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Posted by ™ on 11-08-2002 at01:53:

-nice...

quote:

I do not get the vibe that Terry or anyone else in DA is a prude, so why should we act like prudes on the band's website?

It also seems to me that Terry & the boys consider the damb to be for the fans, so it is ours (in a sense.)

That would explain why Terry and the boys post here so much, "oh it's not their board, it's ours". It's kinda like why the band that's playin' never jumps into their own mosh pit-

The analogy breaks down but what I'm observing is that with relative anonimity comes relatively unbridaled unwholesome talk as discussed in Ephesians 4:29 .

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Let's consider raising the bar a little and maybe th' boys'll consider posting here again.

It's been awhile since we've hoid from any of them hasn't it? I mean Terry's last woid to us was, "Go to church!" What's that tell ya?!

Posted by Guido Martinez on 11-08-2002 at08:57:

I agree we should raise the bar, but can I still say "wiener" on this forum?

Posted by carl on 11-08-2002 at09:01:

Not only that....

...but heck, you can still BE one too.... Tongue

Posted by baxter on 11-08-2002 at10:26:

that's not nice, Carl.

would you like me to raise my bar and strike you?

Posted by Woggy on 11-08-2002 at14:08:

I can agree with that

quote:

Originally posted by BubbaCarl
I say we put dennis in charge of "censorship" here... Big Grin

I think we should make Dennis a.k.a. DrRich, Uncle Ralph, and assorted other personages the "Official Censor of the DAmb". Oh, can we say that?????????????

Posted by carl on 11-08-2002 at14:11:

Oh, I get it!

This is, like, one of those political "no-show" jobs, right? Tongue

Posted by Woggy on 11-08-2002 at14:29:

Evil Genius Anne

quote:

Originally posted by anne
i'm still interested in hearing what sort of strange animal other people think the damb is, or ideally should be.

I believe I said this earlier, but it bears repeating:

1) 99.9% of us here are adults! If we wish to act a bit, well, shall I say ADULT, I see no real problem with that.

2) The DAmb, as I see it, is a place where we can be real human beings. We share, we laugh, we pray for each other, we cry..............it's a community of believers of all stripes, who really DO care for each other.

3) IF the language is offensive to anyone - well, personally, I feel those who are offended should get a life, but that's just my own personal view. I, too, would be very willing to tone down anything that would offend someone here......on occasion, however, the use of a good cuss word just fits the bill.

4) I am a big girl. I know the "rules" of this board - I've been on a number of message boards, most of which display some really disgusting behavior (and some of these are Christian boards.) The talk and banter here is quite reasonable. The ONLY one protesting is Mugs. (methinks thou dost protesteth too much)

Ideally, this board should be one where we are allowed to be who we are, in the grace of mercy of our Lord. That's exactly how I've felt here.................most of the time.

Posted by audiori on 11-08-2002 at14:56:

Censorship

Yeah, we as adminastrators have struggled with the
idea of which posts cross the line..

But, which line and designated by who? Different things
are offensive to different people, politics, other religions, cussing, certain topics, etc, etc

I was in a friends house one time and used the word
'crap' and he got offended that I cussed in his house.
I never thought of that word as a cuss word, that I think
is a cultural difference. Now taking the Lord's name in vain
is of course not up for interpritation.

Take DA's career as an example, they've been boo'd and had the plugs pulled at concerts because their music was offensive. Terry described the night at Cornerstone '90
as frenchin from the stage, which offended some.. but in california beaches that is a normal term, not a cuss word.
It just means 'cool.'

Some Christian colleges cancelled their Swirling Eddies
shows because of the title of the song "Hide The Beer The Pastors Here."

From our perspective, every person has a responsability
to censor themsleves here and everywhere. If you are convicted about what you yourself type, then raise the standard.

But as for us censoring this board, we have decided
only to step in if we think a post will hurt the band
in some way. Some may disagree with our decissions,
but it's possible that a post that seems innocent might
unwittingly hurt the band based on information we have.
And of course we will delete and ban anyone that simply
advertises get rich schemes, etc. The Swirling Eddies
might like spam but we don't.

We did of course create the Argument Dump as a compromise,
not wanting to censor the conversations, but at the same
time some controversial arguments will go on forever
and just get uglier and uglier (just read the RMC)..
so those threads need to be segregated from the normal
stuff.

townsends

Posted by dennis on 11-08-2002 at16:36:

It's been over a decade since I was in Bible School.
I can't figure out why I am still in this kind of debate.

Great insight from the Townsends! Big Grin

P.s. Joey need to go with the Bee Gees, but the ealy brit invasion sounding stuff! Pleased

Posted by Joey T. on 11-08-2002 at16:45:

quote:

Originally posted by dennis
It's been over a decade since I was in Bible School.
I can't figure out why I am still in this kind of debate.

Great insight from the Townsends! Big Grin

P.s. Joey need to go with the Bee Gees, but the ealy brit invasion sounding stuff! Pleased

ya, you betcha! Wink

Posted by DaLe on 11-08-2002 at16:49:

when I am with my co-worker's or people that I do not know very well I am VeRY aware of what I say & the language that I use, & the "tone" of my conversation (& my reputation)...

BuT when I am with my VeRY GooD "Christian" friends my inhabitions are GoNe so... (my true nature come out?) why is that ? Just a thought... Confused

Posted by Joey T. on 11-08-2002 at16:50:

why do you randomly capitalize words? just a thought... Wink

Posted by dennis on 11-08-2002 at17:01:

quote:

Originally posted by DaLe uReViG
when I am with my co-worker's or people that I do not know very well I am VeRY aware of what I say & the language that I use, & the "tone" of my conversation (& my reputation)...

BuT when I am with my VeRY GooD "Christian" friends my inhabitions are GoNe so... (my true nature come out?) why is that ? Just a thought... Confused

hell if I know! Tongue

Posted by Joey T. on 11-08-2002 at19:46:

quote:

Originally posted by audiori
We did of course create the Argument Dump as a compromise,
not wanting to censor the conversations, but at the same
time some controversial arguments will go on forever
and just get uglier and uglier (just read the RMC)..
so those threads need to be segregated from the normal
stuff.

townsends

I say the audiori are doing a great job! Smile

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