censorship on this site (title, racist, ratings)

[petieINzion]

If you want what your post edited to fit 'local community standards' then you best post elsewhere.

[coolcats]

Let me be clear that anyone is free to make a variety of posts, even ones that make them look sort of foolish.

But to be even more clear, here are selections from the forum rules for all states and not just Utah. I get paid the big bucks to enforce them in this subforum, but did not write them. If you do not adhere to them, your posts will be deleted and you may be banned. You will note that I have bolded one area where you are in violation, but I'll let it slide this time.

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[Elder_Shawn]

Coolcats you're such a @#$%@$#$@!

[SergeantL]

Originally Posted by Elder_Shawn

Coolcats you're such a @#$%@$#$@!

Who, me? No, Sir, I wasn't even there. It was that guy Elder what's his face.

[smithmi]

As I surf through these threads I keep seeing Elder Shawn post and almost all of them are negitive. Whats up with that? I thought that this was a place for good conversation? I don't see a place to Rate a post as negitive. Has the guy just got an axe to grind?

[SergeantL]

Originally Posted by smithmi

As I surf through these threads I keep seeing Elder Shawn post and almost all of them are negitive. Whats up with that? I thought that this was a place for good conversation? I don't see a place to Rate a post as negitive. Has the guy just got an axe to grind?

Elder Shawn is a long time poster. The recent posts, which on the surface may appear negative, are nothing more than humor. He is simply mimicking the type of response one will usually see in response to a moderator asking people to be courteous or careful about what they post.

Shawn is a good guy—well—other than the fact that he isn’t really Irish or he would spell his name Sean, which is the only proper Gaelic spelling for males. Alas—Alack, no one is perfect.