"Free the Gunfreak 1" Topic

OK, someone's got to ask, in the interest of ensuring more of us don't accidentally cross the line and waste more of the editor(s)' time…

Where's the profanity in saying "silly Americans"? Neither word (separately or together) is profane, is it?

We'll be stoning people for saying 'Jehovah' next…

lol!

This involves that curiously Anglosphere concept of Free Speech, so I think most 'Mericans would be happy with that, just don't ask them to give up their firearms…

I'm an American. And I can be pretty silly. There, I said it and I feel better… Now, somebody please tell me how this is profane.

Gunfreak seems to be a gentleman, at least to me. So I wanted to read what he wrote in its complete context. But unlike the profiles of the other Dawghouse occupants, there wasn't a link to what Gunfreak wrote.

I think, now and then, to be a true TMPer, you have to be DawgHoused ;). Next round of drinks on me, in honour of our Viking friend.

Seriously? He's in the clink for that????????

With some of the crap that's been going on here in recent months, he gets nailed for that?

Guess he was right.

"Silly" is profanity…? What the actual …?

I was DH'd once, recently, (for speaking up for Morris Dancers, as far as I can work out) – it's a bad place, don't want to go back there if I can help it.

I'm English, from the country that invented the Ministry of Silly Walks, I'm not very silly (OK, maybe a bit, but more usually I'm just dull) but I want to defend the constitutional rights of all free-born Americans to be considered silly.

I think, though I could be wrong, that Gunfreak is in the hoosegow for posting a picture of a book that contained bad language. I took no offence, but apparently someone hit the complaint button. The title of this post was "silly Americans".
That said, I think that since Gunfreak´s horrible offence has not been documented properly as a lesson to us all, he should go free. I think there is already a precedence on that, so let the fellow out I say!

Being silly about one thing or the other, even in the most pejorative sense of that astonishingly mild term, is just part of the human condition. Anyone thin-skinned enough to take much offense at being called silly is, well, silly. ;)

Doesn't seem like much to get worked up about, especially against the normal background noise of virtually any online community . . .

Shawn.

We'll be stoning people for saying 'Jehovah' next…

That's already been done. The victim was Paint Pig I believe.

Just so long as we can continue to say "Mother of Pearl!"

Shawn.

Pig can be used as a profanity as well, especially is "silly" is considered that. How is it members can use profanity in their member names? How is it we are called members?

What happens if you post a link to a webpage that contains profanity, or similar/worst?

He posted a picture with profanity, i don't know why he got blamed for "silly americans"

While I agree that it was lame to house him for the offense (that is the offense that Texas Jack stated) it might have been better to block the content, slap him on the wrist and move on.

That said, he'll be out soon and there is not much to do about it. You can waist electrons banging on about it or you can go find a more interesting thread to participate in while awaiting his return.

An egregious crime clearly.

I was deleted, in one thread, for saying Egyptian recon, in 1973, was abysmal and DH'd for saying the current US Administration was cutting back on military spending. Both neutral, empirical observations, so count me confused about the ROE.

Despite the title, it's not about Gunfreak personally, gentleman though he may be, and maybe there's more to this story than we know, as Texas Jack states, but it's making sure other 'members' (another dangerously profane word, potentially)don't make the same mistakes.

I got turned into a newt once…but I got better

Texas Jack has the "offense" right.

Gunfreak in the DH? Pity the jailers!

I hear Kevin Phillips Bong is looking for a running mate in the upcoming elections for "The Slightly silly party". Maybe Gunfreak could help out

1 day? Bah! That's nothing… I got 30 days in solitary. Justice is too lenient these days…

I'm an American, and I say most Americans are freaking idiots. Silly is a polite understatement.

Bill
Troy, NY

Is it time to start popularizing the red eyed wolf badge?

We can wear it on our club jackets like those outlaw biker gangs.

Just so long as we can continue to say "Mother of Pearl!"

And "Great Caesar's Ghost!"

What about Great Scot, Blue Blistering Barnacles and Gadzooks?

Discussing this with my youngest daughter she pointed out that silly might not have been the problem perhaps Americans now counts as profanity?

Fatman

Presumably "Silly Scot" might be unacceptable on the profanity and political comment fronts, and potentially the personal insult category as well (apologies to my friend Scott out there) but "Great Scot" should be OK.

"Blue" could be considered to infer that said molluscs were involved in films of a pornographic nature, especially if the 'Blistering' implies 'Hot'

Gadzooks is even more risky, as it has Christian religious connotations and may offend the Jihadis amongst us.

I was DHed once ,not surprise to some I guess,ha ha, I`ll drink to our mate in the DH

Being silly isn't bothering me, but then a lot worse names wouldn't either.

Bloody's right out then!

Being DH'ed is like being thrown into the penalty box in hockey, just a slap on the wrist. Now what is this 'profanity' on the pic that he posted which earned him a stint in the penalty box?

Meh. 17 hours and he is out.

Robert et al,

Ever heard of Martin Niemoller? :-)

Or Groucho Marx? :-)

By the time the Editor(s) even see this and then talk about it…

I wasn't going to comment, since Texas Jack already had the right of it – "Silly Americans" was just the title of the topic he was DH'd for, the violation was the profanity in the graphic.

I got three days recently after squabbling with an American member of some notoriety (my first time inside). Bill took the trouble to refer me to the relevant rules, which left me none the wiser…something about bleeped text not being an offence, I think. In future, I'll do a Richard Nixon and redact my own text, unless that's an offence, of course.

Editing your posts is not against the rules, think of it as a 60 minute window of opportunity.

It occurs to me that there might be a better process than to rely on Texas Jack for an explanation (and conjecture at that) before the bandwagon breaks under the strain of us all climbing on.

And that is not meant in any way or shape or form meant to be a dig at TJ.

Just sayin'

I was not punished for the picture with the word fugl, i was punished because Bill is bought by the people that hate metric. I said i was willing to be martyred for my belief om the supetiority og metric, and so i was

While I admire your willingness to die for the hectogram, I am not going to stand in the path of bullets coming your way.

Good Lord, Man! A liter of beer is less than a quart! How can you defend such a system???

I am not sure letting a self proclaimed "Freak" with a "Gun" out of the pokey is such a good idea :)

But at the same time, John, a liter is more than a pint!

No actually a litre is larger than a quart, look it up…

No actually a litre is larger than a quart, look it up…

Depends which side of the Atlantic you are.

Metric is superior for 15mm wargaming, but Imperial is best for 28mm.

He was DH'ed for "profanity in a graphic" yet we have a Needs More Boobies board, or whatever it's called now.

Somehow I just don't understand…

Oh yeah I forgot that subject . And here I thought I would retire them. (sigh)

No actually a litre is larger than a quart, look it up…

Depends which side of the Atlantic you are.

Indeed.

1 imperial quart = 1.13 litres
1 US quart = 0.946 litres

But you still can't get a quart into a pint pot.