Depressing threads?

AlleyCat said:
I also would love to see this issue of disturbing posts cleaned up. It's why I haven't posted here in a month. I can find these disturbing titles anywhere else online. I would love to come to AllDeaf and post about deaf-related things and some other general chat, and not get bombarded with disturbing titles about cruelty to children and animals. There's no way to avoid seeing these titles when clicking on New Posts or Today's Posts, even if I don't read the posts themselves (which I refuse -- just seeing the titles is enough!) There are a select few posters that have seemingly gone out of their way to post these disturbing titles and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one this bothers. Thank you for all your efforts, mods. :)
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I think that perhaps I shouldn't have posted a certain thread in the strange and weird news section.
 
Yes Freedom of speech falls into it. Post it in Penisarium where it should be. Disturbing news and such, should not be posted in General Chat.


I do feel it is excessive for this board to post so many depressing news. Especially by the same people. If I wanted to read them, I can simply open up the News Site, News paper, or watch the News.
 
deafskeptic said:
I think that perhaps I shouldn't have posted a certain thread in the strange and weird news section.
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I wouldn't mind reading strange/weird news but "disturbing" news that involves torture/death/depravity especially with children and animal... that's different... It makes my soul wants to leave my body
 
Jiro said:
I wouldn't mind reading strange/weird news but "disturbing" news that involves torture/death/depravity especially with children and animal... that's different... It makes my soul wants to leave my body
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I just asked one of the mods to delete my thread.
 
shel90 said:
I didnt know if it was "Freedom of Speech" and people have rights to post whatever they want. I just thought it was too much at once...like I was being bombarded with it. Thanks!
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Babyblue said:
Yes Freedom of speech falls into it. Post it in Penisarium where it should be. Disturbing news and such, should not be posted in General Chat.

I do feel it is excessive for this board to post so many depressing news. Especially by the same people. If I wanted to read them I can simply open up the News Site, News paper or watch the News.
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"Freedom of Speech" only applies when it comes to government. The government is not allowed to censor or silence the political dissenters or citizens criticizing the government. The "Freedom of Speech" was created by the Founding Fathers to allow the citizens to voice their opinions against their government, to allow the citizens to practice whatever the religion they want, and to allow the press to criticize against government... something that was punishable by death or lifetime prison in old-day Europe.

However it does not apply to private entities like Starbucks and AD. If AD admin (Alex) says we are not allowed to talk about religion in here, then that's within his authority to enforce such rule.

For example -

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The white space on front cover of National Geographic was censored by Iranian government. If that happened in here, that is infringement of Freedom of Speech. If the National Geographic editor wants to omit certain part from the article or a picture, that is not the infringement of Freedom of Speech. Hope that clears it up about the concept of Freedom of Speech :)
 
Jiro said:
"Freedom of Speech" only applies when it comes to government. The government is not allowed to censor or silence the political dissenters or citizens criticizing the government. The "Freedom of Speech" was created by the Founding Fathers to allow the citizens to voice their opinions against their government, to allow the citizens to practice whatever the religion they want, and to allow the press to criticize against government... something that was punishable by death or lifetime prison in old-day Europe.

However it does not apply to private entities like Starbucks and AD. If AD admin (Alex) says we are not allowed to talk about religion in here, then that's within his authority to enforce such rule.

For example -

185px-Natgeo_censorship.jpg


The white space on front cover of National Geographic was censored by Iranian government. If that happened in here, that is infringement of Freedom of Speech. If the National Geographic editor wants to omit certain part from the article or a picture, that is not the infringement of Freedom of Speech. Hope that clears it up about the concept of Freedom of Speech :)
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Makes sense. :wave:
 
shel90 said:
Lately, I have been seeing many threads put up about people hurting children. I dont open them but the titles are really getting me really depressed. It just seems like too much at once, I guess.

Does anyone else feel that way?
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Yeah, all I have to do is watch the news. Sometimes I think they only report bad stuff because they think it sells. There has to be good stuff going on somewhere... Right?
 
rockdrummer said:
Yeah, all I have to do is watch the news. Sometimes I think they only report bad stuff because they think it sells. There has to be good stuff going on somewhere... Right?
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Exactly.

I was discussing this with a friend once. About how When people speak of something good or positive about someone or a place. People do not share it as often as they should.

But to hear something negative about a place or person. People tend to gossip about it, and let everyone know about it.


I do wish the News and People would share more positive things. Seems like the world is becoming a negative place to be in. Especially the media world.
 
I stopped watching or reading the news because of that. The child abuse and hoarding-type stories hurt the most though. It just too much to handle, especially if both of those stories are being reported almost daily.
 
deafskeptic said:
I think that perhaps I shouldn't have posted a certain thread in the strange and weird news section.
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I wasn't referring to you, so no worries. I'm not sure what it was that you posted - I stopped clicking on the New Posts and Today's Posts a while ago! :)
 
Babyblue said:
I'm so glad the frogs found a home.. :rofl: Even if it is a shit hole.

Happy News - It?s a Leap, But Frogs Find Home in Elephant Dung
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Oh this is happy news. But... uhm... i'ts a dung pile, Not a Shit hole. There is a difference. :lol::bowlol:

They may not be the best-smelling homes, but Asian elephant dung piles provide certain frog species with shelter, one researcher has found
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Hopefully this will make you laugh shel and forget about the bad news for a minute.
 
rockdrummer said:
Oh this is happy news. But... uhm... i'ts a dung pile, Not a Shit hole. There is a difference. :lol::bowlol:



Hopefully this will make you laugh shel and forget about the bad news for a minute.
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Either way.. It was news that made me laugh and smile.


:ty::laugh2:
 
rockdrummer said:
Oh this is happy news. But... uhm... i'ts a dung pile, Not a Shit hole. There is a difference. :lol::bowlol:



Hopefully this will make you laugh shel and forget about the bad news for a minute.
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LOL! Yea, it helped! :lol:
 
This has been an issue for me, too. Thank you, mods. :ty:
 
saywhatkid said:
Sort of like the Obama sucks-Obama lied-Obama is wrong-Obama looked at a girl's ass-we are going in the toilet thanks to Obama-topics were going wild as well.
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it just like the years of Bush sucks-Bush lied-Bush is wrong-Bush is a warmonger-Bush started Gitmo as a torture camp topics :wave:

and all the comments like: Palin shoot bear cubs out of trees - Palin was never pregnant with baby Trig :blah:
 
C.C.Sinned said:
it just like the years of Bush sucks-Bush lied-Bush is wrong-Bush is a warmonger-Bush started Gitmo as a torture camp topics :wave:

and all the comments like: Palin shoot bear cubs out of trees - Palin was never pregnant with baby Trig :blah:
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This thread was about recent topics posted. When the Bush haters were dancing around the fires, I kept my mouth closed. Not much point in debating politics, is there? Who ever listens to people posting on the AllDeaf forums to change their views on this? It ends up being a screaming match, much like abortion and gun control.
Good try....
 
saywhatkid said:
This thread was about recent topics posted. When the Bush haters were dancing around the fires, I kept my mouth closed. Not much point in debating politics, is there? Who ever listens to people posting on the AllDeaf forums to change their views on this? It ends up being a screaming match, much like abortion and gun control.
Good try....
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then why do you feel the need to mentioned the anti-obama posts on post 15?

don't the anti obamas people have as much right to dance around the obama sucks bonfire as the anti bush people did?


is there a double standard?
 
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