Police: Store clerk killed beer thief

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

Yeah, I just get tired of the Texas stereotypes.

yeah, same w/ the houston stereotyping...........

[HurricaneHeather]

Originally Posted by RACER X

yeah, same w/ the houston stereotyping...........

Touche!

[Smittie61984]

I remember doing that as a teenager. If I heard stories like this I would have never thought about doing that.

I think as long as that beer was in possesion of those guys (as in they still had his store's property) then they were fair game.

Austin must be a mad house with them protesting Whole Foods.

[HokieDNA01]

Just a suggestion but when a thread gets to the point that people are throwing insults...in stead of locking it, just move it to the war room. Then if any of the newbies go there....they should know what they are getting into.

[neebelung]

Originally Posted by HokieDNA01

Just a suggestion but when a thread gets to the point that people are throwing insults...in stead of locking it, just move it to the war room. Then if any of the newbies go there....they should know what they are getting into.

Again, flaming isn't allowed. War room is for sensitive topics (i.e. Religion and politics), but just cus a thread is in there, doesn't mean site rules don't still apply.

I'm not a proponent of locking threads... Not a fan of it at all. But... Sometimes it's the lesser of evils

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by neebelung

I'm not a proponent of locking threads... Not a fan of it at all. But... Sometimes it's the lesser of evils

What is the other evil? It's not like people are going to track each other down and shoot each other.

Now, if people are actually complaining about threads like this, then I could see the justification for locking it. But reporting a thread is not the same thing as complaining about it. Some people just think it's cute to push that button.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

What is the other evil? It's not like people are going to track each other down and shoot each other.

Now, if people are actually complaining about threads like this, then I could see the justification for locking it. But reporting a thread is not the same thing as complaining about it. Some people just think it's cute to push that button.

It was reduced to a war of reporting - more than one, and not just snippy bitching in a thread. On the forum is one thing, but a random reporting war about nothing is another.

Two of us locked at the same time - which meant a lock and an unlock At least we were thinking the same thing.

Damn Canadians and their trouble making - that's right, I blame Canada

[neebelung]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

What is the other evil? It's not like people are going to track each other down and shoot each other.

Now, if people are actually complaining about threads like this, then I could see the justification for locking it. But reporting a thread is not the same thing as complaining about it. Some people just think it's cute to push that button.

no, no I mean lesser of evils versus "disciplinary"
shit, i.e. Infractions. Bottom line is, while this place is very lax, there are still rules. And some level of decency toward one another really isn't asking too much. I didn't lock the thread, and I didn't unlock it, but I support the decision that another staff member made to lock it in the first place, as that's what they felt the best course of action was.

Don't like it?

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by neebelung

no, no I mean lesser of evils versus "disciplinary"
shit, i.e. Infractions. Bottom line is, while this place is very lax, there are still rules. And some level of decency toward one another really isn't asking too much. I didn't lock the thread, and I didn't unlock it, but I support the decision that another staff member made to lock it in the first place, as that's what they felt the best course of action was.

Don't like it?

Very lax, by comparison with a local board that I moderate on. It's likely the largest in the Toronto area and uses the same software with all the infraction giving goodness, including the temporary bans. The rules are no flaming, no swearing (not even bypassing the word filters with things like f*ck and a$$). I moderate in the Law and Highway Traffic Act section, so you can imagine how many people have received a ban from me, temporary or permanent.

Lately we've had people whine about how they "don't get treated like adults" on that board, to the point that a couple of people are now misrepresenting themselves as members of a large riding group and stating that they are going to boycott businesses that support the board, unless things change. The board's owner is holding firm and telling them to go pound sand, which is fully supported by the majority of members.

Considering that he founded the board as a place where people could go and not take abuse from the "old boys' club", I admire him for sticking to his guns. I just hate having to enforce those draconian rules.

Originally Posted by azoomm

This is what I imagine when y'all are posting....

Sorry, I already had the corrective surgery.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by HokieDNA01

Just a suggestion but when a thread gets to the point that people are throwing insults...in stead of locking it, just move it to the war room. Then if any of the newbies go there....they should know what they are getting into.

I understand the occassional dumbass or moron comments will be made. I for one will 9 times out of 10 won't lock a thread for that. I can't say I don't, because I don't know if I would every time and don't want to say that. It's when it comes to a point where people go beyond joking and it just becomes straight up bashfests that probably just need to be ended with a lock. Move on and cooling off is probably in order.