Amen.
Before it does, is there a good reason the other thread isn’t getting deleted? Do we really need to preserve that bilious crap?
Which one?
The horribly racist one.
Against the Indian/Jew mix? I agree it should be deleted.
In general I think it’s better that old threads be preserved, so that if the poster shows up again, people remember what they’re like.
In general, sure. In specific, not so much. Maybe an edit to the post to take out the worst parts and explain why?
Wrap the content in spoiler tags.
Please. Negating the memory is the shortest way to damnation. Keep everything.
Second that. Yes, it’s offensive. It’s also clearly got the whole of the forum’s energy against it, so it’s clear to everyone that this was the view of a single person, condemned by everyone else.
Plus, censoring is the surest way to make sure something gets particular attention. Let it stay as it is.
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Is there anything bad about putting the content behind spoiler tags? We’ve done that before; I see little downside.
Technically I think you’d want a rant tag.
Would it be possible to change the subject of the thread? That’s offensive on its face.
I’m not going to read through four additional pages worth of trolling and conspiratory Pudlo theories since I left, but I didn’t want to start another thread about this:
I’ve just found out that Pudlo is still active at the usenet forum rec.arts.int-fiction. He just wrote a review a few hours ago.
I say we invite him back into the forum. You guys obviously miss him, and a replacement just won’t be the same. I can’t compare Emily Short to a “two hundred kilogram woman”. You need Pudlo for that.
I was thinking of telling him about all the witchhunt hilarity that’s still going on in his wake, but I’ve never logged into Usenet before, and I can’t be bothered to learn a whole new platform, just so that I can send some guy a message. If one of you guys have Usenet, go ahead and tell him, because I think he’ll get a kick out of this.
No one cares less about your opinion, Pudlo. Just leave already.
From now on I’ll start reporting you trolls to the mods. This has been going on long enough. If this means clearing out half of the board, because they’re not doing anything more productive than calling me Pudlo, then so be it. If you love him so much, then why don’t you join him at raif?
While your rhetoric is a bit OTT, I essentially agree. The reason I don’t hang out here really is that every other day, somebody is silenced in Pudlo’s name. It’s very clear that the dude doesn’t even have to be here anymore. The anti-Pudlo sanctimony coupled with the pernicious idea that no one should be offended, has turned this board into more just a well-tended resource rather than a real, live community. Maybe that’s OK. Ain’t nothing wrong with a well-tended resource but I don’t want to hang and socialise where people I might like get banned and deleted for stepping an inch out of line. shrug
Y’all are welcome to set up your ideal community through mod enforcement but this will always result in losing interesting people along with any other readers who enjoy reading weird stuff. When stuff is supersanitised, some of us feel more comfortable but others of us just get really, really bored. Which, again, is fine - for a resource, not for a creative community of putative artists.
Saying that “Indians are the new Jews” is a little more than stepping “an inch out of line”.
If by “interesting people” you mean “trouble causing idiots trying to ruin things for everyone” - which is essentially what Pudlo is - then I think the community is better off without them.