Thing is drac - he was behaving Ok this time - really no worse than quite a few of the regulars. fair point tho
The thing with Fred i could never get is he seemed to be on here literally constantly during waking hours......very odd 😯
Tron - generally leftist? I find it rather right wing myself.
Would you like to borrow my tinfoil hat?
He gets away with a lot.
Thats because he is a great big cuddly bear of a man who gives lovely hugs if you ask him nicely. [img] 
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Guess I should really have added.
The staff don't necessarily do the moding, while they may have the overall say at times a lot of the 'active' mods are volunteers who have other jobs, interests and generally may not be around. When they get an email they will filter through the important ones I guess and Fred wanting unbanned, again, is probably not a priority to them.
TJ - you said I could borrow the hat next. Typical right wingist attitude if you ask me 😕
a lot of the 'active' mods are volunteers
How were they chosen?
[i]You'll have to point out to me a post of his where he isn't doing that![/i]
Isn't everyone doing this all of the time you tossers?
I have had to moderate a forum, as a part of my job. The problem with fred types is they generate too much work. If someone has been banned before I would have to watch them more closely to make sure they don't do it again. If they are on most threads all day then it can take quite a lot of time checking their chat history. Especially if they try to avoid swear filters and other "hot" words. Most people don't need to be monitored so you can get on with other work to make the site better for everyone else. If you spend half a day checking one person who can behave in an unacceptable way it would probably be in the interest of the forum/site to ban them. That way the site can be better for all the other members.
[i]Thing is drac - he was behaving Ok this time - really no worse than quite a few of the regulars. fair point tho [/i]
He was for him certainly, even when someone insulted him. But looks like they weren't prepared to give him the chance this time.
personally, i don't give a toss
i find it amusing that a banning results in a discussion/bun fight of this magnitude. it has more posts than most bike related threads 🙂
It's more entertaining when he's here. Just like it was more entertaining when glupton was here. And would be less entertaining if TJ got banned. That said I'm happy just to read the arguments, I'm too lazy to join in with them, so maybe that's why I don't find such people frustrating?
I find it rather right wing myself.
It's all relative. You're looking from a position somewhere to the left of Tony Benn 😉
just to clear things up a bit.
in my post as bombadillo, i asked why soft lefties were attacking a politician (mr griffin)
teej, ernie and a few others took this to be rascist.
i then proceded to wind them up for a while, until ernie verbaly attacked me saying i was a rascist.
i asked him to show me where i had been rascist ( i had not)
he failed to show me where i had been rascist.
i was banned for a week. 8)
I'm pretty sure thgere will be a lot more going on behind the scenes that we aren't privy too...
Yes there is, as Talky has just told me. Quite amusing I must say...
The thing with Fred i could never get is he seemed to be on here literally constantly during waking hours......very odd
Quite amazingly, mobile phones can be used nowadays to access the internet. Yowsers, what next eh? 😉
So you were banned for trolling by the sounds.
mrmichaelwright:personally, i don't give a toss
+1.
I remember the thread!
Didn't know you got banned for it 😯
Blimey, best not say anything about anything again. EVER.
drac.......yes, i think.
and to this day, teej and ernie have never....NEVER...proven me to be rascist... 8)
Ton - what about the gypsies? I seem to remeber you being very racist about them.
"in my post as bombadillo, i asked why soft lefties were attacking a politician (mr griffin)" And once again ton, you're shooting yourself in the foot. Nick Griffin is not a politician, he's a nazi c**t, and by describing the people who are prepared to stand up and say so
as 'soft lefties' you come over as well, if not racist, certainly reactionary.
teej.......show me where.
and is my gran irish/roma??
mitch.......was he elected??
Think Talke started using the ponce word repeatedly again IIRC in some thread last week in a 'debate' with someone who obviously supported the Tories.
someone who obviously supported the Tories.
far more worthy of a ban than being a bit sweary
😉 <- this indicates a degree of irony to my post people, let's not get offended
Ton - what about the gypsies? I seem to remeber you being very racist about them.
The opposite he always goes apesh1t on the abuse given to gypsies
EDIT:for the reason above
he's a nazi c**t
But your opinion of him doesn't alter the fact he IS a politician - the leader of a recognised political organisation irrespective or whether or not you agree with their views. I sometimes wonder (given how many times you have repeated yourself calling him that particular schoolyard name) how much you understand about politics and our democratic political system.
"a lot of the 'active' mods are volunteers"How were they chosen?
This is not a democracy.
ton - we've been there before. I dont give a fiddlers **** whether he was elected, we both know that it was done dishonestly, we both know he's a lying nazi tossbag, and what I dont get is why you seem so keen to defend him.
ton, haven't you been ringing and emailing people and threatening them after disagreements on here? That's what I heard. Naughty thing.
mitch....i agree with you, i aint defending him.
i never did. 8)
dd, who??
Yay... someones bitten.
Give them all a hug Ton...
Nick Griffin is not a politician, he's a nazi <deleted>,
You're free to hold that opinion of him, but by expressing it on here in that way you're breaking the forum rules in a way that standing up for him isn't.
Maybe I'm mistaken ton...I always thought you were a reasonable chap, but not to be messed with, if you know what I mean 😉
"a lot of the 'active' mods are volunteers"
How were they chosen?
This is not a democracy.
I know but can I at least know the rules?
Old school tie..live in Tod and friendly with certain bike builder, who you know not what you know or clock up x hours per week tell me tell me
aracer - some things are worth getting banned for. This is just an internet forum, after all.
What's a cock-monkey anyway?
If anyone tells me to look in the mirror, I'll be dealing with them à la ton. 🙂
Ton - on the gypsies then perhaps I have confused you with someone else in which case I apologise.
as for racist stuff. here is one thread of yours that was closed for being racist. However I couldn't find the thread I was looking for and I can't find bombadillo at all
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/blokes-from-china-or-some-****ing-whereo
[i]Quite amazingly, mobile phones can be used nowadays to access the internet. Yowsers, what next eh?
Surely that doenst make a difference, you would still have to be on to STW all day whether it is via your phone/laptop/pc.... 🙄
teej, where on that post do i say anything rascist.
hes a bulb end but i like him 🙂
teej, where on that post do i say anything rascist.
ton, stop frickin' splitting hairs will ya!
(and please don't come round and beat me up for that 🙁 )
Ton - if you don't understand as you clearly don't then I cannot explain. The entire tone is racist.
A I said tho - I may have been confusing you with someone else so as well as what you have done you get the blame for others sins as well as your own. For that I apologise.
You did use another user name to troll in a possible racist and certainly xenophobic fashion which is very much against the rules. You have had multiple threads closed for breaches of the rules. You are still here.
Fred has broken the rules far less but gets banned
