Fingers crossed I don't get banned again :p

Felinessa · Post by **Felinessa** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:33 am

Yup, it's happened twice. Apparently, I'm a "flamebaiter," although I think I just tell the truth (and I try to be tactful too:( ). But on my last forum, posts condoning rape were permitted, while I was banned for 2 years for telling someone that the Bible has multiple versions and a long textual history ... (it wasn't a fundamentalist forum either).

Anyways, I promise to behave, although I still think that there is a difference between disagreeing with an opinion and flaming a person.

Which is why I should change my signature to "just my 2 cents" :-6

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:58 am

I haven't found any of your posts offensive, Felinessa.

You are well-informed and well-spoken.

We like that kind of person here :-6

Felinessa · Post by **Felinessa** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:03 am

Thanks, Cher :yh_hugs

And I should thank Mr. Google for pointing me to this forum. I've been looking for a varied and active one for a while now :yh_wink

Post by **spot** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:22 am

cherandbuster wrote: We like that kind of person here :-6Ooooh, you never miss a chance to have a dig at me! I insist there's people who like me, you've just not met any of them yet.

As for Felinessa - you're well into the "gosh we like you" part of the introductory process, on the asset side of the register. So long as you don't just disappear you'll fit in perfectly. I'm spot, I've not said hi yet which is remiss of me so I thought I'd do it here.

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:29 am

spot wrote: Ooooh, you never miss a chance to have a dig at me! I insist there's people who like me, you've just not met any of them yet.

Oh Spot my friend

You know I love you :-4

Felinessa · Post by **Felinessa** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:00 am

Lol, hi all

Pinky, what IS that thing in your avatar? Baby ostrich of the furry variety? :wah:

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:11 am

Hey Pinky sweetie, have you seen Floppy's Emich (isn't that a great word of Val's? :wah: ) with a plaster on its head? It's absolutely brilliant! Made me laff! I bet BR will just crease up when she sees it!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:52 am

My spidey senses always go off when someone's intro mentions negatives. "Hi, how ya doin'? I'll probably **** you off. Friends??" We enjoy lively debate, right down to blasphemy and treason, without banning. Just take any warning (very rare) from admin seriously and stay away from personal attacks. I'm sure you'll be fine.

So far your stuff's been really low-key. Go to the religious forums. You'll find friends there in Ted and Bronwin. They're always talking about the Bible and it's various translations/interpretations etc.

Welcome! :-6

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:54 am

Hi!:)

Felinessa · Post by **Felinessa** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:01 am

Well, I didn't promise to **** anyone, whatever ****ing is :wah:

But I did want to get a sense for how tightly controlled the forums are. So far, it seems people are a lot friendlier than what I've seen so far, and I haven't seen a single post of the "I'm the mod, so you need to shut up" variety. I have a pretty good idea of what a personal attack is, especially that I run a *very* successful academic forum and we too had to make rules and keep things under control.

Now I wonder what MY spidey senses say :wah:

Choinsi, your bunny is the cutest. Real bunny or Google bunny?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:03 am

No mods here. They just get in the way.

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:46 am

Hello Feline, whoot whoot another Canuck, Nomad will be loving this

Welcome to the garden, we have a great forum, we kind of self moderate with the head chief watching us closely. We are blessed with a "youthful maturity" meaning we can be playful but most of us are old enough to not let it get too mucky. I too have come from some past dodgy forums that had buttwipes for mods. They banned me because I liked to stick up for folks who were new and had opinions AHAHAHAHAHAHAH Those sorts still spy in on us from time to time but I think because we keep our forum tidy we bore them.

Anyhoooo to keep this brief and control my verbal diarhea, welcome, have fun ad post lots.

Its good to see more maple leafs in here. I am loving it....

Minks

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:52 am

Welcome from me, too! We have something in common. I've just come from an unsatisfying board, too, and find the Garden here to be a delight! These're good people!

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:04 am

minks wrote: buttwipes for mods

Ah yes

That's our Minxsie being eloquent again :p

white_rose · Post by **white_rose** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:43 am

Welcome to FG, Felinessa

Everything has already been said, enjoy the forum :-6

Oh..my favourite message I get on the net is:

"You have been banned by this forum. Please contact the Administrator"

uhmmm........nooo not really.....the Admin is the ex...why would I want to contact.nuff said :-5

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:41 am

white_rose wrote: Welcome to FG, Felinessa

the Admin is the ex...why would I want to contact.nuff said :-5

Oh White Rose :-6

That does sound interesting

Care to share a few details with us? :p

cars · Post by **cars** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:49 am

Hi Felin, welcome to the garden.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:10 pm

Hi Felinessa

It will be good to get to know yet another opinionated soul! I know you'll like it here. It's a pretty mature, and very intelligent forum, unlike some I've been in before. Lots of nice people here, even when they don't always agree on the issues! Welcome!!

ps: I am also a big fan of Sarah Brightman! It's extra nice to meet you!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:42 pm

Diuretic wrote: Not you Pinky, I'll have to step up and wear this one

Hang on though....I'll just read back through the thread...........it's okay, we can pin it on Accountable, he started it

Anyway, it's not digressing, it's creativity!
Pinky wrote: I should have known...he's a right troublemaker, he is!:rolleyes:

(kidding, Acc!)

It's like getting pelted in the back of the head with snowballs.

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:47 pm

RedGlitter wrote:

ps: I am also a big fan of Sarah Brightman! It's extra nice to meet you!

Does this mean you're another Phantom phan? Woohoo!!!

Adam Zapple · Post by **Adam Zapple** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:25 pm

Hi Felinessa, it's really good to have you at FG. I was banned from a forum once. A new poster asked why they didn't have so-and-so and the mods responded "We don't have so-and-so, don't want so-and-so, and if you want so-and-so go find it on another forum. I replied, "you can find so-and-so at ****forum." I was banned for trying to "steal" their members.:sneaky:

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:31 pm

Rapunzel wrote: Does this mean you're another Phantom phan? Woohoo!!!

Absolutely!!

Pleased to meet you Rapunzel! Which version is your favorite? I've only seen the 80s version with Robert Englund and the recent version. I liked the 80s version better but any Phantom is a good Phantom!

AZ, that is a stupid reason for kicking someone out of a forum. I figure when people are silly like that, it's sometimes better to take your marbles elsewhere anyway.

Felinessa · Post by **Felinessa** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:34 pm

Well, folks, I have to say that this new learning amazes me. So kindly explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes. :wah:

As far as the Phantom goes, hmm, I have very mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, I'm attracted to the baroque of the story like a moth to a flame. On the cynical hand, it's self-pitying mush. And Weber ain't Wagner :wah: But I quite enjoyed the book, much more than the recent movie, which to me was a huge disappointment. However, that's what happens when singers are trying to be actors, since few are equally good at both.

Thanks for the good welcoming words. The nicest thing about this forum is that it's not home to the world's broken hearts. Oh, and you people can spell :wah: I know that makes me sound anal-retentive, but the one thing I hate about forums populated by teens and the lowest common denominator is the text-speak and the utter lack of punctuation. But u iz koo, in my humble opinion :wah:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:58 am

So kindly explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes

Well if you dont know Im certainly not going to tell you.

hmph

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:14 am

Welcome Felinessa!! This is a fine Forum. Everyone is of course eccentric - I mean sheeps' bladders, shrubberies and bursting one's pimples in the general direction of some poor bastard's auntie.... this can only lead inexorably towards total dottiness .... .... ....... .............................

DEEP THOUGHT !!! What is lacking in my existence???? I've never been banned???? I've never even been arrested (well there was that skinny dipping thingie but the cop only arrested the others and gave me his coat.... ) nar. BORING!!! Is being banned kind of like losing one's virginity????? Sigh.... Ah well, back to my drab, humdrum little life...

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OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:38 am

Felinessa, hi and welcome to FG. You should do alright here. Opinions very welcome. I'm lucky that I found this forum shortly after I first started searching for a forum. So, I haven't had the experience of being banned from any forums. This one takes most of my time now.

I like Isaac Asimov. I love his Foundation Trilogy, although I haven't read it in years now.

I too like to see good English written. It makes it so much easier to read. When a post is full of spelling and punctuation errors, I find I have to keep rereading the sentence to understand the context.

I also come a right cropper with all the abbreviations used. I do not a lot of them and just try to understand the meaning from the context of the sentence. Often, I fail.

Hope you enjoy it here. I've a feeling you will though.:-6

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:18 pm

I got banned once for posting something in this Garden, but another forum did the banning! :-2

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:21 pm

Accountable wrote: I got banned once for posting something in this Garden, but another forum did the banning! :-2

Really. I didn't know that. What was that all about?

By the way, how are ya both settling in?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:24 pm

OpenMind wrote: Really. I didn't know that. What was that all about?

By the way, how are ya both settling in?I'd tell ya, but then I'd hafta ban ya. :wah:

Goodbye ....... goo-

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:28 pm

Accountable wrote: I'd tell ya, but then I'd hafta ban ya. :wah:

Goodbye ....... goo-

No, come back!:wah:

Well, I couldn't take a banning from the FG. I'll just have to remain ignorant.:rolleyes:

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:58 pm

Accountable wrote: I'd tell ya, but then I'd hafta ban ya. :wah:

Goodbye ....... goo-

Hey OM - Acc called you 'goo'. hehehe

:wah:

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:20 pm

Rapunzel wrote: Hey OM - Acc called you 'goo'. hehehe

:wah:

So he did, Rap. What shall I do for having been called 'goo'?