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Swering Vs. concequences - Marburg - 06-23-2008
I don't see it as harsh...just frank.
XO, I give you kudos owning up to your wrongs & apologizing ::respect dude::
but you should appeal to the admins in pm, not to the masses.
you were frustrated, you knew better, you did it anyway, you got slapped down for it.
just accept your punishment...I would if I got nabbed for the same thing.
Swering Vs. concequences - pragun - 06-23-2008
I just mentioned that... i apologised to the admins via PMs way before i made this post....
Anyway, i'm sorry if u felt that i was tryin to get the support of the masses to appeal to the admins.
Please consider my post to be an apology to the players, and an explanation for my behaviour.
Swering Vs. concequences - chovynz - 06-23-2008
Sigh. This is why I dislike forum ... everything. And yet why I'm here every day.
Easily misunderstood posts and such. But great relationship possibilities I guess.
XO. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to sound harsh. I'd like to explain what I was thinking.
I made my comment publicly so I'll apologise for the misunderstanding publicly and
try to gain understanding.
Props to you for apologising. Many people don't have the guts to do that.
You did that publicly, and even continued to be polite after my post. so you have
a great attitude. That will take you far in life.
Quote:Does anyone agree wih me when i sa that maybe i should be pardoned... or maybe fined [i have already been banned for a while ] now, and let me play ?What I was referring to was the above. Admin's decision is final, however they
Please guys... I really need to know what everyone thinks of this case...
have provided a way of appealing any decision made. What I didn't suggest and
this was my mistake in not mentioning it, was to go there and appeal instead of
bringing that case into here. Granted it is a relevant case, but the above sentences
changes the whole leaning of your post to "Whiney."
Marburg had it right when he said "(meaning triyng to get forum members to
second guess admin judgement for an obvious party foul)" those last two
sentence turns your whole explanation / apology post into an appeal to the masses.
Hence why I said, "The only opinions you need to know about [your case]
are the admins' [opinions based on the evidence that they have been presented
in the case of your swearing. The general public's opinions will not change that you
have been sanctioned.] Appealing to the masses like this [afore mentioned
everyone elses' irrelevant opinions on your sanction] is ... distasteful."
RonG777 Wrote:There is nothing wrong for one to apologize to the community for one's actions..(perhaps in a separate thread, but no matter). If you wish to appeal, I believe there is a thread for that as well. But I feel it is not distasteful at all for one to apologize..
Totally agree. It takes guts to apologise, and you, XO, already have - many times.
Anyway. I'm sorry there was misunderstanding between us. I like to be frank
with people, many times it comes across as harsh. For those who can grasp it,
there is opportunity for personal growth when something like this comes along.
You've shown yourself a good sport by not attacking me personally.
*extends friendship hand.* No hard feelings? If there is I would like it to talk
to you more in PM or skype and see if we can work it out..
Swering Vs. concequences - pragun - 06-24-2008
U knw actually, when i read the last two lines, they do seem like an appeal.
So, just for the sake of the clarity of the public, i'l clarify that they are not... please do not consider this an appeal people, tha i have already done,, to the admin, via PM.
And hyung soong, there are no hard feelings buddy:)
*accepts friendship hand*
I am sorry about the misunderstanding too, i ll make it a point to be more clear in my following posts...
My ban should be over soon... i hope to meet you in space then.
:)
Swering Vs. concequences - sukimendo11 - 06-27-2008
honestly, why does it matter? are you all still children that i word offends you? if you think about it, the crudest and rudest insults can be said without a single swear word. yes, you'd have to be very linguistic, but it's possible. obviously you guys are not smart enough to think about this for yourself. if you think it's going to be censored by the retarded FCC, then don't say it. actually, this is a definition of profane language by the FCC
"FCC Wrote:“Profane language” includes those words that are so highly offensive that their mere utterance in the context presented may, in legal terms, amount to a “nuisance.” In its Golden Globe Awards Order the FCC warned broadcasters that, depending on the context, it would consider the “F-Word” and those words (or variants thereof) that are as highly offensive as the “F-Word” to be “profane language” that cannot be broadcast between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.now if you're an American, you know what you hear and not hear between 6 to 10.
and on the way to thinking about profanity, think about what it means. if i said "I f*cking love you" is that necessarily bad? no it ain't. words are arbitrary my friends. you give them the definitions. if you can't you're a failure to Richard Rorty and those, like me, who took the linguistic turn. plus XO, why apologize? you shouldn't really be sorry for saying something that has no meaning.
Swering Vs. concequences - tiepo - 06-27-2008
' Wrote:love you" is that necessarily bad? no it ain't. words are arbitrary my friends. you give them the definitions. if you can't you're a failure to Richard Rorty and those, like me, who took the linguistic turn. plus XO, why apologize? you shouldn't really be sorry for saying something that has no meaning.
While the flexibility of interpretation you promote may be accurate, regulating the obscene on this subjective basis would be time-consuming if not impossible. There would certainly be more arguments. This is compounded by the fact that not all admins are native english speakers.
I think the introduction of such subjectivity would only lend to more rule-lawyering, not less.
For the sake of simplicity, it makes sense to call "sh*t" a swear. Everyone knows where they stand and can proceed to focus on the game rather than this BS.
Swering Vs. concequences - Athenian - 06-27-2008
Stephen Pinker's new book "The Stuff of Thought" is worth getting just for the chapter on "swearing" alone.
Personally I don't see the necessity for typing swear words. You should hear what I say to the lot of you while I'm typing words like "fiddlesticks", "by Jove", "bloody", "blimey" when Sir Roger is about.
Strangely enough "goddamn" is a serious swear word on the American side of the Atlantic, whereas its not so much here.(in my house)
My advice: Judge Dredd type swears: "drokking" "by strom" or my old fav, Asterix....." You &$%* " and shout away at the screen. Just remember to turn teamspeak off.
Swering Vs. concequences - thierry007 - 08-03-2008
hey ehre swaering friendly dont say thigs like Damn Junker! say Blasted! i Junker towards lpi say DOnut eaters:P i dont know anything friendly other then blasted it has no meaning what so ever i cant even transelate into a good word exept blast (in my language a sound for an explosion) simple swearing word but not offensive until some1 with an other language comes to say it ><
Swering Vs. concequences - Praetyre - 08-03-2008
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Swering Vs. concequences - Hawk - 08-03-2008
I think it also depends who gets the complaint. I posted a complaint about someone using the F-word in system chat and even posted a screen shot. NOTHING was done about it at all.