Re: Rabid Linux "fans" threating users is unacceptable

bapoumba said: 9 posts were removed. I've also removed posts quoting the ones going to be deleted. Editing them out would not make any sense.

Please keep the discussion constructive, thanks.

Thread reopened.

You edited out a side of the conversation, because it conflicted with your interests? Major abuse of power. I find it ironic you believe in Free software, and censorship at the same time.

Honestly, I don't care who uses what. And sometimes, flaming is warranted. If someone doesn't research something before they buy it, or is a die-hard fanboy, I see no problem in flaming them out.

Sometimes I think this "politically correct" society we live in is much too out of hand. Baby feeding someone forever is ridiculous, our society's babied behavior and ability to not buck-up and face the real world is just plain ridiculous. I am not in favor of flaming out people who are ignorant, but I am in favor of flaming out people who are stupid.

Ignorant - Not having a knowledge of all of the facts; oblivious.

Stupid - Ignoring common sense situations, and failing to do something of the common thought known to be required to do something.

These words can't be used interchangeably.

Post #30 copied from this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6569207

For the admins: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6571278 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1042257

I will look at this and come back soon

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Flaming etc is expressly forbidden under the code of conduct for Ubuntu Forums. The COC also prescribes what will happen with such posts.

The moderator are appointed by the Forum Council and are given delegated authority to to enforce the COC.

Therefore it is not an abuse of power to do so and in this case the staff concerned have acted appropriately.

It is also worth noting that UF is a support Forum for Ubuntu therefore there is going to many occasions where people are going to visit here for help that have very little knowledge of Linux.It is therefore inappropriate to insult and harass these people and in fact any visitor to these Forums.

Grant A. said: And sometimes, flaming is warranted. If someone doesn't research something before they buy it, or is a die-hard fanboy, I see no problem in flaming them out.

I simply want to support what Kiwi said and reiterate that in our forums, flaming is never warranted nor welcome.