stantonjtroy
Well-Known Member
There has been a bit of huff over the moderators doing their job. Not just the most recent incident but the past few months. I am not prompted by the moderators nor do I act as their representive. I'm just another modeler who enjoys sharing his thoughts with like minded folks and is a little tired (like many) of the whining, rudeness and generally imature behavior shown by a few. There seems to be an asumption among some members that this forum is their personal back yard, or at least some form of journalistic publication protected by the first amendment. IT'S NOT. This is a privately run and managed forum put out there for our benifit, by fellow hobbiests. As such, the administrators have made clear what can and can not be posted. Like many I share the site with my children and am surprised by some of the attitudes (and occasionally language) I see. Yes, everyone is entiled to their opinion but NO they are not always entitled to force it on others. This is rocketry folks. Come on.
When I first introduced my wife and kids to rocketry I told them, and experience bore out, that the rocketry community was made up of the best people one could hope to meet. Perfect strangers are welcoming and generous, with their knowlege and their resources. Real friendships form instantly reguardless of age, gender or station. For the most part it has been this way on the forums. I for one am thankful to the moderators for keeping it this way. If you think it's unfair or unconstitutional or narrow minded or whatever, Start your own forum. Establish your own rules, do as you will.
If the moderators choose to edit or remove this, I'm ok with it. I might not get it but I'm ok with it. They'd have their reasons and that's good enough for me. For those who want to provide an oposing opinion, go ahead. I won't, however, get drawn into an argument for arguments sake. In short, show the same respect on the forum that you would at a launch, club meeting or any other face to face encounter.
My two cents.
When I first introduced my wife and kids to rocketry I told them, and experience bore out, that the rocketry community was made up of the best people one could hope to meet. Perfect strangers are welcoming and generous, with their knowlege and their resources. Real friendships form instantly reguardless of age, gender or station. For the most part it has been this way on the forums. I for one am thankful to the moderators for keeping it this way. If you think it's unfair or unconstitutional or narrow minded or whatever, Start your own forum. Establish your own rules, do as you will.
If the moderators choose to edit or remove this, I'm ok with it. I might not get it but I'm ok with it. They'd have their reasons and that's good enough for me. For those who want to provide an oposing opinion, go ahead. I won't, however, get drawn into an argument for arguments sake. In short, show the same respect on the forum that you would at a launch, club meeting or any other face to face encounter.
My two cents.
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