Post by Don Barone on Sept 21, 2003 21:00:50 GMT -5
Hi All:
You are all probably saying, rules ? I hate rules ! Well trust me so do I, however in order for any forum to survive there has to be a few.
The list of rules on this site will be kept to a minimum.
1) The Golden Rule ! Treat the others as you honestly would like to be treated yourself. I seriously doubt if any of us would want some of our inner most thoughts and opinions to be called stupid or idiotic or childish or uninformed or any number of other words I have seen on other boards. Remember like you, all the posters have feelings and we can all be hurt. A simple suggestion, think before you post. All of us have formed our opinions from our own personal research. Please take this into account when about to criticize the poster and not the post.
2) This board will be as close to a democracy as I can make it. All decisons made by any of the moderators
You are all probably saying, rules ? I hate rules ! Well trust me so do I, however in order for any forum to survive there has to be a few.
The list of rules on this site will be kept to a minimum.
1) The Golden Rule ! Treat the others as you honestly would like to be treated yourself. I seriously doubt if any of us would want some of our inner most thoughts and opinions to be called stupid or idiotic or childish or uninformed or any number of other words I have seen on other boards. Remember like you, all the posters have feelings and we can all be hurt. A simple suggestion, think before you post. All of us have formed our opinions from our own personal research. Please take this into account when about to criticize the poster and not the post.
2) This board will be as close to a democracy as I can make it. All decisons made by any of the moderators
can be challenged by the rest of the posters. If any poster, heaven forbid, should get banned that decision, unlike on all other boards I have ever visited, will be open to discussion on this board and I will welcome any input you may have on any of mine or Charlotte's decisons. This board is more about what you feel and think as opposed to what has been found in concrete. It may be black or white but here we will try to discover why it is white or black. Much more important in my eyes.
3) Nothing will be off topic. I say this with a bit of trepitation and hope that you guys can resist the urge to test my resolve and not turn this into a porno site. Needless to say it must remain PG-13 as my daughter will from time to time read it and I don't want to do any additional explaining to her.
As for cuss words and the like she has heard most of them so that in itself is not taboo but seriously I would hope that our vocabularies are above that.
4) Open minded. I would hope that we can all be openminded enough to allow others to share what they have learnt. We have all travelled a different road to arrive where we are today and all our opinions are based on our own personal truths and you know really those are the only ones that matter.
5) HAVE FUN !!!! That is not a request nor a suggestion, but an order !
Sincere Best Regards
Don Barone as per Charlotte
3) Nothing will be off topic. I say this with a bit of trepitation and hope that you guys can resist the urge to test my resolve and not turn this into a porno site. Needless to say it must remain PG-13 as my daughter will from time to time read it and I don't want to do any additional explaining to her.
As for cuss words and the like she has heard most of them so that in itself is not taboo but seriously I would hope that our vocabularies are above that. 4) Open minded. I would hope that we can all be openminded enough to allow others to share what they have learnt. We have all travelled a different road to arrive where we are today and all our opinions are based on our own personal truths and you know really those are the only ones that matter.
5) HAVE FUN !!!! That is not a request nor a suggestion, but an order !
Sincere Best Regards
Don Barone as per Charlotte
