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Munchies_Matt wrote: ... in the old days ... 2006/2007 ...
Great, now I really feel old! 
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Indeed, tempus fugit.
They were good days though, the original SB, it was a fun place.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: I was just saying that in the old days CP was much rowdier than it is today, and that if you found my sig so shocking then if yo9u were here in 2006/2007 you would have been mortified!
Yes, and CP survived and thrived, just as other groups always survive and thrive through such things. For many members, a little antagonism and controversy between members is the making of the group.
I have yet to witness a group survive an attack of "the Blue Meanies", though.
Such collapses always start with a minor group forcing their wishes on other members of the group by abusing one small rule, and end with... Well, they end with everyone of value upping pegs and moving on.
Here, we have religious factions taking the Blue Meanie role. You'd think the world had had enough of religions trying to force their ways on everyone.
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I quite agree. Vivre le difference! as they say in my adopted country, and as the Dutch are also very good at observing.
It wold be a sad and sterile place if we all had to toe the middle line, the world AND CP.
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I trust that if the "compassionately common sense" view of many CodeProject Members, and CodeProject staff, is that any statement is an egregious violation of the pro-social norms of the context in which it is placed: the content should be removed, and the poster warned it is inappropriate.
If the poster continues to post the same kind of content, then I think the poster should be banned.
I am much more concerned about the daily abuse I witness on QA, than I am about what goes down in the Lounge.
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BillWoodruff wrote: I am much more concerned about the daily abuse I witness on QA, than I am about what goes down in the Lounge.
Now, that is certainly something I agree with.
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What sort of abuse, people name calling? 
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Gratuitous deletion of questions and answers.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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First: I haven't read the whole thread so if I'm repeating something then I'm sorry.
As to the discussion I have a few remarks.
The first (and probably the most important one) is something that has been said but I'd like to repeat it
As Richard Deeming says in this post[^]
"On this site, your word is law".
I can't agree more.
Further, your reply to him is one of the reasons I like CP so much.
As to this particular case, there are several ways to look at this.
- He posted a link to a possibly inflammatory site, but the way he posted it somewhat negotiates this (not completely tho)
He didn't just make it a "click here" link, but the text explained what the link was about so everyone could decide for them self if they are interested in something like that or not
- strangely enough the previous point is probably what caused all the commotion, because of it there was a political message in the lounge (several cause it was in his signature). This being said I still prefer the way he posted it than the 'click here' way.
- to me posting a link to a petition that offends me (wouldn't know what petition that would be cause I don't get offended that easy) isn't offensive (the posting of the link). This person is entitled to his / her opinion, and can so voice this, and in the end that's all it is, a opinion from this one person.
The way he posted it (not a 'click here' link) allowed me to just ignore it (k I can ignore the 'click here' link as well but ...).
As to this discussion in general:
This is a community of millions from all over the world.
It's simply impossible to please all off them. For example: I have absolutely no interest in the CCC and the one about the movies, so I just ignore them.
It's possible that this post offends someone (I wouldn't know why but...).
We'd all be much better off if people just ignored the things they didn't like and moved on but well this is the internet so...
In short it all comes down to this:
This is your site, you make the rules, when someone breaks those rules you are entitled to take action (or no action). What that action is, is again up to you, the community can help you and maybe advice you but in the end it is your decision.
In this case it seems it's very clear. Lounge = No politics. The link (and even the text) where about politics so a violation of the rules.
And your action is (in my opinion) the best you could take (ask to remove the signature).
In my opinion it doesn't matter if the link is in a post or in the signature, especially not since we can always edit the signature on every post we make. (If we edit it on a new post, is that edit then saved or is it just for this one post? If only for this one post than there is no excuse to not follow the lounge rules)
K this post got a lot longer than intended so I'll stop here 
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Advertising = spam
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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Oops  .It was my mistake.I wanted to remove this 'pls reply this questions friends step by step answer it'.But those lines are removed accidentally. 
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I did think that was the case
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Spam removed, spammers still undead.
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