I have an idea...

[NYer565]

"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.

[redstar2000]

Too late.

I proposed it myself a few months back...and would you believe that 60% of our humorless membership voted it down?! :o

Ah well, maybe I'll try again around summertime.

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[Ruby]

Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2005, 03:43 AM
"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.
That is very true.
"Opposing ideologies".... it seems if you disagree, you get banned.

[redstar2000]

Originally posted by Ruby
"Opposing ideologies".... it seems if you disagree, you get banned.

No...it's actually rather difficult to be banned on this board...not that it can't be done, of course.

Nazism, racism, etc. will get people banned...sometimes very quickly.

Being pro-capitalist won't...unless you really annoy us over an extended period of time.

One pro-capitalist managed to make over 3,000 posts (all in this forum) before our patience was finally exhausted.

But he was an unusually bright fellow...yet prone to rants and abuse. Finally the rants and abuse just outweighed his positive contributions.

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[Zingu]

I suggested that a few months ago, it was put up to vote, but too many people thought it was a tasteless joke.....

[Ruby]

Originally posted by redstar2000+Feb 6 2005, 03:59 AM--> (redstar2000 @ Feb 6 2005, 03:59 AM)
Ruby
"Opposing ideologies".... it seems if you disagree, you get banned.

No...it's actually rather difficult to be banned on this board...not that it can't be done, of course.

Nazism, racism, etc. will get people banned...sometimes very quickly.

Being pro-capitalist won't...unless you really annoy us over an extended period of time.

One pro-capitalist managed to make over 3,000 posts (all in this forum) before our patience was finally exhausted.

But he was an unusually bright fellow...yet prone to rants and abuse. Finally the rants and abuse just outweighed his positive contributions.

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Yeah, but I was thinking this particular forum is for those with opposing views. I understand banning for abusive language & such.
3000 posts? Damn, that's alot, was it over a long period of time?

[NYer565]

Originally posted by redstar2000+Feb 6 2005, 03:59 AM--> (redstar2000 @ Feb 6 2005, 03:59 AM)
Ruby
"Opposing ideologies".... it seems if you disagree, you get banned.

No...it's actually rather difficult to be banned on this board...not that it can't be done, of course.

Nazism, racism, etc. will get people banned...sometimes very quickly.

Being pro-capitalist won't...unless you really annoy us over an extended period of time.

One pro-capitalist managed to make over 3,000 posts (all in this forum) before our patience was finally exhausted.

But he was an unusually bright fellow...yet prone to rants and abuse. Finally the rants and abuse just outweighed his positive contributions.

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But I was restricted to this place, and I haven't done anything that bad.

Oh well...

[NYer565]

Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2005, 04:15 AM
I suggested that a few months ago, it was put up to vote, but too many people thought it was a tasteless joke.....
:lol:

It really is a good idea.

[redstar2000]

Originally posted by Ruby+--> (Ruby)3000 posts? Damn, that's a lot, was it over a long period of time?[/b]

A couple of years, as I recall.


Nyer565
But I was restricted to this place, and I haven't done anything that bad.

You haven't done anything "bad" at all. The reason we have this forum is so that we lefties can discuss matters in the other forums without being distracted by pro-capitalist irrelevancies.

You see? In this forum, we dispute with those who are pro-capitalist. In the other forums, we dispute amongst ourselves. (Sometimes we dispute amongst ourselves in this forum as well...we are very argumentative.)

There are some "lefties", from time to time, who get restricted to OI for very bad behavior...for them, it is a "punishment" -- it means they've said some things that really pissed us off, and we voted to stick them in here for a while until they learn better behavior or (on occasion) get banned.

But for those, like yourself, who are pro-capitalists, OI not a "punishment". It's simply to keep you from distracting or annoying us in the other forums.

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[Non-Sectarian Bastard!]

Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2005, 04:43 AM
"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.
Actually I thougt of naming Opposing Ideologies to Abu Graib. :D

[Anarchist Freedom]

abu graib...

:lol:

[NYer565]

Originally posted by Non-Sectarian Bastard!+Feb 6 2005, 12:56 PM--> (Non-Sectarian Bastard! @ Feb 6 2005, 12:56 PM)
[email protected] 6 2005, 04:43 AM
"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.
Actually I thougt of naming Opposing Ideologies to Abu Graib. :D [/b]
That's also a good idea.

I mean...I'd rather have gone to Abu Graib then the Gulags.

:lol:

[the RIGHT=FREEDOM]

Originally posted by Ruby+Feb 6 2005, 03:50 AM--> (Ruby @ Feb 6 2005, 03:50 AM)
[email protected] 6 2005, 03:43 AM
"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.
That is very true.
"Opposing ideologies".... it seems if you disagree, you get banned. [/b]
How fascist of you commes. Yea, the leftb is ALL about free speech and liberty :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Non-Sectarian Bastard!]

Originally posted by NYer565+Feb 6 2005, 03:27 PM--> (NYer565 @ Feb 6 2005, 03:27 PM)
Originally posted by Non-Sectarian Bastard!@Feb 6 2005, 12:56 PM

[email protected] 6 2005, 04:43 AM
"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.
Actually I thougt of naming Opposing Ideologies to Abu Graib. :D
That's also a good idea.

I mean...I'd rather have gone to Abu Graib then the Gulags.

:lol: [/b]
I dare you.

Go to Iraq, walk to an American controll post and make a joke on how much Americans smell. Let's see how much you enjoy Abu Ghraib.

[BOZG]

Originally posted by the RIGHT=FREEDOM+Feb 6 2005, 06:34 PM--> (the RIGHT=FREEDOM @ Feb 6 2005, 06:34 PM)
Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2005, 03:50 AM

[email protected] 6 2005, 03:43 AM
"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.
That is very true.
"Opposing ideologies".... it seems if you disagree, you get banned.
How fascist of you commes. Yea, the leftb is ALL about free speech and liberty :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: [/b]
Do you even know what a fascist is?

[Don't Change Your Name]

God bless ebaumsworld.com:

[New Tolerance]

"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.


I wonder what you have to say about the capitalist forums that ban people.

[Essential Insignificance]

As others have already pointed out -- it was "wished-for" a couple of months back.

And I voted for it to be changed to the The Gulag. As I thought it was quite fitting. As that's where those filthy bastards deserved to be.

Unbeknownst to me... I would be "locked up" in there with a month or two.

As a now "restricted member" I feel that the forum should still be entitled The Gulag.

What irony! :lol:

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by the RIGHT=FREEDOM+Feb 6 2005, 06:34 PM--> (the RIGHT=FREEDOM @ Feb 6 2005, 06:34 PM)
Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2005, 03:50 AM

[email protected] 6 2005, 03:43 AM
"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.
That is very true.
"Opposing ideologies".... it seems if you disagree, you get banned.
How fascist of you commes. Yea, the leftb is ALL about free speech and liberty :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: [/b]
How can you claim to understand what the left is all about, when you can’t even spell the word?

My spelling is appalling, no scratch that, my spelling is abysmal. However, I can usually manage words of fewer than five characters.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[dakewlguy]

It is no more self-depreciating than 'opposing ideologies'.

[t_wolves_fan]

Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2005, 03:43 AM
"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.
That sounds familiar.

Here is some good viedo (http://hq.protestwarrior.com/?page=/featured/HTTC/HTTC.php) of some anarchists' and communists' reaction to freedom of speech.

Help me out here, were those fascist government agents screaming "Shut the fuck up" and "Get the fuck out of here"?

:unsure:

[t_wolves_fan]

Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2005, 04:15 AM
I suggested that a few months ago, it was put up to vote, but too many people thought it was a tasteless joke.....
Hit a little too close to home, eh?

[Non-Sectarian Bastard!]

Originally posted by t_wolves_fan+Feb 9 2005, 05:11 PM--> (t_wolves_fan @ Feb 9 2005, 05:11 PM)
[email protected] 6 2005, 03:43 AM
"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.
That sounds familiar.

Here is some good viedo (http://hq.protestwarrior.com/?page=/featured/HTTC/HTTC.php) of some anarchists' and communists' reaction to freedom of speech.

Help me out here, were those fascist government agents screaming "Shut the fuck up" and "Get the fuck out of here"?

:unsure: [/b]
Still feeling sorry, that you got your asses kicked?

The freedom to enslave ha?

Oh, in general cops don't shout slogans. They beat up and kill.

BTW. Freedom Cabbage boy what did the GOP and the cops do with protestors in New York. Say it to me, baby. I know you want it ;)

[t_wolves_fan]

Still feeling sorry, that you got your asses kicked?

No, not really. I'm kind of glad your folks attacked someone who disagreed with them; it shows just how interested in "freedom" you really are.


The freedom to enslave ha?

Enslave who?

I've been invloved in politics a while now and haven't heard of either major party advocating the slavery of anyone.

I'd love to see your basis for this question?


Oh, in general cops don't shout slogans. They beat up and kill.

Yes, I saw that quite frequently at the inauguration. All those protesters lined up along the route were beaten then shot right in front of me. Quite the bloodbath.

Oh wait, that didn't happen.


BTW. Freedom Cabbage boy what did the GOP and the cops do with protestors in New York. Say it to me, baby. I know you want it ;)

Cabbage Boy?

The GOP did something to the protesters? What was it, specifically?

From what I heard some cops in NYC got out of hand and there is a lawsuit, as there should be. I'm not sure it's been settled.

So tell me, as the anarchists instigated the violence and the cops overstepped their bounds, was it official police policy to break the law? To beat anyone or kill anyone?

How many people died in NYC, by the way?

Face it, you're nothing but a baby. You instigate and instigate and instigate the cops until they snap, do the right thing and kick your ass. Then you go screaming to mommy and the papers and your attorneys and claim brutality.

Give it up sport, daddy still doesn't love you despite how much of his attention you think he'll pay to your protests.

Big, fat fucking *YAWN*.

[DaCuBaN]

Such anger, t_wolves_fan!


One pro-capitalist managed to make over 3,000 posts (all in this forum) before our patience was finally exhausted.

Awww... CI's gone? I quite liked to have him around. This new lot are no fun at all... I can't see many of them making it to the big 3K :(

[redstar2000]

No, CI still posts from time to time...though some clever devil rigged the board software in such a way that when he types in his favorite epithet, it comes out reading "cutie pie".

The guy I was referring to had several names -- "Ghost Writer" was one of them, but I can't remember his original one.

Unlike our current crop of "biz-ed majors", he had actually studied some science and history...and consequently had, from time to time, some interesting things to say.

In fact, he once wrote an original post on the scientific method that was so well done, I could not help but compliment him on his efforts.

If we had known the qualities of those who would replace him here, perhaps we would not have yielded to the impulse to ban him quite so quickly.

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[DaCuBaN]

Ahhh, "The Dentist".

Yes, he was one of many who had me running with my tail between my legs. How? By seeing my point of view, and actually countering it.

Interesting tactic - and one that seems to be scandalously disused amongst the current Gulag population, I must say ;)

(Oh, and what the hell is EI doing in here!)

[Essential Insignificance]

(Oh, and what the hell is EI doing in here!)

I have been labeled by same within the ForumForum as one who harbors xenophobic, condescending, chauvinistic, obnoxious and elitist tendencies. :o

And also -- and this one is a "beauty" -- I was accused of possessing aversion for the working class! :o

Subsequent making a thoughtless racial joke... one that imbecile in the strictest sense (someone with an IQ between 25 and 50 and a mental age of two to seven years) could have effortlessly have identified as a joke given the context -- I was "deported" to Opposing Ideologies.

I suspect my emancipation is near! :D

[Raisa]

Originally posted by [email protected] 9 2005, 03:06 PM
It is no more self-depreciating than 'opposing ideologies'.
You have an opposing ideology......

People come here to descuss the liberation of the working class,

What the hell makes you come here is beyond me.

[Raisa]

Originally posted by t_wolves_fan+Feb 9 2005, 04:11 PM--> (t_wolves_fan @ Feb 9 2005, 04:11 PM)
[email protected] 6 2005, 03:43 AM
"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.
That sounds familiar.

Here is some good viedo (http://hq.protestwarrior.com/?page=/featured/HTTC/HTTC.php) of some anarchists' and communists' reaction to freedom of speech.

Help me out here, were those fascist government agents screaming "Shut the fuck up" and "Get the fuck out of here"?

:unsure: [/b]
No, they were people who dont give a shit what you got to say...

Sorry :(

[PRC-UTE]

I voted to rename it the gulag. That would've been funny.

Funny, but it wouldn't've been very appropriate. Historically a few attempts at socialism have resulted in gulags being used . . . but everyday capitalism is one big effing gulag.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 9 2005, 07:37 PM
No, CI still posts from time to time...though some clever devil rigged the board software in such a way that when he types in his favorite epithet, it comes out reading "cutie pie".

The guy I was referring to had several names -- "Ghost Writer" was one of them, but I can't remember his original one.

Unlike our current crop of "biz-ed majors", he had actually studied some science and history...and consequently had, from time to time, some interesting things to say.

In fact, he once wrote an original post on the scientific method that was so well done, I could not help but compliment him on his efforts.

If we had known the qualities of those who would replace him here, perhaps we would not have yielded to the impulse to ban him quite so quickly.

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His origional name was Stormin Norman.

We didn't really ban him quickly, it took him a long while and considerable effort to get him self banned first time round.

[t_wolves_fan]

Originally posted by Raisa+Feb 13 2005, 09:08 AM--> (Raisa @ Feb 13 2005, 09:08 AM)
Originally posted by [email protected] 9 2005, 04:11 PM

[email protected] 6 2005, 03:43 AM
"The Gulags"

I mean, that's where communists sent people they disagreed with in real life...why not do it here too.
That sounds familiar.

Here is some good viedo (http://hq.protestwarrior.com/?page=/featured/HTTC/HTTC.php) of some anarchists' and communists' reaction to freedom of speech.

Help me out here, were those fascist government agents screaming "Shut the fuck up" and "Get the fuck out of here"?

:unsure:
No, they were people who dont give a shit what you got to say...

Sorry :( [/b]
I'm sure you are.

Your attitude explains perfectly why I'd never want people like you in charge. If you were, dissenters would be sent to the gulags for "hate speech".

Freaky.

[Zingu]

Originally posted by Essential [email protected] 10 2005, 08:32 AM

I have been labeled by same within the ForumForum as one who harbors xenophobic, condescending, chauvinistic, obnoxious and elitist tendencies. :o


I suspect my emancipation is near! :D
I still can't keep saying it, but that was a like a Stalinist Kangaroo court we had, but lets not start beating the dead horse again....