06-29-2010, 01:52 PM
I have been reading this board for some time but have never felt the need to contribute until now. Recently, I have seen a post showing pictures of multiple violations of state law, a thread that includes a discussion of sexual behavior, killing the perpetrator, tying his “Testacles” (sic), and use of the word “A-hole” by the “moderator”. I have also seen posts by a contributor named Bovis attacked and that contributor placed in “time out” by the “moderator”.
Perhaps the posts by Bovis were intended to anger, but nothing he said was even close to the violations I listed above. But no one was placed in time out for those occurrences and the “moderators” continue to cite the family-friendly nature of the forum. Bovis had a point of view regarding catch limits that others disagreed with but these discussions are obviously a legitimate subject for a fishing forum. Similarly, a poster placed a piece of literature in the forum and Bovis stated his opinion. Those believing his goal was to stir argument would have been better off ignoring his posts. Nothing he did merited any action by the so-called moderators.
The same cannot be said of those instances I cited. If this truly is a family-friendly forum, the moderators should be actively maintaining that standard by not allowing off-topic posts like the one involving sexual activity, let alone contributing to it!
I believe that Bovis should be immediately reinstated and the moderators should place themselves on time out and spend that time reevaluating their values and duties to this forum.
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Perhaps the posts by Bovis were intended to anger, but nothing he said was even close to the violations I listed above. But no one was placed in time out for those occurrences and the “moderators” continue to cite the family-friendly nature of the forum. Bovis had a point of view regarding catch limits that others disagreed with but these discussions are obviously a legitimate subject for a fishing forum. Similarly, a poster placed a piece of literature in the forum and Bovis stated his opinion. Those believing his goal was to stir argument would have been better off ignoring his posts. Nothing he did merited any action by the so-called moderators.
The same cannot be said of those instances I cited. If this truly is a family-friendly forum, the moderators should be actively maintaining that standard by not allowing off-topic posts like the one involving sexual activity, let alone contributing to it!
I believe that Bovis should be immediately reinstated and the moderators should place themselves on time out and spend that time reevaluating their values and duties to this forum.
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