Censorship ?

[Wylie's Mom]

With 63,000+ members, the bottom line is - we will never be able to satisfy the many different versions of "appropriate", so that's not the goal.

And yup, we are all guests here, including me - and I think Admin does a heck of a job trying to make this forum open to all different types of people. There are rules and limits, of course, but we can't expect Admin to change something whenever a member experiences intolerance.

I guess we have to learn to tolerate certain things, ignore certain things, or decide if this forum fits...or if maybe just certain sections fit. Every one of us probably wishes something was a bit different here...that doesn't mean it needs to changed.

A solution we can offer if someone has children coming here (or the member themselves are uncomfortable w/ a certain section) -- is that we can disable access to individual sections. If the Off Topic forum is deemed inappropriate by you for your child - then let us know, and we can disable access to it.

This is a community, and we welcome opinions...but we all have to accept the fact that each of us has to serve up a big dose of tolerance in a community where there are 63,000+ members.

[manolos mom]

Originally Posted by breezeaway

i for one think shodan has crossed the line so many times its not funny anymore. Hes posted pics of dogs saying they are his and they are of someone elses dogs. He continuously posts the hog killing pics, how many times do we have to see these pics. He posted them back in feb in a biewer and parti thread which had nothing to do with hog killing. Last time i looked at the title of this forum it said yorkietalk.

huhhhh???

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by ryorkies

Are you serious? You are going to compare this to what was posted here ?
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/3171199-post175.html

This is a Yorkie Forum ....

I still say it's up to the parent to monitor.....

Again, it's posted in the off-topic section. And again, if you find it distasteful, why did you go there read & read up to post 175?.

[mojo]

Originally Posted by Reese1

This reminds me of the tv show "Married with Children" there was this wealthy housewife who campaigned & tried to get people to boycott this show because she didn't agree with the content of it, in case her kids turned it on.
That always bothered me. I love children, I love my niece & nephews, but I don't think everything has to be "kid" friendly or designed for them.
Sometimes we just have to agree to disagree.
I don't agree with a lot of things that I see, hear, etc..., but that doesn't mean I should tell others not to watch, listen, believe, etc.

And that was the funny part. That show was being cancelled until she made such a tadoo about it, and then it became quite popular. I had never even seen that show until then.

And as for the sex thread and the pics, you don't have to look at them!! I just don't get it. I didn't read the sex thread because frankly I wasn't interested and I didn't click on the hog picture because I find the killing of animals objectionable, but I do not have the right to tell others they must agree with me and share my views! This is a public forum and we are in America and if you don't like it, simply don't look at it. Don't hide behind it might offend some children. Please, it offends you.

[manolos mom]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

With 63,000+ members, the bottom line is - we will never be able to satisfy the many different versions of "appropriate", so that's not the goal.

And yup, we are all guests here, including me - and I think Admin does a heck of a job trying to make this forum open to all different types of people. There are rules and limits, of course, but we can't expect Admin to change something whenever a member experiences intolerance.

I guess we have to learn to tolerate certain things, ignore certain things, or decide if this forum fits...or if maybe just certain sections fit. Everyone of us probably wishes something was a bit different here...that doesn't mean it needs to changed.

A solution we can offer if someone has children coming here (or the member themselves are uncomfortable w/ a certain section) -- is that we can disable access to individual sections. If the Off Topic forum is deemed inappropriate by you for your child - then let us know, and we can disable access to it.

This is a community, and we welcome opinions...but we all have to accept the fact that each of us has to serve up a big dose of tolerance in a community where there are 63,000+ members.

Thanks so Much Ann for clearing this up.

[mojo]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

I still say it's up to the parent to monitor.....

Again, it's posted in the off-topic section. And again, if you find it distasteful, why did you go there read & read up to post 175?.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

With 63,000+ members, the bottom line is - we will never be able to satisfy the many different versions of "appropriate", so that's not the goal.

And yup, we are all guests here, including me - and I think Admin does a heck of a job trying to make this forum open to all different types of people. There are rules and limits, of course, but we can't expect Admin to change something whenever a member experiences intolerance.

I guess we have to learn to tolerate certain things, ignore certain things, or decide if this forum fits...or if maybe just certain sections fit. Every one of us probably wishes something was a bit different here...that doesn't mean it needs to changed.

A solution we can offer if someone has children coming here (or the member themselves are uncomfortable w/ a certain section) -- is that we can disable access to individual sections. If the Off Topic forum is deemed inappropriate by you for your child - then let us know, and we can disable access to it.

This is a community, and we welcome opinions...but we all have to accept the fact that each of us has to serve up a big dose of tolerance in a community where there are 63,000+ members.

Thanks Anne.......

[shamrocks]

I can understand that the Op is concerned with children seeing something that is a little crude, but it is the job of the parents to monitor what their kids are doing online and off. My kids get on Yt with me sometimes but usually just to look at clothes and puppies pics. I find something’s offensive ( not on Yt) ,but we all have the right to ignore it.

[megansmomma]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

If we're really so worried about what young people would see on this forum, then we should be cencuring

How to conduct a breeding.
Posting UTubes on pups been born.....after all isn't the bitch's (yes the word bitch too) vaginal canal visable for all to see.

The bitch nursing pups; yep her teets are visable too.

A discussion went on yesterday, again, about a boys "lipstick" (which I find difficult to stomach, because we aren't using the correct terms, why? do find describing body parts by their correct terms distasteful?), being stuck.

I would think allowing a young person reading those threads a little bit more of a concern.

I didn't find it offensive at all but humorous. All I was trying to do is point out that there are plenty of people beside the ones that are being accused of being inappropriate that make innuendos and have talked about sex. We are all adults and just having a little fun.

[megansmomma]

Originally Posted by mojo

And that was the funny part. That show was being cancelled until she made such a tadoo about it, and then it became quite popular. I had never even seen that show until then.

And as for the sex thread and the pics, you don't have to look at them!! I just don't get it. I didn't read the sex thread because frankly I wasn't interested and I didn't click on the hog picture because I find the killing of animals objectionable, but I do not have the right to tell others they must agree with me and share my views! This is a public forum and we are in America and if you don't like it, simply don't look at it. Don't hide behind it might offend some children. Please, it offends you.

I totally agree!

[ryorkies]

First of all, I am not hiding behind anything. You have all missed the very reason for this thread to begin with. Yes, if was offensive to me, but this is a public forum and what is written here is open to the public, including small children. If this does not bother you, so be it. Obviously talking about your sex life, or lack there of, is more important than an impressionable child.
Not once did I say or state that you must share my views. I only asked that you be more respectful of the fact that you are sharing this forum with others. I did not ask you to stop your postings, only find a more responsible area for them.

Originally Posted by mojo

I do not have the right to tell others they must agree with me and share my views! This is a public forum and we are in America and if you don't like it, simply don't look at it. Don't hide behind it might offend some children. Please, it offends you.

[Breezeaway]

I dont have an agenda , I just think it is wrong to steal photos and post them as your own.
Like I said he has crossed the line so many times now it isn't funny anymore.

[AprilLove]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

The OP is speaking about the Marital S-E-X thread.

As far as Steve posting pics of Hogs, if you find them offensive don't read them.
He didn't post a pic of a dog that was his and if someone got their facts straight and visited another forum/list. He was conversing with the owner of a dog that looked like Carlo.

It does appear people do have a vendetta out for Steve. He has apologized on several occassions, but some just don't know how to let it go and it's become a contest to some people. How childish when people feel that because one takes up for a person on a vulnerable day (yes, the BD of the daughter he lost in a car accident 14 years ago), feel it's more about you like him more than you like me.....It's very visible, you don't have to be the sharpest knife in the drawer to see it. No one has bashed this person, as implied on the said thread.

He is apparently not the only one who some have focused a "vendetta" on.

I don't normally get into threads as this one, and thought long and hard about posting here . And if it makes me unpopular, so be it. But you keep referring to "this person" as if it is all her fault for politely asking for an offensive pics of dead animals not to be posted?
And then making it appear to be her fault for a certain member to threaten to leave the forum? How is this not attacking? And there are numerous posts by you in that thread making sly remarks about "this person" and how she was in the wrong, not knowing someone was having a bad day, yada yada. I would be happy to quote some of the posts here, if anyone would like to read what i am talking about. It is obvious who likes who and who doesn't like who, which is really not the point here at all. But you can sure figure it out when reading those posts, lol

Are we to be expected to be mind readers and know that a member lost a family member years ago and then assume when and whether to post a polite discussion about offensive pics? or let it slide that it happened?
I lost my brother, watched him die of cancer on a certain day years ago, and watched my mother die of cancer on a certain day years ago, not to mention others in my life, does that mean I expect all of you on the internet to know I am having a bad day because of the sadness it brings me each year on that day? NO I do not. I fully respect and have empathy for all who have lost children, siblings, parents, etc. I truly know just how hard it is.

This member you keep pointing out in a negative way, has been a member here for many years, LOVES animals, CARES about animals and is here only because of her BIG HEART for those precious animals. Why the push to keep putting blame on her? Who here really has the vendetta?

Food for thought, how much do we really know about anyone here?

Thanks for the opportunity to defend another member who deserves more respect than what has been shown here recently.
Good bye

[Breezeaway]

[manolos mom]

This Thread was started because of the Sex Thread. Bottom Line. If you have a problem with another member please send them a PM and straighten it out.