 gis for cuddle aminal

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42382000/jpg/_42382707_lambs_wetherby_pa_416.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1356/537670477_01ba8bd684.jpg?v=0

^^^ #2 gis for cuddle aminal: I DISAGREE X<

http://www.adorablog.org/images/_38670997_bottle.jpg

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_02/OrangutanR_800x570.jpg

Daria, I agree and I'm very, very sorry. It should have been just a little tiny bit smaller.

This is the greatest thread in the history of ILX.

OMG (xpost) I WANT TO HUG BABY ORANGMONKEYTHING

post-meta ILX: revenge of the twee

fuck this shit

http://www.petalia.com.au/images/petoftheweek/potwjul23.jpg

Dom (left), Henry (right)

http://www.kittenrecords.co.uk/ywned.jpg

http://www.fiferabbitrescue.co.uk/images/bunnies2.jpg

nu-cuddlestein

I'm not a big fan of this much twee but unfortunately doing anything about it would constitute an infringement on people's right to post pictures of bunnies AND would set a dangerous unmoveable precedent undermining all future moderation action so unfortunately I'm just going to have to let this lie. Sorry dudes.

http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/children/kidtracks/070624duck1_blog.jpg
I'm a sucker for nearly any picture of a duck.

if anyone can really put forward an argument as to why we should keep having politics threads, then I'd like to hear it.

1. Any penalty for displaying bad manners on a political thread should be aimed at those who show bad manners, not at everyone who wants to discuss politics. Those who wish to discuss politics and can do so in a polite way should be free to do so and there is no rational purpose in preventing them from doing so.

2. Prior restraint is not just difficult, but ill-conceived. It is easy to propose that "politics" be excluded from ilx, but impossible to define what is to be banned in any kind of sensible manner. Would the ban include any mention of retired political figures like Tony Blair or Margaret Thatcher? What about discussing issues that have a political dimension, like drug use or the death penalty? If a hip-hop artist mentions politics in his lyrics, would it be possible to mention this on ilm without getting banned? It makes no sense.

BAN ILX!

MWOTM