don't you have somewhere better to be than trying to arrogantly force this forum into being what YOU think it should be?Cardsfan wrote:So when I post the name of a competitor's business, that gets deleted immediately. Looks like the rules of the User Agreement get enforced very selectively.
what made YOU so special?
maybe next time you swagger into a place, you should learn a bit about it before trying to make it into what you want...
if you did so, you'd come across things like this:
and then you wouldn't waste everybody's time, and stir up shit with your attempts to control things.johnnygoodman wrote:My approach to moderating cpaptalk is well known. Here's the basic rational:
Beware the person who wishes to legislate the morality and the behavior of his neighbor. Respect the person who accepts as responsibility, duty and sacred privilege the task of successfully moderating his own behavior. People who can do this are rare beacons of light. It is easy to point the finger "elsewhere" and imagine a utopia will result. It is hard to do the work and take responsibility to make your first utopia internal. Paraphrasing Ghandi - be the change you wish to see in the world.
There are no rules, no distant moderator, no respected member of the community that can legislate or moderate away our own foul dispositions. If this were not true, one of the many forms of government our forefathers have tried would have worked. For another example of the rhetoric used by people who advocate such a position, read literature from those favoring prohibition before its enactment. These people believed sincerely in their cause, they had good intentions and were good people but their actions were doomed to failure from the start.
How does all of that lofty philosophy play out in real life? In the most basic terms,
I'm trading value for value. I provide the domain, the hosting, the software and the moderation of CPAPtalk in accordance with my set of beliefs regarding human nature and business. You may use it free of charge, you may find a better board or you may start your own.
There will be no additional moderators on CPAPtalk. The core values of this board will continue to govern it. Love your neighbor and be a neighbor others can love.
if you don't like it here, go find a forum that fits your needs and wants... quit pissing in our pool.
 
                 
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
			 
	









