When a thread is deleted

It's a good link to read. It also suggests not to ask about why a thread is deleted. Of which this thread could be classified as. I wonder if anyone has ever posted a thread asking why his thread was deleted, and then that thread was deleted as well, and then posting another thread asking why the thread talking about his deleted thread was deleted?

Arnold, Yep. Happens every month or so. Those posts don't last long, and the poster usually gets a ban for a week or two.

By the time they get to that point, they're usually frothing at the mouth, spewing venom, and shouting about "censorship." There are often Godwin infractions involved.

They want to be able to say what they want, the way they want, anywhere they want, without interference, and regardless of the consequencs to others. If you deny them that, they throw tantrums. Just like the 4-year old who screams in the store when Mommy says "No candy till we get home."

I often wonder if they try the same things in public places where they're actually physically present, and can be shunned or asked to leave if they behaved badly.

And yeah... they probably do, if they don't see anyone with the obvious physical force available to stop them, and they don't think they'll ever want to go back again. They probably would. But if they value their experience of the place enough to want to go back, they'll curb their impulses enough to fit the expected code of behavior. And every public place has one.

Sometimes, like with this thread, the questions are asked in a reasonable way. A sincere effort to understand. That's okay, even if those threads also usually get deleted. The answers are posted in a thread labeled "New members: Read This." It's not like the rules are hard to find...


Paul

LMFAO.

That's mighty funny, and largely true for most.