Ban on discussion of religion or politics prevents film discussion.

[buckshot]

I still say we flog anyone who starts a star wars or lotr based thread. whip it. whip it good. this place is just like work in some ways. don't discuss religion, politics, or sports with people from boston

besides if we start opening up that floodgate I may just scare everyone away from this website.

[Lee Christie]

Originally Posted by buckshot

I still say we flog anyone who starts a star wars or lotr based thread.

But we can discuss who's better, Kirk or Picard, though?

The Picard Rap

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by Lee Christie

But we can discuss who's better, Kirk or Picard, though?

The Picard Rap

Yea, who would win in a fight? New thread please.

[CAB]

Originally Posted by Marcusarilius

Yea, who would win in a fight? New thread please.

Ditka. . .

[EuLoGY]

Originally Posted by buckshot

I still say we flog anyone who starts a star wars or lotr based thread. whip it. whip it good. this place is just like work in some ways. don't discuss religion, politics, or sports with people from boston

besides if we start opening up that floodgate I may just scare everyone away from this website.

I nominate this for post of the year.....especially the Boston crack!!!!!!


as for the topic....ya religion is way off the beaten path when it comes to Blu-ray discussions. Kingdom of heaven is the only BR religious themed movie I've seen and it isnt even worth bringing up LOL

[kotton247]

Originally Posted by EuLoGY

I nominate this for post of the year.....especially the Boston crack!!!!!!


as for the topic....ya religion is way off the beaten path when it comes to Blu-ray discussions. Kingdom of heaven is the only BR religious themed movie I've seen and it isnt even worth bringing up LOL

Boston Red Sox's are the best baseball team around. They are my favorite and will always be my favorite. As for football the Patriots are cheating *****s that did not get punished enough at the beginning of the season. I want to see them owned at the Super Bowl, but I wanted Brett to be the one to do it.

[EuLoGY]

no one was talking to you because that would mean that we were talking sports to a red sox fan...........................that's not allowed here.

Reason: because Red sox fans, treat baseball as religion, and Ted Williams as god


AND WE ALL KNOW BABE RUTH IS GOD!!!

[kotton247]

Originally Posted by EuLoGY

no one was talking to you because that would mean that we were talking sports to a red sox fan...........................that's not allowed here.

Reason: because Red sox fans, treat baseball as religion, and Ted Williams as god


AND WE ALL KNOW BABE RUTH IS GOD!!!

Some may, but not me. Baseball is definitely not my favorite sport. That Ted Williams thing, doesn't apply to me either. Babe Ruth was a big man that had a lot of power, because of it. I will say that he was one of the greatest though, unlike all the steroid pumpers. That was natural strength.

[buckshot]

Originally Posted by EuLoGY

no one was talking to you because that would mean that we were talking sports to a red sox fan...........................that's not allowed here.

Reason: because Red sox fans, treat baseball as religion, and Ted Williams as god


AND WE ALL KNOW BABE RUTH IS GOD!!!

holy crap, that was hilarious. oh my ***. (that was bad. almost slipped out the g word) funny thing is, ted williams was a san diego native. there's a freeway named after him right by my house, and i even got to meet the guy and talk with him at the opening of it eat that bostoners . but i'm discussing freeways not religious icons.

i'm just surprised this thread is still going. man. craziness. by the way. i watched planet earth last night (or at least some of it) and man was it pretty.

[Lee Christie]

Originally Posted by Blu-Beard

This is too funny. While there are a lot of good informative threads to be found on this site, they are outnumbered by the "POLITICS" and heated threads that get off topic (e.g. "xbox vs PS3" "Heath Ledger committing suicide or accidently dying" these are all politics in a sense considering they're not driven by fact) Seriously most of theses threads are driven by the same reason that politics aren't allowed....personal bias and FUD. Only about 30% of all topics are about info. Why don't those threads get closed?

And as for the comment about WickyWoo, the guy that made that comment did it very respectfully so I don't see why the other guy said it was out of line.....no offense but are you trying to score brownie points with Wick? Because I myself have noticed that Wick plays favs bigtime and also closes certain threads and hands out infractions unfairly. And that's not opinion, it's fact based upon research I did after feeling unfairly treated by Wick myself. If you doubt it have a look yourself.

And I fully agree this siter needs a feedback page. Since I first started visiting it, alot of it has gone downhill. Plenty of threads that violate the rules are allowed to remain and some of those are either started by or allowed to continue by mods.

And most of the people citing "See the Rules" clearly only apply those when "Educating" someone else but not in their own posts.

Stop trying to change the subject, Picard would kick Kirk's ass!

[Blu-Beard]

Originally Posted by Lee Christie

Stop trying to change the subject, Picard would kick Kirk's ass!

Indeed he would, but probably only 'cause Kirk seduced his girl

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by Blu-Beard

Indeed he would, but probably only 'cause Kirk seduced his girl

The green one?

[Blu-Beard]

Originally Posted by Marcusarilius

The green one?

I would say so, but I'm biased 'cause green's my fav

[kaliraver]

To the OP, if you really want to talk about religion go to www.religion.com if you are inclined. This is no disrespect to you but you really shouldn't be on blu-ray.com for these purposes. Have a great day!

[OokieSpookie]

I do not know about the religion or whatever stuff, but I will say I have received some of the most asinine infractions lately and it is absurd.
As far as the Religious and Political, I personally do not see the harm in a thread that is "Enter at your own risk".
I like to think that we are adults and not some kind of xanax p.c. cult, but eh what can you do.

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by OokieSpookie

I do not know about the religion or whatever stuff, but I will say I have received some of the most asinine infractions lately and it is absurd.
As far as the Religious and Political, I personally do not see the harm in a thread that is "Enter at your own risk".
I like to think that we are adults and not some kind of xanax p.c. cult, but eh what can you do.

Even if the "Enter at your own risk" threads were allowed, they would bleed into general discussion. As for the OP, no religion means no religion. Even in the form of questioning the rule....

[Blu Titan]

I did not even read the thread in question. However, discussions about politics and religions are usually disallowed in most forums. Forget about even bringing those topics in a business environment. I like to state my opinion, and I live with the consequences. However, I don't understand the problem that some posters have with Wicky. The rules are there for a reason and he enforces them. I have to admit that Wicky is my favorite Mod here (with respect to everybody else). Guys I remember more than one occasion when everybody was going crazy around here due to FUD from the red camp. WickyWoo was always here for us and provided "insider" type information to settle the masses. I appreciate that, and I won't forget it

[Rotel1026]

So discussing religion is bad yet I don't know how many times I've seen people on here make comments equating HD-DVD with homosexuality. "How gay" and that's supposed to be an insult...is that allowed on here?

[DeeChizzle]

I think the real topic of discussion should be these new smileys.

This smiley truly offends me. It clearly depicts the senseless beating of an innocent horse...regardless if it was already dead or not.

Do I really need to explain why this one is offensive

Too much religous overtones in these

Too much political overtone in this one

This one clearly advocates that domestic violence is OK

Really? Why don't we have a smiley smoking a bong as well

Seriously people, enough is enough, let's get to the real controversy here at Blu-Ray.com and let's do something about these offensive smilies.

[WickyWoo]

The Passion thread devolved into a bashathon, and it was locked and people warned. I let it go initially because it was about the movie only

The same went for the thread asking about the policy, then Merrick tossed in a hand grenade (and no, I didn't even warn him for it, I didn't think it was constructive at the time) to start a debate over consitutional church and state law, simultanously violating both rules

The ban on discussion of religion and politics is a very clear, unambiguous one sentence:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/faq.php?fa...forumrulesfull

Please do not discuss religion or politics.

If and when Ice and/or Marwin see fit to change that, then I'll enforce whatever alterations they make with equal vigor.

If you feel I'm playing favorites with someone, please list an example for me. If you have a question or a concern, hit that PM button and I always answer.

So discussing religion is bad yet I don't know how many times I've seen people on here make comments equating HD-DVD with homosexuality. "How gay" and that's supposed to be an insult...is that allowed on here?

No, and if I see it, it gets whacked. I'm not omnipotent, and evne though my computer is usually logged into the forum I'm not always sitting here. Hit the "report post" button.

If people are always afraid of getting banned, they shouldn't be. The only people who get banned are the trolls, the spammers, and the habitual repeat offenders who don't stop after many warnings and infractions

So again, if you feel I'm unfair, have a concern, or whatever else, feel free to PM me. I don't bite