Personal Attacks And Abusive Language Will Not Be Tolerated

[AB Editor]

"We understand that debates get heated, but personal attacks and abusive language will not be tolerated"

Can we all calm down a bit please?

I've been written to several times about how abrasive and aggressive this section has become.

Several have pointed out that the language in particular has become childish and brutish, with name calling and hyperbole being especially annoying.

So let's calm down a bit. Let's stop calling people "traitors to britain" and "friends of jihad" or similarly rude things.

If you can't make your opinion felt without resorting to these personal attacks, then you'll likely be met with suspension, or banning.

All the best,

Ed

[mikey4444]

TTT...I don't really object to you using rhyming slang, even if you made it up. Some of it can be amusing but sometimes the use of it makes your posts so obscure, as to defeat the point of them in the first place.

[Mamyalynne]

Mikey, I think that goes to show that the site is fair and recognises that some posters have both merit and failings too.

However it does beg the question , how far should any poster be allowed to go and how many chances offered?

[jackthehat]

This isn't a democracy and neither is it a Private Member's Club......and the only things we can do are 'Report' abusers and keep our own comments in check.

There's no point in being just as splenetic as another ABer and then complaining when one is similarly suspended.

[jno]

nobody's forced to retaliate; it's a website, not a shoot-out. If people are abusive, report them, don't try to out-abuse them.

[Gromit]

The rhyming slang is different from abusive and brutist posts.
It is harmless but many posters find it annoying. It often takes threads off course as posters are distracted by it, some post about not understanding what has been posted, then others have to explain, and them more others complaing about it.

[Jackdaw33]

Treading on eggshells is a piece of cake compared to posting in news.

[mikey4444]

I am not sure Mamy but I would have thought that being suspended on previous 14 occasions and then being let back in is extraordinarily generous.

[anotheoldgit]

Islay

/// There is no need for it - the only reason it continues is to wide people up! ///

Is that the reason for weight increase? :0)

[mikey4444]

jno...in principle I agree but reporting doesn't always work in my experience.

[Jackdaw33]

AOG, flippancy will not be tolerated here. You must realise that by now.

[naomi24]

As my old auntie would say, "This place is like Casey's Court!" Anyone coming out to play?

[Jackdaw33]

LOL @ Casey's Court. I remember that. The other one was Paddy's market (may have been a local thing).

[anotheoldgit]

jackthehat

/// There's no point in being just as splenetic as another ABer and then complaining when one is similarly suspended. ///

Couldn't agree more providing the instigator is suspended or otherwise disciplined first.

[anotheoldgit]

jno

/// If people are abusive, report them, don't try to out-abuse them. ///

And if one's report sees no action taken?

[ladybirder]

In spite of all this, I still think the News Section, informative, combative, funny. whatever, is by far the best section on AB. Long may it thrive say I.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

Regarding rhyming slang, just like any other understandable posts, one can always skip the reading of them.

[Gromit]

I know that AOG :-

[Svejk]

Well said, LB. I'm sick of seeing the same posters popping up (in cliques) not to debate the subject matter, but just to criticize certain posters and the general tone of the debate.
This thread was a gift to them.

[Svejk]

Well said, LB. I'm sick of seeing the same posters popping up (in cliques) not to debate the subject matter, but just to criticize certain posters and the general tone of the debate.
This thread was a gift to them.

[-Talbot-]

Jackdaw33
LOL @ Casey's Court. I remember that. The other one was Paddy's market (may have been a local thing).




Or a black and white Telly thing?




Maybe those who think reporting doesn't work should give this a thought ...

Perhaps what you are reporting is petty or even done for malicious reasons and that is why it is ignored?