Let me start by saying I think the Moderating team does an excellent job.



Now, let me say that I don't think locking "controversial" threads is a good thing. We are bound to have differences of opinion. Sharp differences in some areas, but the only way to resolve these differences is with honest and open discussion. We've had some fairly blistering threads in the past, and I think its a good thing.

It's not as bad as locking a thread cause a mod thinks a word is annoying.

We try to lock threads that are pointless, like arguments that will never be settled or are just turning into name calling pissing contests.

Can someone lock this thread please?















































J/K https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

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DRIFTERS AND RICERS OWNZ U ALL!!!!!

WHATS WORSE THAN A "DRIFTER"













































































a DRIFTING RICER!!!!!!!!!!









J/K https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

A cranky old man? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

drifter=transient? bum? hobo?

A CRANKY OLD MAN IN A TURBO-DIESEL PICK UP SPINNING YOUR DRIFTER/RICER ASS INTO OBLIVION! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

Ricer:

A kitchen utensil used for ricing soft foods by extrusion through small holes.



Drifter:

One that drifts, especially a person who moves aimlessly from place to place or from job to job.

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That said, I'm not a drifter or a ricer, and I want your truck!!!

In response to the actual topic..

I think it's the primary purpose of a moderator to close threads that they find annoying, offensive, pointless.. If you don't like that, don't post. Most of these threads that are closed in GenD seem like they were created with the specific intention of 'getting to someone' and were rightfully eliminated. Threads closed in other forums are closed because the moderator thinks the discussion does not belong in his/her forum. It is the job of the moderator, in this case, to tend to the interests of the forum and it's content.

As I said before I think the moderating team does a generally fine job. I just don't think anyone wants to see the moderators turn into a thread-locking gestapo. I agree that some posters are remiss in following rules of basic human decency, and in those cases I would condone a moderator-administered public ass-whupping, but never a locked thread and the blockade it places on the high road of free speech.

MY CAPS LOK IS ON TODAY, WHEN I AM AT WORK. ITS KILLING ME JUST TO TYPE ,LET ALONE MAKE THE REACH FOR CAPS. SORRY

I'll tell you what, if you think we're a 'thread locking gestapo', then you let us know in a PM. Then we'll know who to ban.



EDIT: I forgot the https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif , which makes my post sound sarcastic instead of agressive.

So which one is it supposed to be?

****, I don't know.. I'm tired.

Dammit, don't change your answer after I reply...lol.

Dammit, don't change the response to my answer after I reply!

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Don't reply before I change my response then!



We're no thread locking gestapo because we're too busy being idiots, I guess.

THE MODS ARE JUST EMULATING THEIR IDOL.............................................. ..............................

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MR.BELVI

YOU'RE MY NEW IDOL BANZAI!!!!

I fail to see how this can be a good thing! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

UNIQUETII IS MY NEW IDOL!!



IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING TO HAVE AN IDOL, RIGHT?



SHIOT I CAN'T EVEN READ MY OWN TYPING - GODDAMN CAPS LOCK!



DAMN YOU BANZAI!

****-LOCK IS BETTER THAN THREAD-LOCK!!! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

YES BUT A CHOK-BLOCK IS BETTER THAN A **** LOCKED-THREAD-BLOCK

ISN'T THIS THE TYPE OF THREAD-DERAILMENT WE USUALLY LOCK? J/K

I see my work here is done. I have succeeded in sparking a spirited intellectual discussion of high ideals. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif