Charles Anthony

Thank you for your report. Now you have a choice: 1) ignore it and move on ---- free to participate in the discussions while respecting the forum rules and guidelines to the best of your abilities; or 2) permanent banning after "proof" is provided to convince whoever of whatever. SHORT VERSION: Do not play stupid here and do not even think of gas-lighting the public.

Folks, Please avoid trash-talking your fellow members. I took down some off-topic off-forum trash-talk that, incidentally, derail the topic of discussion of this thread.

You can all quote as excessively as you want now. The new forum software updates default automatically to condensing large quotes.

This thread is a poor attempt to start a discussion. Please do not start a thread that way. The cartoon section is down below. Start a thread by expressing your thoughts and giving your reader a reason to watch your linked video.

Folks, Stay on topic and avoid thread derailment.

Where would you want a MapleLeafWeb forum party to take place?

Folks, Stay on topic. I took down some off-topic posts that were derailing the discussion.

Folks, I took down some off-topic posts.

Folks, Do not just post a link. Do not clutter the forum with videos. You may post videos but you must writes something to get your point across and to accompany your link. Photoplay is not worth a thousand words.

Folks, I sill have no magical cure for thread derailment syndrome. Who wants quarantine?

Folks, Stay on topic.

Folks, Do you want help avoiding thread derailment syndrome??

This thread is locked because it is a poor attempt to stimulate a discussion. Nobody should have to guess the subject matter to be discussed.

Folks, I do not have a magical cure for thread derailment syndrome. Who wants quarantine??

Thank you for bringing this thread back on track. Keep it that way, folks.

Folks, Who wants quarantine? This is a final reminder: Avoid thread drift lest I help you do so for you.

Folks, Do not feed thread derailment syndrome.

Folks, Please stay on topic and avoid thread derailment.

WARNING!!! Avoid thread derailment syndrome! It is contagious!

Do not play games. The only expectation upon you is to follow the forum rules and guidelines as best as you can. If you follow the forum rules and guidelines to the best of your abilities, then you should expect to be left alone to freely express yourself.

Why?

I am sorry. I take that back. No. That is a misunderstanding but that is close enough to answering my question: you want sanction. There are few choices: 1) delete the offending post 2) suspend the offending member's posting privileges temporarily 3) ban the offending member permanently 4) some of the above 5) something else In this particular case, what do you want? If that is the best conclusion that you can draw, then do not post a reply at all if your intent is to satisfy your such feelings. Ask somebody in real life what they think about your conclusion and your approach. You are going to have to forgive me but I have a bias problem: I am Canadian. I say "Sorry." when somebody else bumps into me. How odd is that? For some strange reason, most everybody else of my kind seems to do the same. That is just the way it is and I have grown to consider that normal etiquette. Where I live, offensive expression inundates life. Everywhere I have been in this country, most folks seem to manage fine mounting mature challenges in public discourse or simply ignoring it all and moving on. The forum rules and guidelines epitomize the Canadian identity. They aint much to ask and most of you all seem to get along quite swimmingly --- with humor, to boot. Let us celebrate your freedom of expression while it lasts. Why not challenge an offensive post with a retort of logic or reason or simply controlled emotion? Write an interesting response or inject a bit of pleasant humor. Here is a possible format: "I am sorry but what you wrote is wrong because BLAH logic BLAH and offensive because YADDA reason YADDA and I wish you would not write that ever again because HOWDY HOWDY emotion HOWDY HOW if you do not mind. Please and thank you." Simply put: If somebody else's post hurts your feelings, then feel free to explain your thoughts in such a manner that furthers the discussion.

Folks, This thread is permanently locked.

Somebody quoted and responded and engaged the post in question before I got a chance to see it. Ergo, the post was not censored. What do you want? Be prudent before you answer that question because you are protesting about 1 post in a thread that is over 25 pages in duration and in which you have contributed nothing. If you want your fellow members to be censored or if you want to control public discourse, then I am sorry, you will be unsuccessful. If you want to continue to enjoy your freedom of expression here, then you are welcome.

Do not gas-light the public. You were given an opportunity to create a separate thread with a descriptive title of your own choice but you refused in favor of continuing to derail an active thread. The rest is addressed here: https://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums/topic/40448-can-you-please-explain-thread-hijacking/?do=findComment&comment=1412850