Certain Mods don't like me...

FreeEnterprise wrote: Certain Mods don't like me...     SILENCE THE OPPOSITION!!!

• Evil Elvis:  Not only does he have "evil" right in his name, but he also venerates Elvis Presley.  The same Elvis Presley who invented the devil-music known as rock and roll thus single-handedly beginning the moral decline of 'Merican youth back in the '50s and '60s.
• Reb Cpl:  More insidious as it is less direct but the evidence is still available to those who use logic and reason.  The first part of the name is an obvious subliminal attempt to provoke REBellion while the second part of the name is not just the abbreviation for "corporal" that we are supposed to take it to be, it is also a tricky misspelling of the abbreviation for "capital."  Now, some might say that the capital is inhabited by members of both the evil-Satan-worshiping-difference-tolerating-over-spending-liberal-left and the apple pie-loving-gun-protecting-mom-respecting defenders of all that is just, 'Merican and pure on the right.  However, it is the use of the second meaning of capital, funds as they are used in Free Enterprise, that shows us exactly what is calling for rebellion against in his own sneaky way.  Even if it wasn't for all of this evidence, the fact that he was a teacher speaks volumes about his political (left) leanings.
  
• Rambino:  First of all, as a lawyer, he is automatically part of the ruling liberal elite.  But he takes the name of a great 'Merican warrior hero and reduces it to its diminutive as a sign of massive disrespect for both the individual and the military in general to openly display his disdain for veterans, POWs and great boxers.
• KRL15:  Anyone who remembers him knows how he felt about freedom of speech.  Not only do the initials KRL obviously stand for "Kaotic Radical Liberal" but just look at the unnecessary number he chose to include as part of the name; "15."  This number is made up of a one and a five which added together equal six.  There are three letters in "KRL" so three sixes equates to the number of the beast.  The other minor meanings are just as bad.  "Six" sounds very similar to "sex" so every time his forum name appears it is a subliminal attack on the remaining innocence of the unwary youth that visit the forum.  Furthermore six in Roman Numerals is "VI" which reversed is "IV."  IVs are used to administer drugs so this is yet another attack on the culture of our youth by promoting drug use.  
• zepper:  I had never heard of this mod until I checked the mod list.  While I am not familiar with his work as of yet, the name he selected is suspiciously similar to "zipper".  Especially given the suspicious lack of capitalization.  We can obviously see that this is yet another sexually-based subliminal attack on the collective minds/libidos of 'Merican youth.
• Ruska:  This obviously sounds suspiciously like "Russia."  An accident?  I think not; more likely at attempt to promote the failed communist system to the impressionable youth of the forum.
  
• God:  This selected name is obviously indicative of a desire to both mock the supreme being and elevate one's self to a similar status.  (Both of which are warned against in biblical text.)  Only an agent of the far left would be so arrogant and anti-religious.
• hwayhzrd:  Not only is the lack of capitalization and unnecessary abbreviation an attack on the minds of students everywhere (an illiterate population is a controlled population you know--the uninformed/uneducated make better sheep) but the fact that the name glorifies interference with interstate commerce by creating dangers on the roads that are the economic lifeline of the nation shows the desire for chaos and anarchy that bides within the dark depths of this mod's soul.
• TT:  Obviously an aging hippy and as such automatically an agent of the liberal left.  (Just look how much the name looks like the symbol for "pi.")  Pi as we all know is related to the concept of circles which are the antithesis of squares.  "Square" is a term that was used by the counter-culture groups of the past as an attack/label for those who represented the true 'Merican values evidenced by Chevrolet and John Wayne.
• Sandman:  He wants us to believe that the name is based on the gentle character that brings peaceful sleep to restless children but we know the truth:  The name is based on the character from the song by the death-metal-Satan-worshiping rock group Metallica.  This http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=enter%20sandman%20lyrics&tnr=21&vid=166408029468&l=332&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fvideos%2Fthumbnail.aspx%3Fq%3D166408029468%26id%3Db754546f025efadcb9b163661a9f061b%26bid%3DU%252blhwDMoaV%252blJQ%26bn%3DThumb%26url%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.youtube.com%252fwatch%253fv%253dkAlTKSkIpn0&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DkAlTKSkIpn0&sigr=11am1pdur&newfp=1&tit=Metallica+-+Enter+Sandman+Lyrics - link to the song/lyrics should be more than sufficient to demonstrate the threat this mod represents.
  
• Rock Slide:  Probably the most effective liberal-left-advertising mod name on the forum.  In only two words it conjures the images of that devil-music rock and roll and brings up the phrase "let it slide" which is what the left wants us to do.  They want us to let things slide; things such as the over-sexualization of 'Merican youth, the legalization of drugs and the widespread abrogation of responsibility by major portions of our society.  (Effective and evil all rolled into one--probably the forum liberal leader.)
• Enos Shenk:  I have to admit, this modliberalorator was clever; it took me a while to figure out his diabolical moniker.  However, through perseverance, prayer and my god-given right to own guns I was finally able to do so.  "Enos" is a reference to the incompetent deputy character from the Dukes of Hazard TV show while "Shenk" is a clever misspelling of the word "shank," prison slang for stabbing someone.  This anti-establishment guru is hinting that the police (and by association, all of the forces that maintain stability in our culture) are incompetent and should be eliminated.  He is actually worse than a liberal, he is probably an anarchist.
• Picasso: Anyone who has ever seen any of the art that the original Picasso was famous for will immediately understand how this name promotes the fantasy/unrealism that is attached to the use of illegal drugs.
• ShortyBP:  The most prescient of the liberal elite that rule this forum squashing all independent though beneath their iron banhammers.  Knowing that "short" can be taken as an insult when used in the context of lacking in some quality he combined it with the initials for British Petroleum long before they came to the forefront of the news through an accidental-in-no-way-their-fault accident that would have only been minor if not for the bungling of the current anti-business-liberal-elite administration.  I have to give this mod a hand.  Way to go.  Way to kick a business (and by relation, all aspects of Free Enterprise) when they're down beforehand.
• Jason:  Seems innocent enough at first glance.  But, when you consider, the proven left-leanings of the rest of the moderators it is obvious that he wouldn't survive in this group (much like a centrist or conservative at a Journolist coffee party) unless he shared there ideology.  His name is a homage to the character from the slasher films and is a reminder that the ultimate liberal desire is to slash and destroy the fabric that hold our society together in an effort to replace the 'Merican way with the Amerikant way.
• pepprdog:  The most depraved of the lot.  Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, Old Yeller, Sounder; nothing is more 'Merican than a boy and his dog.  This mod attacks that by hinting that dogs would be good with spices (specifically pepper--don't let the intentional misspelling fool you) on them.  He is trying to replace our hamburgers with true hot dogs like are eaten in some communist countries.  He believes the fastest way to change the 'Merican mind is through the stomache.
  

Enos Shenk wrote: Just to make things absolutely clear, here's why. FreeEnterprise wrote: What is tiresome is way I spin you guys around with ease...   So predictable, so ready to go off on me... Even when you clearly have the wrong idea... (which is sooo evident, now that you look at my original post, huh!)   Ahh, the joys and predictability of T&O.     bad free.... BAD BAD BAD FREE!!!   *reported self Up until now the moderators had mostly considered him strongly opinionated with bad debate skills, but since we've crossed the line into admitting trolling...

• In the past the moderators have taken a fairly dim view of people who "self-bump" their posts for attention.
• The mods also take a dim view of spamming.
• This is done because neither is conducive to an enjoyable forum
• I postulate that there is no actual difference between bringing an old thread back with a new post that says nothing other than "bump" and bringing the same thread back with additional "facts" that could easily have been added to the same individual's last post by using the forum "edit" feature.
• I would also state that there is minimal difference* between spamming the forum with ads and posting multiple topics about the same subject.
• Both of the previously mentioned actions are a form of spamming.
• In the case of "self-bumping" the only reason for having several posts in a row as opposed to just editing in the additional information when the one doing so is the last poster anyway can only be to bring an otherwise ignored topic back to the top in a pathetic bid for attention.  It is a way of saying "hey, look at my topic that you all otherwise ignored."  It, much like a small child throwing a tantrum in public, is both annoying and rude.
• The case of posting numerous threads on the same topic is much the same.  It is the "well you ignored my other post but I'll give you so many you have to pay attention to me" approach.  Also quite rude and a type of behavior that would not be tolerated in most face-to-face conversations.
• With this in mind, I propose the following.
• If someone was the last poster in a thread and wants to add additional information to it the proper way to do it is to use the "edit" feature.  If someone does this, they are supporting their original contention but doing it in a polite manner and there should be no penalty for this.
• If someone (who has been on the forum long enough to understand how the "edit" button works) feels the need to keep a thread at the top of a forum by posting 2-4 times in the thread in a row when no one else has input then the following should be done:
• The thread should be locked as obviously only one person is interested in it and locking the thread will save them the time required for posting by allowing them instead to set at home and mumble to themselves about the topic.  (It's the only humane thing to do really; think of the wear and tear on their hands the mods would be saving them.)
• The individual should be given a strike for being rude and annoying in a manner that disrupts the forum enjoyment of others.
• If someone feels the need to post multiple topics on the same issue the rest of the forum is already ignoring, then they are spamming. 
  
• While they may not be advertising a product, they are advertising an opinion that no one else is interested in discussing and if this lack of interest is shown by non-participation on the behalf of the rest of the forum then is there really any need to keep the topic open anyway.  (Forums are, after all, for discussion; if no discussion is occurring then the thread really has no purpose at all.)
• The individual should be given a strike (or possibly worse) for spamming because it is forbidden by forum policy.)
• Such rules, applied in an impartial manner, should keep the front pages of the various forums from becoming cluttered with threads that are of interest only to the original poster.
• A lively or enjoyable discussion would stay in it's rightful place and not be moved down by attention-mongering-self-bumping-opinion-spammers while the threads that no one bothered to post in would work their way to the bottom where they belong.
• I should point out that such a system would be the ultimate in Free Market approach to the forum.  Worthy threads (equate to products the public wants) would survive based on voting with the post button (similar to voting with one's wallet) while unworthy threads (equate to poorly conceived/produced products) would die the economic Darwinian death they deserve.  The moderators would just be providing the equivalent of the government oversight that currently ensures a level playing field for all competitors.  What could be more fair than that?
  

Pundicrats.