Closing and deleting threads?

[Lady's Human]

First off, this forum isn't a democracy, it is a benevolent dictatorship, with the ultimate arbiter being a fuzzy brown rabbit.

Second, there ARE limits to free speech. You cannot, for example, incite riot in the US without charges being brought against you, and I'm sure the same holds true in the UK. As this is a private site, not a government run site, the first amendment doesn't exactly apply.

[gwen]

Actually Britain is more of a democracy than America but that is whole other show, my point is on the whole members of this forum are very nice individuals and have given me lots of helpful advice and support I've just noticed that if there is discord with the concencus opinion the thread is closed, We dont have the first amendment in England so on that I cannot comment, my point is just because things become for want of a better word 'controversial' the thread is often closed.

Karen - I'm really not critising you personally I appreciate that you have a job to do, It's just what I've noticed and when I saw this thread it was my opportunity to air it.

[Karen]

I've just noticed that if there is discord with the concencus opinion the thread is closed,

That's never why a thread is closed. You'll find many, many, many, many threads and posts where there is discord with the consensus, and they are allowed to remain.

And while it is your stated opinion that Britian is more of a democracy than America, I beg to differ, but that's a topic for a Dog House thread, not a Town Hall one!

[DrKym]

Gwen you are leaving out one important thing, many threads are locked or deleted at the OPs request.

You need to bear in mind not all are closed or locked because Karen or Paul says oh my, this isn't the topic, sometimes they are locked because the OP has asked the admins to do it. Sometimes deleted by the poster, for their own reasons.


Just my opinion.

[Sophist]

Gwen, I think there are few opinions that would rank as the 'consensus' opinion of all or even a large majority PT.

Really, it is a pretty diverse bunch with very different background experience and ideas. To imply that we aren't allowed to disagree here is a little silly, and would be more than a little impossible for the Mayor to begin to enforce.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Actually Britain is more of a democracy than America

As a Brit I'd like to disassociate myself from this remark

[Lilith Cherry]

Me too , Brody's Mum. I think Karen does a wonderful on this board! Right now, I happen to be living in Communist China and even here speech is pretty free with the exception of political views; governments and political systems have nothing to do with personal opinions on Pet Talk.