ttbn, mate, I gladly side with you many times on many topics, BUT, because this forum is hosted by those who are overly politically correct, and have definite and hard core views about certain subjects, races or creeds, I have pulled back, but not because I want to, because they are bullies and love throwing their weight around.
I have indicated that now I have realised how worthless this forum is in encouraging free speech and open discussions, but one of PC and oppression, I focus on other forums, but in the meantime looking at my own free speech medium in the form of visual and audio, thereby encouraging people to speak freely and candidly, and if they felt the need to abuse someone they can, because that is what THEY felt was necessary to make the point.
You are quite right about certain commentors, which you have already mentioned, and you are quite right in that it lowers the tone of this medium to a suck-fest, where everyone is telling each other how wonderful they are and continually agreeing with them even getting personal.
Someone, (the adjudicators) should get off their biased asses and instead of pulling people for using certain words, or language, which are quite acceptable in a court of law these days, and ping the ones you mention.
BTW, I have heard a whisper that OLO emanates from a law firm?
Any thoughts, comments or wait for it,..................OPINIONS?

If Foxy's last attempt at a comment, is any example, then we can now see what I and ttbn are trying to expose.
Where is continuity and administration of equality here.
No this forum is biased, but that's OK, we have known it for a long time and at least now we can finally confirm it once and for all.
Carry on.

ALTRAV,

So, let me get this straight.

You and ttbn should be allowed to say whatever you
guys want. Even abuse people - because that's merely
making a point. If the rest of us do it - we're
biased? Or "suck ups?"

You say that you believe in encouraging people to
speak "freely and candidly" except for me and others
of course. We're just "suck ups". Because our opinions
don't agree with yours or ttbn's.

OK. You say you believe in encouraging people to speak
freely and candidly (except for me of course - I get it),
and you even add that if people felt the need to abuse
someone you believe they can because that is what they
felt was necessary to make the point. Of course in your
mind it seems that it only applies to yourself and ttbn -
the rest of us - you guys find objectionable.

Seems to me that what you're expressing here is mainly
confirming your own biases - nothing more.
And your want the moderators of this forum to allow you
to continue to to just that. Otherwise you will continue
to call them names. Or start your own forum.

Right - it's crystal clear now - We get it.

Good luck with that.

Foxy, once more you get it wrong.
My so called indiscretions are justifiable because I am responding to something needing correction or highlighting.
All my descriptions are rhetorical and attempting to describe the authors intentions rather than her personally.
By calling someone a "maggot", do you seriously believe I actually mean she is a maggot?
Really?
I use words and phrases I am used to you use words and phrases you have been told to use, that's the difference.
I speak Australian, I have no idea what language you're talking.
Oh wait a minute, of course, it's PC!
Sorry, don't know that language.

ALTRAV,

No. the language that most of us use on this forum
is not PC. That's your interpretation and excuse
for foul language.

What you call PC we call
good manners and civility. And the language that
you use usually comes from someone with a limited
vocabulary and education. Who never learned to speak
English properly.

Using what's
considered as - "swear words" most people out grow.
Or they certainly don't use those words in every day
speech of in their correspondence.
And words like "maggots" to describe women you
don't know - or referring to female historians
as - " petulant prostitutes" sorry - those are not
terms that any normal person would use.
And no - it's not
"Australian"- to do so. Unless you're referring to
some - simple-minded - thugs or bogans -
who haven't developed very far mentally.

Same as - referring to people as -
"mental retards", and calling them a litany of all kinds of
derogatory names - is not normally part of
a normal persons speech. Yet you make excuses for it being
part of yours, and you object by the moderators of this
forum for pulling you up on it. You see to be under
the illusion that you don't have to comply by the rules
of this forum like the rest of us.

You've already being banned from this forum several times -
yet you appear not to have learned anything.
You have a tendency to always point
out the faults in others. Never acknowledging your own.

No wonder most people here avoid inter-acting with you.
It's a pointless waste of time talking to someone who
has a foul - mouth, and is never wrong.

Foxy, you use far too many words and expend far too much energy and effort to say the obvious.
Sometimes, very little, certainly things we have already heard.
If I am mature enough to accept who I am, I expect others to do the same, or simply ignore me, I don't force myself on anyone.
You seem far too emotional to be on forums, if you are so sensitive to someones OPINION!
As for the language I use, I will ask you to refrain from making any judgement calls about something you do not know about, have not been exposed to, or experienced yourself.
Whether or not YOU consider me to be a neanderthal, only makes for a bit of levity and nothing else.
If I have to defend myself or explain my descriptions, I suggest you look them up in the dictionary, where you will find that most of them are apt descriptions in keeping with the message.
The ones that are not, I choose to take license in using them to assist me in driving home the point, which will be relative to the intensity of the word used.
So once again Foxy, PLEASE ignore my postings.
I have shown you the courtesy and respect you have shown me and others, so I have nothing to be concerned about, although you, on the other hand are beginning to conduct yourself in a manner that will get you shut down, and if the adjudicators don't, it will confirm what we already sense about OLO and it's objectives or mission statement.