Were going off topic here...
I don't think that's harsh at all...going by the ticking's off that I've had in my short period here.
I have never had any trouble at any other forum discussing off topic things within reason, in threads elsewhere...Marx never ruled Russia with as much enthusiasm...lol.
I know what the next comment will be..."Go elsewhere etc"....but seeing as this place is mainly frequented by my U.S cousins and I presume that the ruling powers that be may also be the same, I obviously don't know but presume.
I'm thinking, the U.S has seemingly always stood for democracy and freedom of speech etc and they try and persuade/force that on various country's around the world what the heck is going on in here ?
P.S
No Dis-Respect intended to anyone, just merely discussing my thoughts.
This is way off topic and against the rules, and since you and I had a long private conversation about it I know you're well aware of this, yet you do it anyway.
It seems we have to explain this over and over again. This is
not a democracy. When you registered you agreed to rules, including these:
- Rules are interpreted and applied at staff discretion.
- Public discussions of staff decisions are not permitted on the site. If you have any concerns or queries relating to a staff decision please take it up in private with a staff member.
- If you don’t like the rules or the moderation, feel free not to visit.
You are not entitled to "freedom of speech". You are a guest of
vtac, who owns the forum, and in exchange for his hospitality you agreed to be subject to the rules, which include deciding whether you can post, where you can post, and what you can't post.
Lots of threads have gone off topic here and corrected themselves. The original Cera thread seemed incapable of doing that, even after repeated attempts to get people to behave. It got so bad that another thread was opened just to accommodate the off-topic crap, and still there were people who couldn't manage to control themselves and so the thread got closed.
People who post every few minutes or every day about how hard it is to wait and how awful TET is for not giving frequent progress reports are not entitled to an endless stream of complaints. Believe it or not, there are other people who come to this thread looking for help and information, and they have to wade through page after page of useless posts about where someone is in the delivery queue. This off-topic nonsense lowers the value of the thread considerably, to the point where we deemed the original Cera thread worthless. That will
not be allowed to happen again.
For your information, Marx never ruled Russia or anywhere else.
vtac is a Canadian and so am I. Here's a three day sabbatical to let all this sink in. When you get back from your vacation, if you want to continue calling me or any other mod a dictator (even in a backhanded way like this time) then do it in a PM. Or take a longer vacation, your choice.