[Rocking4Epilepsy]

Lets all be nice...
We are all here for support not to try and aggravate one another...
Life is to dang short...

((((((Thelma)))))))Big hugs for you

Thelma,

No one told you to shut up. The post was closed because the dead horse was beaten and to give Doc John the opportunity to review it before posting the final Terms of Service.

You made a lot of valid points in that thread. However, you also made a lot of not so nice statments as well. Some of them did border on potentially offensive. However, no one is censoring you. What you have to say is important and is being listened to.

[BobbyB]

thelma thelma thelma

you can come hang out with me i guess,,,lol

[Thelma]

Oh Bobby Bobby Bobby
Where in the world can we go to find understanding.

What is deemed "offensive" to me is name calling eg profanity directed at one who is named

I am only one human being and this site is not really at this time my cup of
tea. Needs too much sugar to run. Sugar is not the fuel of the soul.

Put that picture back up as it was directed to me and I saw the humour and had a good laugh although the one with his lips sewn shut was a bit too harsh. i have a good imagination so I could feel the pain he must have suffered through at the hands of his detractors.

Detractors thats a good word eh

I know you aren't one and I hope I am not either but then it takes soul searchilng to determine that.

I don't believe in the soul theory

So maybe these detractors are a figment of my growing senile brain

Anyway back to my tea and biscuits at least they sustain me

Sustain now that's a good word too eh what

Can you sustain a post

Can you sustain a life

Can you sustain a desire to keep on fighting these warsl

Wow Bobby

The big question

Can you sustain desire ???????????????????????????????????/

[BobbyB]

Originally Posted by Thelma

Oh Bobby Bobby Bobby
Where in the world can we go to find understanding.

What is deemed "offensive" to me is name calling eg profanity directed at one who is named

I am only one human being and this site is not really at this time my cup of
tea. Needs too much sugar to run. Sugar is not the fuel of the soul.

Put that picture back up as it was directed to me and I saw the humour and had a good laugh although the one with his lips sewn shut was a bit too harsh. i have a good imagination so I could feel the pain he must have suffered through at the hands of his detractors.

Detractors thats a good word eh

I know you aren't one and I hope I am not either but then it takes soul searchilng to determine that.

I don't believe in the soul theory

So maybe these detractors are a figment of my growing senile brain

Anyway back to my tea and biscuits at least they sustain me

Sustain now that's a good word too eh what

Can you sustain a post

Can you sustain a life

Can you sustain a desire to keep on fighting these warsl

Wow Bobby

The big question

Can you sustain desire ???????????????????????????????????/

if you know how you can.

glad you saw them funny 2

[Thelma]

All Moderators at Braintalk2

I do not need a Mother figure to watch over me or anticipate anyones motives for posting to me.

Stop worrying and wondering at the content of the posts being put up and get on with job you are here for.

No one can read minds or elaborate on what is said unless you are in personal contact and can ask the questions required to make such judgements.

What is wrong here. Do you all feel insecure to the point of having to have 2or 3 or 4 of you getting involved in what you ASSUME will happen.

Assumptions have to be based on past performances and that is why the installation of moderators is too soon to be installed here.

There is nothling for you to moderate at this time and you can try but you can't manufacture some out of thin air.

So sit down and take a break and try and just read till you understand from where we are coming from.

It has taken years to build the relationships that are here in the few people from Braintalk who have come over and I think you don't understand the gist of what these friendships entail. It will take time.

Remember too many cooks spoil the dish.

[annie]

thelma, don't you dare shut up. you are the voice of conscience for many.

i don't always agree with you, but you always make me think about my position. sometimes you change my mind, generally not. but you always make me think.

dangerous stuff, thinking.

[Addy]

Originally Posted by Thelma

All Moderators at Braintalk2

So sit down and take a break and try and just read till you understand from where we are coming from.

It has taken years to build the relationships that are here in the few people from Braintalk who have come over and I think you don't understand the gist of what these friendships entail. It will take time.

Remember too many cooks spoil the dish.

BRAVO! Thelma Bravo!
thank you, thank you for all that you have said on the subject of moderation

Mods:

To interpret the written word, we all pull from our life's experiences thus far.
Some take offense, some defense...some care, some don't care...... some agree, some disagree... and often, the words are twisted, misconstrued and misunderstood.

We are a GLOBAL community.

It takes exceptional skill and training to moderate a forum of this magnitude.

[swift]

I agree that Bobby's posts could have been taken two ways, but from a cursory glance at the forums you can see the sort of relationship that Thelma and Bobby have.

It does beg the question of 'who's definition of offensive?', which is a problem in all forums, and generally has to be shaped by the users and moderators listening to each other over a period of time.

On the sites where I do moderate, I take the time to read every single post, partially to get a feel for how member x relates to member y - it may not be possible as these forums grow, but taking a look at peoples' previous relationships isn't too hard to do.

Swift