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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Aug 11, 2014 - 01:49pm PT
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Why would Donald Thompson's stuff get nuked? I don't remember anything similar to Gilchrist's Krap coming from DT.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Aug 11, 2014 - 02:05pm PT
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As far as I am concerned, I am a guest on the Taco Stand. I believe it to be, for the most part, one of the best climbing forums.
I may have my transgressions, but I believe I have never gone overboard.
But what is overboard? What is OTT?
Name calling, slander (and yes I know the definition), some gross pornography.
I believe that most of us are decent people, but of course, under the internet we can be anonymous if we choose. I have never been anonymous, on any forum on any site I have posted to. I post by my name.
I wanted to post to the thread about ISIS, that showed a horrendous photo of the crimes/bloodshed being committed. Yes the one particular image was disturbing, very, very much so.
But, while one poster said that this is a forum that kids go on, I can understand his POV, on the other hand, perhaps we need such shocking images to wake us up.
I have always given to a number of charities, including those for children. Before becoming a full-time carer for Jennie, we gave about one-fifith of our income. Maybe not a lot to some, but a lot to us.
That was a disturbing image on the one thread. I am two half of minds on it being yanked.
Let's admit it, we participate in a 'sport' that some may call elitist, meaning the costs of gear, the time to climb, time a lot of people do not have on their hands. A sport/hobby/past-time whatever that most people on this planet cannot afford in a number of ways.
And yet some bitch about the content on the Taco Stand. Perhaps I am one of them but I have only censored myself. I have never called for any poster to be banned. I have NEVER.
Again, I am a guest on this forum. I try to behave as one. I am not by any means perfect, and in the past, especially my first few months, I allowed myself to be sucked into the morass of some threads. Mea Culpa.
I still think it is a great forum with very good people.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Aug 11, 2014 - 02:20pm PT
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Man, if such a script is the source of this widespread content loss, that really feels like doing surgery with a chainsaw.
Maybe there wasn't much other choice...if you ban someone, it's hard to argue why you could retain their 'contributions'. Still, posters like Coz, (yourself), or even DT had some really good On-Topic contributions to this site.
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SicMic
climber
across the street from Marshall
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Aug 11, 2014 - 02:36pm PT
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It seems like it's just more reason to have multiple forum threads. Non-climbing, political, adult only, general rant. How tough would it be to sort the mess out, or move the thread if necessary?
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Aug 11, 2014 - 02:43pm PT
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The images posted on the Caliphate thread were appalling. I wish there was some way to un-see them, but there isn't.
I understand that some people wanted to expose the cruelty and sickness that is happening within ISIS, but posting that content as images rather than a link with a severe warning was completely unacceptable.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Aug 11, 2014 - 02:57pm PT
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Maybe there wasn't much other choice...if you ban someone, it's hard to argue why you could retain their 'contributions'. Still, posters like Coz, (yourself), or even DT had some really good On-Topic contributions to this site.
100% agree with you on this Ap! We lost a ton of killer content thanks to this butchery!!!
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Inventioneer
Boulder climber
Mountain View, CA
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Aug 11, 2014 - 03:02pm PT
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Wow, Chris, somebody ought to hire you to run SuperTopo!! Some of these never-ending brain-draining droning dirges (like the one of Republicans always being wrong and the one about climate change that's changing nobody's mind) should be sent into some cyber trash can somewhere. I mean, do these people actually have productive lives not connected to their "Post" buttons? Now watch the drooling responses to what I just said. Predictable!!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Aug 11, 2014 - 03:09pm PT
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Stahlbro + 10
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Aug 11, 2014 - 03:27pm PT
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Some of those that got the whack had too much troll-ery going on, that's fer shur.
But some of those guys actually posted quality, valuable climbing content along with their troll-ery. Bummer to lose that....but maybe there was no other way to separate the wheat from the chaff.
And I still don't understand how or why WML's stuff got the whack.
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dave729
Trad climber
Western America
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Aug 11, 2014 - 03:28pm PT
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A passenger couldn't find her luggage at the airport baggage area, so went
to the lost luggage office and told the person there that her bags
never showed up. The airport worker smiled and said "not to worry because
he was a Trained professional and you are in good hands. "Now," asked
the airport worker, "has your plane arrived yet?"
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:03pm PT
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so... go bump a climbing thread if it bothers you.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:10pm PT
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Impeach Cmac, if this is ST government and we don' t like it. Mabey he is more like a King or dictator and must be overthrone. Or he is the Creator and we might want to invent a new religon "Our Way".
It maybe time for a ST confessional and priest to be Cmac's representative to all on the forum. Offenders sin might then be forgiven and good content and conscience preserved.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:32pm PT
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There are non climbing threads?
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Oct 17, 2014 - 02:37pm PT
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How about a "hide thread" button, Chris?
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Oct 17, 2014 - 02:39pm PT
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Thank you, Chris
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Oct 17, 2014 - 03:39pm PT
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Chris, still love the wild west feel of Supertopo - don't ever change it.
Erik
PS - STFU clinker. "Overthrone"? LOL!
;)
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pec
climber
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Oct 20, 2014 - 12:54pm PT
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Just wondering why multiple forums is a problem?
Have a look at UK climbing
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/
Scroll across the icons at the top to see what the forums are, there's loads of them, many completely unrelated to climbing. Its home to some great debate and discussion.
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gunsmoke
Mountain climber
Clackamas, Oregon
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Oct 20, 2014 - 01:08pm PT
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How about a "hide thread" button, Chris?
Good question. SuperTopo could show all threads, or climbing related only threads. Each user could choose.
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ncrockclimber
climber
The Desert Oven
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Oct 20, 2014 - 01:13pm PT
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If Cmac can't be bothered to write a new post to communicate with us, then I really cannot be bothered to read through 330 posts and then try to decode what he is trying to say.
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