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I think the question is more do they cancel or not. To not cancel they had to find a rock vocalist for the tour! If I had of paid for tickets to have them cancelled, I d of been refunded the ticket minus all the middle men fees and seen no show!! In this case I see ACDC performing with a great rock vocalist plus the back up bands! I'd still feel I got value for money in this scenario!
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MarcusCole092076 wrote: with a great rock vocalist
That is highly debatable. Axl can't sing like he used to, IMHO. Just saying...
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agreed on his voice being temperamental!
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At top of the lounge is a sticky post that states some rules for posting in the lounge. In the last little while it seems that the rules have gone out the window. There have been discussions about sex and religion and blatant personal attacks. The worse is that this comes from long time members who should know better.
The powers that be have provided a forum for discussing sex and religion and the personal attacks are not suppose to be here at all.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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yes, I wondered if it was just me being sensitive and thought "I'll bite my tongue" - but the post beginning with 'Hello Infidels' is just wrong, anywhere, in my books - it doesnt matter that the poster probably has used that to mean 'unbeliever of Pastafarian', there's just so many other ways it can be mis-interpreted
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Garth J Lancaster wrote: the post beginning with 'Hello Infidels' is just wrong
I can't even find that one.
Garth J Lancaster wrote: it doesnt matter that the poster probably has used that to mean 'unbeliever of Pastafarian', there's just so many other ways it can be mis-interpreted
It absolutely does matter that the poster probably has used that to mean 'unbeliever of Pastafarian'.
You could ban every word in the English (and every other) language, by following the rule you're suggesting.
"If a word could be misinterpreted, it is banned from the Lounge!"
An entire genre of jokes is about making the listener think/feel one thing, then turning it around, and that is what this was.
Or are you saying that we don't just ban every word in the language, but also all jocularity?
(I've gotta admit, though, that there have been people whom I wished had been banned from telling jokes, in here)
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Or are you saying that we don't just ban every word in the language, but also all jocularity?
not at all Mark - I agree with PJ, that there's a place here on CP for sex, politics & religion, and thats where some of the recent posts belong
Quote: You could ban every word in the English (and every other) language, by following the rule you're suggesting.
certainly you could, but I wasnt aware I was suggesting 'banning' it or jocularity - its all about context isnt it - in the lounge (context), I'd tolerate a frank, adult, educated discussion on any/all words that others would find inflammatory (but even having a frank/adult/educated discussion wouldnt guarantee that someone else wouldnt take offence  )
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Well, I doubt that "infidel" is inflammatory to anyone who's watched Carry On movies -- and, since it's a foreign word, wouldn't banning it be racist, unless English synonyms were also banned?
Censorship is a can of worms that we really should avoid opening. This group is global. If you start letting everyone introduce (and probably cause fights about) words that go against their religious and/or political preferences, we really will have few words left to use.
... But there would be no-one coming here to use them, so I suppose it's yin-yangy enough.
I don't use words that offend me, obviously, but if I inadvertently use a word that offends you, Fred in Dubrovnik, Charlie in Patagonia, or John-Boy in Japan, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
Good example, here: An American in another group (must be over 20 years ago, now) decided to take a poke at me for using the word "Chinaman".
I had to point out to him that I was an Englishman, who lived West of the Dutchmen, East of the Welshmen and Irishmen, North of the Frenchmen, and South of the Scotsmen -- and that his people's mistreatment of several immigrant races, and the verbal taboos that ensued from it, had **** all to do with me.
BanningWords==badIdea // IMO
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yep, its a can of worms mate - I guess Im just suggesting 'be careful, lest fights start' - not banning
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If Fidel Castro was gay would his lover be an infidel?
Sex, politics, and religion there.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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BURN THE WITCH!
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How dare you! Why not the BURN THE WARLOCK?
Sexism rears its ugly head.
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You certainly get my up vote. As thought anyone gives a d----
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I'm more than aware that people only voted for that posting because of the line at the bottom.
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Message Closed
modified 17-Apr-16 6:25am.
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hah ! - 'you wish' and 'not at all' - all Im suggesting is if people didnt see that your post was intended as humorous, there would be all out war, and thus there's a need for 'care'
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modified 17-Apr-16 6:25am.
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Sahir Shah wrote: Why do some people here remind me characters from from "Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle"
Because you also have poor taste in movies ?
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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modified 17-Apr-16 6:35am.
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Bill's a lady?
This space for rent
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OK. Chill. I deleted both the messages. I think I overreacted just as you did. Let's not start a profiling war. 
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
modified 17-Apr-16 6:36am.
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You mean that any longer I can't offer "Let's see what the old noodle can make of this"?
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Are you disrespecting The Profit?
"Jamie" Dimon
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I certainly hope so, no one could/would be more deserving.
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PJ Arends wrote: There have been discussions about sex and religion and blatant personal attacks
I haven't noticed any about sex, but, given that sex is what most people think about for a large proportion of their time, you can expect it to be discussed -- and knee-jerk adherence to rules that go against human nature always ends up in an argument, which is far worse for the group than the occasional mention of sex.
The only discussion I've seen here about religion is about a spoof religion -- i.e. not a religion, so discussing it is not discussing religion. Two trolls did try to turn it into an argument about religion, but they were handled. Again, your posting is likely to cause arguments over this, so the only thing likely to do any damage to the group is your posting.
Apart from the troll issues, which were dealt with (by both personal attacks, which are well merited, and by "shunning"), I haven't seen any personal attacks -- and when I say that, I mean that statements like "I think you're an idiot" are not personal attacks, as such; they're contextual opinions, and it's how people talk.
A personal attack has malice behind it, and any malicious talk needs to be nipped in the but. But discussing opinions, including opinions about the people you are talking to, is not attacking anyone; it is discussing opinions.
BTW: Getting on a high horse about rules is more likely to increase malicious behaviour, rather than curb it.
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