PARTIAL SUSPENSIONS

ArabianKnight wrote:

There is an obviouse difference between personal attacks and genuine criticism. Most people can draw the distinction... somtimes when it involves religion emotions cause the line to be blurred. Everything is allowed to be critisized and debated... that is the point of free-will.

Yes, there is a difference, especially to the person the remarks are directed toward. The Moderators on the forum get PMs and private complaint messages every single day, usually from someone that feels they are being insulted, or they find the material offensive.

Just because you don't find something offensive doesn't mean that 50 other people don't. If we truly Edited or Deleted everything everyone wanted us to we really would be censoring everything.

Perhaps the majority of posters here are more sensitive because they want a more Islamic environment. That is what this forum is supposed to be. If this is not what you are looking for, there are plenty of other venues on the internet that will allow you to post anything you choose.

Bismillah,

The moderators dont get attacked untill they do somthing to warrent it.

Let's not attack them, especially personally.  Let's point out our differences as we do with each other, politely.

i doubt you'd ever be moderated...

Of course I have been and will be.

There is a whole wide world out there where you can do and say practically anything you want.  Why do you insist on changing the rules other people have made on this one forum, especially since you have your own that you moderate?  And if you want to change the rules here, why don't you start a post directed at that objective?

I'd like to have a liberals section for "moderate" Muslims to discuss things.  They denied this request especially since they said there is no such thing as a liberal Muslim et cetera.  I am looking for a forum such as that to join.  Do you know of one?

I found Across the Pond, but no Pond subblog.

Peace

Andalus, I "moderate" "the pond"...from across the pond.... hah..  its not a muslim Forum... just so you know.

-ArabianKnight- wrote: wow.. it took you a long while to answer this one.. this is almost old news.... When the moderators stop being heavy handed.. no one really complains... Actually I'm pleasently suprised they havnt closed a thread in a week or so.. Maybe they're changing... or maybe they're just banning people alot quicker.. And just out of curiosity Herjihad.. what job is it that they're doing?... Protecting us from the boogiemen of the internet? Ps. I do have my "own Site".. and I am a moderator.. I know how tough it is.. but I also know how not to loose my objectivity.

Assalam Aleikum.

I am also a moderator at another site (I do not own my own site), and I always maintain objectivity. I have found that many of the participants on the net simply read the discussions, and many have thoughts about converting to Islam. When a moderator starts to stack cards in favor of a particular faith, it becomes very transparent to the readers, and the forum can loose its intellectual credibilty on the net. May I ask you what site you run Br?