DMRamFan wrote: ↑August 19th, 2021, 6:45 pm
Commish wrote: ↑August 19th, 2021, 5:03 pm
Partisan political and ideological commentary is supposed to be expressed only in the "Off-Topic" section, not within the areas (such as this one) designated exclusively for football-oriented discussion.
Whether this restriction is currently being enforced, that's uncertain... :( :? :|
ram pathos...
Give it a break. He barely post in here. He’s pissed, and it’s understandable. No one wants to sit in and around people that can’t seem to understand class. Sure, some of his post is off topic, but way to go after a first responder, Commish.
Well, I won't apologize for explaining what's either an actual rule or merely a general guideline (it appears to vary in this forum) to a relative newcomer here--I assumed that he might truly be unaware of it, so I wasn't condemning his posting behavior, just responding to it.
Were the people brawling in the stands at the Chargers-Rams preseason contest "pissed" over something? It certainly struck me that they were, so did that justify physically fighting with other fans?
Every day illegal and/or immoral behavior, including property damage, assaults, sometimes even murders, is 'justified' by the perpetrators claiming that they were angered and/or upset over something. Sure, this is only one short post on a sports fans' forum in cyberspace, however the same principle should apply--and does once in a while, if the offender does it blatantly enough over a long period of time--that being "pissed" doesn't justify violating the forum's rules/guidelines.
During the early-to-mid-2000s, I participated on the AOL-operated Rams forum, which I enjoyed until a bunch of hyper-partisan ideologues ruined its atmosphere by 'polluting' it with constant political arguing which took over many of its discussion threads. Of course it didn't happen all at once, it started with a few brief partisan/ideological remarks inserted into competition-focused topics, then the political aspect gradually grew and took on a destructive life of its own. (If you watch the comedy-musical "Little Shop of Horrors," that will give you an idea of what I'm referring to.)
"Oh, that was then and there, it couldn't happen now and here."
Until it could, that is, because no one wants to bother opposing it... ;) :? :x
ram pathos...
--The Commish