I have not pointed fingers at particular people in my post, so if you feel you have been unfairly marked out you must have misunderstood. Indeed, your entire post demonstrates a regrettable lack of perspicacity. "Move on if that's how you feel". Your point has already been dealt with. I can only assume you haven't read the thread or you would have seen that it has been dealt with not once already but twice.Posted by starsmoonmtns (here)
I have never said anything about censorship, IMHO this entire thread should never have been produced.... move on if that's how you feel.Posted by Seikou-Kishi (here)
I am sick to the back teeth of the petulant complaints about members leaving, being banned or suspended from the forum. This forum's moderators and administrators have a heavy duty upon them to ensure that the forum is a healthy and focused place in which to discuss its very important topics — if that means they lose your favour, so be it; they have greater considerations.
You're all so quick to say how awful the 'censorship' is here at Avalon as soon as somebody objects to the way in which you tear it down in your posts, but Avalon is, as has so often been mentioned, not a free house or a free-for-all. This is Bill's forum and we are here in his house to share our experiences and our thoughts. If you do not like Bill or his house rules, stop bitching about them both and leave.
I can say it not more directly: if you dislike how Avalon is run, leave.
It really should show you that there is no censorship here at Avalon when you can berate it endlessly and with impunity. If you still think there's censorship here, though, you owe it to yourself to leave, and you owe it to us to leave us in peace.
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To all:
If my first post in this thread seems confrontational I must apologise. It is not my purpose to cause disharmony and I regret any that might arise as a result of my post. I am not here to make enemies, and no matter how heated our discussions may get I will never consider any of you to be my enemies. No resolution to this conflict would please me more than for those who feel there is too much censorship here at Avalon to take a moment to reflect and realise that their judgements may have been erroneous and to quietly move on (with us, if they feel able).
I hope we at Avalon never see the day in which people are so entrenched in an argument that they cannot rationally evaluate another's opinion. I hope that people do not feel a need to argue their side simply because it is there side, or to fight their corner because they feel they've been pushed into it. So I'd say to all who believe we have no freedom of speech or opinion here: is that what you truly believe? Do you really believe that the moderators do not have a duty to maintain the quality here and to modify certain posts or to ask them to be modified?
None of us is perfect. We can all sometimes behave in ways which at other times we might be ashamed of. Let's not give these small things greater prominence than they deserve. Let's not, when we argue, become intractable.