What a great "read" to educate people about the origin and importance of disco

[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by Bernie

Quinny,

Did you read what Johan correctly said above? I'd heed that advice and watch your words.

What can I say??? Is it MY problem that he can't deal with my ascerbic wit? Gosh! It's almost like being a school child again at the age of 56. I'm certainly being treated like one, n'est-ce pas?

Bernie: Can a Leopard change its spots?

[needlefingers]

Well, I am trying to keep my mouth shut……..

Much as it chokes me to say it, I agree with Quinny. And I am angry at discomusic.com for making me admit it.

I’m sorry, but I just don’t think the whole moderator system works. I never thought it would.

Bernie, if you needed someone to help with the forums in regards to moving posts to proper places, welcoming new people and paying some attention to unanswered posts, I could understand that. My main focus here has been to try and be of help and to learn that which I may have missed in the disco craze.

But now it has been whittled down to just a few of you who are now threatening, militaristic in your orders and just trying to sanitize everyone into one line of thinking or relaying their thoughts.

In essence, Quinny’s view that there is only one side speaking has been pushed further to favor his argument; thus allowing him to win. Do we really want to belong to a website where Quinny wins?

In the first place, Quinny can take care of himself, and we can take care of Quinny. He always exposes his true self. Let him continue.

In the second place, I have not seen other members (including Remicks and Markydefad) ever post anything that was so inflammatory that someone else could have chosen to answer in kind or ignore.

Because someone blows up, or follows up in a sarcastic manner, is no reason to clamp chains on our keyboards. It happens in every fan-based website. I’ve blown up on this board before. So has Videoskooter.

And Johan, I like you, but I have seen some nasty posts from you on the political forum. Posts, that by your standards today, would get you banned. Is there a difference in the way we can post in one forum over another?

You guys keep pushing “English Only” on this board. Well English is the recognized language of the free world. And in a free world, freedom of speech implies good speech and bad speech. Even speech we disagree with.

I’m not saying you can’t have standards, recognizing bad language or reigning in people whose argument has already been expressed. But I didn’t see any reason for removing those three posts from the other thread yesterday; including the one that was mine. That was just a move to sanitize the board. I write editorial letters that are more succinct and have been published in many New York City newspapers time and time again.

I think there are followers of discomusic.com, both registered and non-registered, who check in regularly, not just for information, but the daily soap opera that we sometimes get ourselves caught up in. Isn’t that real life?

The idea that I have to consider what I post makes me less likely to post, and even more likely to not bother posting at all.

And to learn that the moderators have a private forum in which to discuss members and their posts makes me less likely to trust that my post will be acceptable to even fewer people than were moderating a week ago.

Please recognize that I am not trying to attack anyone personally by posting this. I am giving my opinion about the whole moderator system, which I hope you will reconsider.

As another member said earlier, “he governs best who governs least.”

And I did post here in response to Quinny’s post, and hope you will not feel the need to move it or remove it.

Respectfully (for now),

Needlefingers


The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers ...

- Princess Leia, Star Wars

[Bernie]

Needlefingers,

Points well taken.

[garrybcoston]

Wow! Quinny and the Jets? We're being bombed! I saw no harm in Vinny's delivery but then the Brits have ways of saying things that us Yanks are not accustomed to (being that I lived in Britain for a couple of years); so I wouldn't take Vinny's terse responses to heart.

Have a great New Year everybody! There's worse things to get in a huff about.

Garry