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Originally posted by ted
Pelican is a car parts business.
Anything beyond talking car parts here has become a liability.
If one customer is lost due to the OT board it should be shut down.
If one customer’s perception is that any thread anywhere is too controversial it should be deleted.
If the OT board is shut down and OT posts migrate to technical boards those members should be banned.
It is not censorship for sake of differing opinions. It is censorship to protect the future of a person’s livelihood.
How he supports his family, his employees, pays his bills and taxes.
Shame on the OT board members that presume they should be permitted to compromise any of that.
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While you are free to offer your view, I staunchly disagree. And this from someone who is VERY sensitive to liability issues. This is not the same as a "work truck" or any other traditional advertising medium. This is an online community, and people now have expectations and understandings. People know that an OT forum is just that. Well, evidently at least one person doesn't "get it", and got their panties in a wad over something they read here. That imho is petty and pathetic.
I would offer that if Wayne did not have this BBS (the entire BBS), he would not have as thriving a business. Period. Why has this BBS been so successful? The community that has spontaneously formed is eclectic, vibrant, and largely well behaved. Part of that mix is a cast of characters that spend time in OT. And Milt is exactly right that it keeps the crap off the other boards, so it serves an important purpose in a community made up of thinking, creative, insane people.
I was in that thread, and think I know what posts pissed of the individual. Frankly, they weren't that bad...poorly chosen, and offensive, but not the end of the world (unless I missed one towards the end).
This is an odd place with an add relationship between Wayne and the board. He functions as "dad" on occasion, but he and the moderators do far less work here than in any other bbs I participate in. But everybody makes mistakes, and everybody overreacts from time to time.
In short, I think that the OT forum is a necesary outlet for some of the more insane of our group. If it is removed, then either the noise on the main boards will go back up, or people will leave. Now some people might say "who cares?", but I think that all the members of this place are important...not just the "cool ones" with the cool cars...membership here is not based onexclusivity. Hell, I'd even be happy to have BigBPainta back...
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