Where's the Glasgow teenager thread gone and why?

[Foxgun Tom]

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[starbkjrus]

I'd like to weigh in here. I think the mods do a great job here. They give us a lot of breathing room and only step in with the moderation when absolutely necessary. Long before I joined this forum, I used to dwell in the anarchic forest of posts that is Usenet. Threads there would stray far off topic and degenerate into flame wars. Here, we have a dedicated group of mods who take the time out of their schedules to make this a pleasant place to be. Whatever they decide to do with that thread or any other, I'd like to give them a vote of thanks for making this my favorite internet community to participate in.

Charles, I couldn't agree with you more.

Hi Todd
I'm not offended I'm a Scot with broad shouders and hold certain things dear!! one is being able to express myself without being patronised?? Quote" please re-read my post"end Quote I read your post and fully understood what you were conveying to me I have two websites which deal with more contraversial topics than this?? Moderation is a difficult job with little thanks involved?? overall this site is well moderated and those involved do a great job. Can you find out how many Mods are from Scotland, this is the third time asking?????

Tom

Tom,

While this board has a very diverse membership from many countries it's actually based in the United States. While several of the MODs have very strong ties to Scotland I don't think any of them currently live there.

And give them some time to work on that thread - after all, it is a rather major family oriented holiday. Cheers.

[Sir Robert]

I have been to some sites that have no moderators. Those sites suck.

I have been to sites with hypermoderation which limits debates to the point that nothing interesting ever gets discussed.

Our problem here is that we have kilts which pull up talk of politics, fashon, sex, history, quality and price issues. Each and every one of those will cause some debate looser to become offended and bellyache to the moderators.

Moderators take action based on complaints. Ya know the sqeaky wheel gets the grease?

So what is the right answer? All or nothing, well neither of those. How about we ask the moderators to simply remove posts containing personal attacks and blatant advertising and be moderate in their moderation.

[Foxgun Tom]

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[Jimmy the Celt]

It's too bad when things get taken personally--the idea of "You're a x generation American, and therefore not Scottish / Irish / insert_nationality_here" really heated things up. Whether or not you believe that [and I say this with all charity], I think thoughts like that should not be expressed here where a common interest brings us all together. Do I consider myself Scottish? Not purely Scottish, but I have a Celtic heritage I am very proud of, and will not hesitate to answer in the affirmative if some one asks if I am Scottish: I am a Scots-Irish American.

At the risk of another thread going south, I ask the following question: Are our black countrymen not African-Americans, British-Africans, etc? As the Papal delegate to the U.S. said in his homily at the National Shrine last night, "All races, all nations, will be blessed . . ." We are men, wherever we hail from, wherever our ancestors come from. Let us remember charity this Holiday season.