THE JOB OF MODERATOR IS NOT ABOUT CENSORSHIP IT IS ABOUT KEEPING THE DISCUSSIONS PRODUCTIVE AND CIVIL. I FEEL THAT OUR MODERATORS DO A GOOD JOB AS THERE IS NO GUIDE BOOK ON HOW TO MODERATE AND IF THERE WERE IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO COVER EVERY CONTINGENCY. THIS LATEST PROBLEM HAS BEEN PRODUCTIVE IN THAT IT SHOWS HOW DIFFICULT THE JOB CAN BE AND THAT THE MODERATORS ARE PUTTING THEIR HEADS TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION TO NEW AND UNFORSEEN PROBLEMS. IT MAKES SENSE TO CLOSE A TOPIC TO DISCUSS WHAT TO DO SO IT WON'T GET TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL AND PERHAPS CAUSE MEMBERS TO BECOME OFFENDED AND STOP PARTICIPATING. I JUST SAW PART OF WHAT WAS OCCURING AND HAD A OPINION TO EXPRESS SO MADE MY OWN PROTEST POST INSTEAD OF GETTING THE FACTS AND BEING PATIENT. I NEVER WAS ONE TO WAIT AROUND AND HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING THE FORUM MUCH LATELY DUE TO OTHER CONCERNS SO WASN'T UP TO SPEED.
TODAYS SOCIETY IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE I GREW UP IN AND THANKS TO THE MEDIA AND KNOWING EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN OUR WORLD IT IS NOT AS COURTEOUS AND POLITE IN EXPRESSING ITS VIEWS. SOME GROUPS AND MEDIA TRY TO OFFEND,SHOCK, PROVOKE TROUBBLE AND BEAT YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH THEIR VIEWS WITH NO REGARD TO MANNERS, COUTERSY, GOOD TASTE OR ETHICS. UNFORTUNATELY THIS IN YOUR FACE MENTALITY HAS PASSED OVER INTO TODAYS SOCIETY AND MAKES CONFRONTATIONS MORE LIKELY AND COMMON. IF THE SOCIETY EVER GETS AS WARPED AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE FEATURED ON THE TELEVISION TALK SHOWS I WILL HAVE TO SEEK A REMOTE CAVE UP IN TOM HYLES PART OF THE COUNTRY FOR REFUGE
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