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Thats true however, " You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this bulletin board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening
, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law." http://jungle.jaguars.com/index.php?/top...ard-rules/

 

The highlighted portion would indicate that the post was abusive, defamatory, hateful, and possibly even harrassing...I understand that thick skin is required, but I also know that the rules say the above mentioned terms are prohibited, yet these things run rampant on this board...Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to start a crusade here, I'm simply stating that the rules are in place to maintain a certain amount of order and respect among posters, yet this portion of the rules is disregarded...

 

I'll be the last one on planet earth that gets offended by anonymous message board posters, but I also believe that the rules cover the topic pretty clearly, and yet the rules are not enforced...

 

I do understand your point, and I really have no problem with what you are telling me, I'm simply saying the rules are in place that will stop/slow down the practice of intentionally disrespecting posters, but no one bothers to enforce these rules...Why might that be?  Might it because no one has bothered to sit down and define what each term actually means? Or is there no common ground between mods as to what would actually constitute the terms mentioned? Or is it lack of interest in enforcing that part of the rules? The following two definitions would indicate the post we are using for reference is in violation of the rules by using at least two of the terms mentioned which are prohibited. I'm not advocating for removal of that post, I'm just citing it as a perfect example where the rules say that type of content is prohibited yet it will not be enforced just like the other hundreds of posts that are already on the board(s) and the hundreds more that are yet to come...

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a·bu·sive
<span>əˈbyo͞osiv,əˈbyo͞oziv/</span>
<i>adjective</i>
adjective: <b>abusive</b>
1.

extremely offensive and insulting.

 

<div>de·fam·a·to·ry
<span>dəˈfaməˌtôrē/</span>
<i>adjective</i>
adjective: <b>defamatory</b>
(of remarks, writing, etc.) damaging the good reputation of someone

 

 

hate·ful
<span>ˈhātfəl/</span>
<i>adjective</i>
adjective: <b>hateful</b>

<div>arousing, deserving of, or filled with hatred.
"hateful letters of abuse that had come unsigned"
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informal
very unpleasant</div>
 

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