An open letter to Atlanta smokers of marijuana

[qan]

Dear Atlanta smoker of marijuana,

As an employee of the federal government working 6 days a week in a city I am unfamiliar with, I am at a loss to find what some might refer to in an amusing colloquialism as "the hookup." It is regarding this so-called hookup that I write you.

A hotel room is stuffy, and I have no way to relax in the short evenings that follow every 10 hour day. Can you help me find a way in which to relax?

I tenderly await your reply in the affirmative.

Very truly yours,
qan

[ZeUs!!]

We're not mental on the ideas of pornography and racism so I doubt we'd want to embrace drug dealing with open arms

[qan]

The post was neither pornography nor racism, however. It's certainly not what you mentioned, either -- perhaps you should re-read it?

[Jerome Scuggs]

yeah like anyone's going to tell you after you use the word "federal" in your job descript

[Facetious]

id scoff but ive bought through subspace before haha

[Subjugation]

We're not mental on the ideas of pornography and racism so I doubt we'd want to embrace drug dealing with open arms

I dunno about that, I'm a big fan of drug dealing and pornography. :turned:

Edit: Whoops, when you say "we," you mean TW Forum staff, don't you? Hah, sorry mate.

[ZeUs!!]

Once again, you cannot use the Trench Wars forums to score drugs

Edit: You're right the post wasn't pornography or racism, I was talking about the precedent staff has previously set

[qan]

What's the precedent staff has previously set? You're very vague about your nomenclature, mister gestapo. Thank god I'm in a position of power enough that you can't outright condescend to me as you do to most other forum goers.

Please read your rules:

http://forums.trenchwars.org/showthread.php?t=16740

[ZeUs!!]

I'm faced with a conumdrum. One the one hand I could let someone attempt to undermine the moderating procedures within the forums that I and my predecessors have spent... fucking ages building up, on the other hand I could continue to contribute to an already closed thread

What's the precedent staff has previously set? You're very vague about your nomenclature, mister gestapo. Thank god I'm in a position of power enough that you can't outright condescend to me as you do to most other forum goers.

Please read your rules:

http://forums.trenchwars.org/showthread.php?t=16740

The precedent that staff has set is quite clear, you should read the forums if you intend to both contribute and most importantly moderate them. The rules which are linked above clearly give an indication of the tone of the forums and admittedly don't encompass every single aspect of the devils of society within the western world, yet they don't specifically state 'post some great footpaths where you can rape people' but its highly unlikely the thread is going to last long. Here is an outline of the attitude if unsure: http://forums.trenchwars.org/showpos...6&postcount=54

You should also definately not be holding or wanting to hold a position of authority if you intend to use it even in the slightest to attempt to throw your weight around within the hierachy. Especially not within a hierachy such as the forums which is clearly outlined. Staff members are chosen on their willingness to do their job, not on their ability to hold authority over as many aspects of the game and as many people as possible (as to over-rule them), and so should focus on the task in hand

[qan]

I've read your additional post. I don't see its relevance, unless you are implying by that post that "what's beneficial to the forums" is legal, and everything else is illegal. Or that anything that does not fit in with "the ethos you've outlined above."

That is, if we're going to argue on legal, logical and philosophical terms, let's do so and eliminate any regard to subjective statements.

To decide "what is beneficial to the forums," or what fits with "the ethos outlined above," one must go through a very elaborate decision-making process. In the end, you wind up in the realms of extreme subjectivity (see your reference to someone being "really fucking annoying" for a prime example).

I challenge you to define in a logical argument showing how this post was not beneficial to the forums, or contrary to the ethos you have apparently defined in setting your rules. Do so. I will tear it apart. I'm not being arrogant; it's simply impossible.

Regarding authority, I was showing that you've been far more kind to me than you are to other forum-goers who might try to in your mind contradict your arbitrary and poorly-defined rules. (Thanks.)

Considering all this, you perhaps should have posted a memorandum along the lines of, "Whatever I consider subversive is against the rules," and done out with everything else. It may have been a more effective approach to what you've apparently intended.

[ZeUs!!]

You've pretty much questioned the rules of this board by repeating what I've said but in sarcastic tone, whilst taking the rules set as if they were in normal everyday society as opposed to an internet message board. I still don't get whats so hard to swallow about 'not trying to hook up with a dealer in a family friendly forum' and why you feel the need to question the very basis of the way the forums are run to justify yourself.

I challenge you to define in a logical argument showing how this post was not beneficial to the forums, or contrary to the ethos you have apparently defined in setting your rules. Do so. I will tear it apart. I'm not being arrogant; it's simply impossible.

OK, the ethos: My brief is to try and keep this forum as family friendly as possible owing to the nature of the game. How this post was not beneficial to the forums: You tried to hook yourself up with some drugs

I'm going to re-open this thread as the discussion as moved on from what was originally asked, and I feel the users of this forum should have a say in this

[Saturn V]

Yeah, my mom reads the threads. Please take your drug posts somewhere else, qan.

[Dabram]

Mike, the dude just wants some weed. Weed is very much family friendly, at least where I live. :<

[Zabuza]

If a whole "family" plays continuum and goes on thread, your family should be in therapy...

family friendly is for newbs, families can just go commit suicide for all i care <_<

[qan]

I apologize if you gathered my attempt to derive an argument from what you were referring to as a new set precedent as sarcasm. I was attempting to distill what you'd said down to the fundamental points, as one must do before one attempts a logical refutation of any complex (read: convoluted) argument that is not made up of premises deduced from a set of axioms -- in this case your rule set -- to form a valid conclusion. If those are not the fundamental points of your argument, your premises upon which you base your conclusion, please state them. Else we can continue.


Your last post appears to contain the following basic assumptions:

- The rules of internet message boards are subject to a different system of logic than standard rules sets found elsewhere. Therefore, they can't be discussed using standard forms of logic.

Before we can go any further on this, you will need to describe the differences between the two systems so that I can translate between the one I am familiar in and the rule system you describe that governs the logic of internet message board rules.

- The forums are and must be kept friendly to families.

This implies that there are some topics of discussion that are friendly to families, and some that are not, and that you can objectively define which is which. You seem to also insinuate that my post was not family-friendly. I ask you to back up your statement with a logical proof. As you formulate your thoughts, I also ask you to consider this potential hazard: marijuana is considered quite family-friendly in my family and many others. I've enjoyed it in the good company of parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and siblings. If you were to decide to ban the posting of such a message, I could reasonably argue that this would not be at all friendly to my family, and that you were violating your own vague, unwritten rule in doing so. Perhaps you mean to say, "friendly to my family, and families similar to mine," while simultaneously excluding other families from this open-armed friendliness.

- "Trying to hook yourself up with drugs" is not beneficial to the forums.

I ask you to define what is. What in the post is harmful to forum-goers and the forum itself? Once this is defined (objectively, please, without such nearly nonsensical, useless statements as "beneficial" and "family-friendly") I ask that you display your results, and afterward lock all threads defined as nonbeneficial.