Dingo appears to have been on some serious smack last night so I moved the two threads he started in the 'Serious' section (one thread OB closed and the one I just closed) to the 'Laugh I nearly started' section as they seemed so much more appropriate there. What is he on?
TL.
Not sure why we closed "Expenses Scandal" seems a little heavy handed.
Mainly as it was a meaningless post trawling an already closed thread in a topic meant for Serious comment? I think that was why.
TL.
Agreed.
We're on a tight mandate with the Seriously Though section to keep it just that. The moderators have been asked to police is heavily so it doesn't become just another banter thread.
We've been draconian on keeping that thread clean and we should continue to do so imo. I for one, will continue to delete any posts which fall outside the No Bull, No Banter guidelines.
So I would suggest moving it. Closing it seem like we are try to suppress free speech.
At the end of the day sometimes we need to close threads to show it is not a type of discussion that we want on our boards. Members can still post new topics if they feel sleighted, the closure sends a message but does not limit their response. We rarely use closures, so hopefully it is not seen as supression, otherwise we'd never use it at all.