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Balthamel wrote: one other thing Ive seen in metal forum when the REAL metal heads are arguing, the tone can be realy harsh, more harsh then in PA so the admins have to be allert about that issue. they are not afraid to say what they REALY  mean about certan things and can give you a real  shock sometimes

Just as Norwegians speak Norsk, Metalheads tell it how it is.
This is a Metal forum after all, why should such trivial matters be dealt with at all?

Balthamel wrote: one other thing Ive seen in metal forum when the REAL metal heads are arguing, the tone can be realy harsh, more harsh then in PA so the admins have to be allert about that issue. they are not afraid to say what they REALY  mean about certan things and can give you a real  shock sometimes

perhaps I should volunteer as an admin....   

I don�t see that MMA being a metal site should give people more right to flame each other than in real life. I would very much like to see a civilized forum tone just like it is on PA. Harsh words and name calling have a tendency to escalate to something worse. I think there should be a clear policy on this from the start.

^Yep that�s my fear too.

Raff wrote: UMUR wrote: I don�t see that MMA being a metal site should give people more right to flame each other than in real life. I would very much like to see a civilized forum tone just like it is on PA. Harsh words and name calling have a tendency to escalate to something worse. I think there should be a clear policy on this from the start. Quoted for truth. There are lots of places one can go to if they want to call other people names - and I don't think anyone wants to perpetuate the stereotype of metal fans as uncouth savages.

seeing how we have a blank canvas here... again... and using the lessons of PA's as an example.  I'd hate to see.. and hope whoever gets selected as for the admin team keeps this... a music forum... A music forum. If people want to discuss hot women.. f**king politics/health care... or their jock itch... they have another forum to do that.  Seeing how this site is a sista/brotha site to PA's...  leave those kinds of threads there.

can we have a poll what is most metal
Jack Daniels vs Captain Morgan

micky wrote: seeing how we have a blank canvas here... again... and using the lessons of PA's as an example.  I'd hate to see.. and hope whoever gets selected as for the admin team keeps this... a music forum... A music forum. If people want to discuss hot women.. f**king politics/health care... or their jock itch... they have another forum to do that.  Seeing how this site is a sista/brotha site to PA's...  leave those kinds of threads there.

I can go along with that. Music debates are just as volatile and just as heated. That Metalheads are not no-neck Neanderthals doesn't change the fact that we can be just as vitriolic as a Proghead when discussing music.

One thing at least I agree with in Dean's post: censoring the 'f' word as we do draws attention to it, and makes it more unpleasant than it really is. I've seen other forums leave all the 'f' words alone, and they become almost harmless, lost in the wider context.

As regards the rest, I'm afraid we'll have to agree to disagree. People our age are certainly not going to change the way they see things, and I don't believe it is good to force them to 'ignore' certain situations. If you can, more power to you - but I take exception to being told how I should react (and I'm not referring to you, Dean, but rather to people I used to know in real life). I also disagree about any Internet forum taking on a role that should be the prerogative of families. If some people can only communicate with others through slights, insults and abrasive sarcasm, I don't see why we should try to teach them otherwise - perhaps driving valuable people away, as has happened on PA.

As a final remark: I would have no problem whatsoever in responding in kind to anyone who attacked me. I have done so in the past, and will do it to anyone who steps on my toes in real life. However, I choose not to do that on the Internet, for a series of reasons I won't go into now.

Raff wrote: One thing at least I agree with in Dean's post: censoring the 'f' word as we do draws attention to it, and makes it more unpleasant than it really is. I've seen other forums leave all the 'f' words alone, and they become almost harmless, lost in the wider context. As regards the rest, I'm afraid we'll have to agree to disagree. People our age are certainly not going to change the way they see things, and I don't believe it is good to force them to 'ignore' certain situations. If you can, more power to you - but I take exception to being told how I should react (and I'm not referring to you, Dean, but rather to people I used to know in real life). I also disagree about any Internet forum taking on a role that should be the prerogative of families. If some people can only communicate with others through slights, insults and abrasive sarcasm, I don't see why we should try to teach them otherwise - perhaps driving valuable people away, as has happened on PA. As a final remark: I would have no problem whatsoever in responding in kind to anyone who attacked me. I have done so in the past, and will do it to anyone who steps on my toes in real life. However, I choose not to do that on the Internet, for a series of reasons I won't go into now.

I'm completely with Jonas on this. Just because we're metalheads doesn't mean we have the right to treat people poorly. I'm one of the (if not THE) youngest member on ProgArchives, but I believe I behave pretty well in internet forums in general. I'm sure that there will be kids coming here that are ready to act like jerks on MMA, but I think we should use the same punishments for trolling, terrorizing, etc. that we do on PA.

Just my thoughts,
Jeff