[Dog Gone]

Ah, I see the only topic is HEATED DISCUSSION, so I guess you should flame me for this, LOL

[Dakmar]

How's that for a flame?

[Maedhros]

I posted a similar thread asking the same question. It seems like this forum is mainly designed for mods to move popular threads to in order to keep them at the top of the screen.

[John Robinson]

Jim posted a message to the moderators,

Mods: The Smokey Backroom is here. This forum is setup for those who want a little more heated debate. I'm recommending that we allow a little more rule bending here. We don't want the racist stuff or the propaganda, but we can allow the people to let their hair down a bit. Spitting, biting, hair pulling and cursing allowed as long as they don't go to extremes.

I'm thinking we can also move out of control flamewar threads to this forum rather than deleting them.

Forum internal name: backroom
Topic: heated.

Jim

Reported by Jim Robinson on 2002-08-15 13:48:35

[Jim Robinson]

The Smokey Backroom is an enter at your own risk forum. We're going to relax the rules a bit here, as far as heated debate is concerned. This is where you can roll around in the mud and the blood and the beer, so to speak. And if someone gets a piece of his ear bitten off and lets out a curse word or two, he probably won't get banned (as long as he doesn't make a habit of going overboard).

In other words, some of the rules may be loosened up a bit in this forum. But not the rules against racism, or leftist propaganda, etc. That kind of stuff is still not welcome on FR. If a flamewar breaks out on FR, we may ask the flamers to take it to the backroom.

Or, in some instances, we may move entire threads here. This is an alternative to deleting them. We'll be playing it by ear for awhile and see how it is received.

This is not to say that we're going to welcome vicious or nasty attacks, libel or slander, but if some of you wish to get a bit heated and all of the participants involved have thick skins and are not going to cry about it, here's the place.

[general_re]

I win, I win! Welcome to the FR ghetto ;)

[harrowup]

Oakey doakey, listen up. John created this site a long time ago as a place where old pirates and mellowed liberals could come and laugh at the plug ugly conservative red-pencil necked geeks who go from cuddly to clawing if'n anyone mentions trickle down as a synonym for a Depends advert.

Then too, since Yahoo made it nearly impossible to engage in rapid fire insults and the long suffering anti-anti freepers ignored the hamsters from afConistan it was important to have an outlet where we can get snarly...kinda, I guess.

The best thing is now John, Bob J, and people who really know something don't have to go to the libertine pothole to toy with the plug-uglies like A rat or similar rodent and other maggots complain about never getting no respect.

[Larry Lucido]

I like the idea of a Smokey Backroom, but could we make it non-smoking, you know, for the children and all?

(Putting flame suit on)

[American Preservative]

FYI thread/forum ping.

See posts #6, #9, #20, #27, and #37 for some good info.

[.30Carbine]

Heads up, you! See comment #'s 6, 9, and 37.

[Constitution Day]

Damn!
I leave for vacation, come back, and y'all have added a new room!?!

Sigh... I miss ALL the good stuff. (kicking the dirt)