Open post to Gerbilsquasher

[RETIRED]

This was posted by: Gerbilsquasher

Original Content: Quote:
I believe that the 'moderators' might remove this as they are equally bigoted as the government I am attempting to remove. Removing this thread is a violation of free speech, perpetuates suffering of carers of disabled children, discriminates on the basis of my status as a parent of a diasabled child and violates my civil rights. Removal of this thread will be reported to the Equal Opportunity Commission.

It was deleted and led to the post about Electioneering.

Websters definition of a bigot is as follows:

big·ot

noun \ˈbi-gət\
Definition of BIGOT

: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance

— big·ot·ed\-gə-təd\ adjective
— big·ot·ed·ly adverb

Gerbilsquasher,

We, the Administrators and Moderators of the Woodwork Forums, take extreme offence to being called bigoted. On no occasion has a post been deleted because of bias on our part.

There have been posts deleted BECAUSE of bigotry.

You know nothing of what goes on in our (Admins and Mods) lives and what we do in private life for a number of disabled and under privileged people.

I think you would be ashamed of what you have suggested if you did.

Your interpretation of "free speech" obviously includes being extremely offensive. Your right to "free speech" is written quite plainly in the rules if you had bothered to read them under this:

The owner, administrators and moderators of this Forums reserve the right to delete any message or members for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold blameless these Forums, U-Beaut Enterprises the administrators, moderators, and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s)

Your civil rights have not been violated and whilst we have sympathy for your plight this is not the Forum for the vitriolic response above.

We therefore respectfully suggest you post a public apology to us, the hardworking Admins and Moderators of this forum, by 11pm Saturday 27/11/2010 (ie election day).

Should this public apology not be forthcoming, we will deal with you the same way we deal with any other member of this forum who behaves contrary to the rules of this forum and contrary to the rules of acceptable behaviour in our society.

Respectfully yours,

Ian () Robertson.
Senior Admin on behalf of all the
Administrators and Moderators of
Woodwork Forums

[Foo]

Well said !

[Sturdee]

So come tonight you are going to squash the gerbil squasher.

Can we watch please.


Peter.

[jimbur]

Well said !

agreed

[artme]

Equal Opportunities Commission?? Surely this is a joke!!

Well said and well handled .

[jimbur]

So what's the verdict ? Did an apology appear?
Cheers,
Jim

[rsser]

Interesting logic: 'I look after a disabled child therefore you must allow me to say what I like'.

[RETIRED]

So what's the verdict ? Did an apology appear?
Cheers,
Jim

He has not logged on yet to see this. We will wait.

[Enfield Guy]

Very fair and equitable of you .

It seems to me that we all have our issues to deal with in life, some more serious than others. There is however one important thing to remember, we are in Australia, a bit like winning the first prize in the lottery of life, regardless of our individual circumstances.

Consider what would happen if an individual was in the same circumstances in a country with lesser social services or with a less inclusive society. I can certainly think of plenty of places where I or others would be worse off than here. The list of counties where I or others might be better off is a much shorter list in my humble view.

Cheers

[damian]

My partner is basically bedridden. I spend most of my waking hours looking after her (which is why I don't get much wood work done). Not looking for any special treatment. Bit of understanding is nice.

I expect I'm not an island.

This forum is free, and tremendously valuable for the poeple who read it. The mods can (and do) give me a pull through when I overstep, and that's just fine.

Seriously, get over yourself. You want to excercise your free speach book some space in saturdays paper.

You give carers a bad name...

[rsser]

True 'nuff.

The mods do a helluva lot of work to keep this forum at the level of quality it has and they're entitled to make a call.

I admin a small Google Group; don't mod but do warn. Get push back from maybe one or two members out of 60. My rule is 3 strikes and they're banned forever.

[ravna]

Onya .....methinks you are tooooo polite.

[Sebastiaan56]

Threats dont work do they? Keep up the good work mods!

[robbygard]

Onya .....methinks you are tooooo polite.

no .. i think he has it just right ... acknowledging and sympathising with someone who is obviously frazzled and maybe at wits end, but firmly observing that the forum is a privately owned resource which has rules and rightly demands respect from its participants

regards david

[Grumpy John]

Maybe the Gerbil's have struck back, no apologies appear to have been forthecoming.