***The Bottom Line***

[T-Bone]

Everyone, please read...


1. This is a message board; plain and simple. It is intended to be used as a DISCUSSION area for people to talk to other people from around the world. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to share opinions, stories, news, and general chat. Please remember to THINK before you post or respond to someone else’s post.

2. This is a public forum and you are expected to conduct yourself in an appropriate manner. If you can't behave, then you don't need to be here. This includes harassment of other members, name-calling and general abusive language up to and including threats towards other members.

3. Contrary to popular belief, the Admins are not here 24/7 and they do not/CANNOT read every post that is made by every member. If you think otherwise, you are sadly mistaken. We deal with what we can and in the time we have to do it. If something is posted that you don’t like, DO NOT RESPOND TO IT! Just shoot a PM and we’ll do what we can if necessary and when we get time.

4. There is a difference between "Freedom of Speech" and "the Right to Speak". If you cannot understand this, then you don't need to be here. What is said and discussed here is just as important as what is NOT said or discussed. Despite what some people think, you are NOT entitled to do and say as you wish and then hide behind the Freedom of Speech defense, or “it was just a joke” defense. What you may think is funny, may not be interpreted as humorous by another person. On that same note, if you’re someone who is offended by just about everything, you don’t need to be here either. This also includes having the need to “respond” to everything that is posted. Sometimes just walking away works out better. If you don’t like it or agree with it, then don’t read it.

5. This is the internet. If you think your entire day is “make or break” based on this message board and saying what you have to say or what someone else has posted, then you really don't need to be here. If your daily goal is to post in, or be a part of EVERY thread that is made, you need to go outside for a while.

6. What you think you know from your angle is sometimes a lot different than what the Admins see and know from their point of view. It’s not your place to question their decisions. To keep the peace, people are dealt with in an appropriate manner and most of the time in PM’s. Other members do not need to question this or make posts/start threads to rally the troops.

7. A locked thread; cleaned up thread or deleted post is done for a reason and will be done at the Admins discretion. It’s not your place to question it or to start a new thread to continue the discussion. Derailing or threadjacking someone else’s topic is disrespectful. See #4.

8. Responding to or contributing to a shitfest and then playing “victim” will land you in the same boat as the one who started it. Once again, just walk away.

9. It is understood that certain members do not get along with certain other members. BOTH parties involved should just avoid each other at all costs. Do not respond to or direct posts to one another. The message board will be a happier and more peaceful place because of this.

10. Conduct yourselves as respectful and mature adults or find somewhere else to hang out.