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thread should be unlocked.

For The Good Of Mankind.

edit: http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=11630

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Second.

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Ramrod is an admin.

So is StrongRad.


BY POSTING HERE I AM BRINGING IT UP WITH THEM I THINK

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What makes you think they'd unlock it now? This forum isn't the best place to talk about the status of one's virginity.

Myspace und Facebook, maybe, but not here.

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Maybe you should wait before the actual admins come on before you make assumptions, Ian. Teff's following their advice.

Ian, state your opinion, leave your comments, but don't lock this thread or else all will have been for nothing.

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I wasn't going to lock it. Just quoting what Ramrod said.

Sorry, I only assumed.

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YOU ALWAYS ASSUME!

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FAIL STAMP!

And I didn't see this thread in my short period of absence. I'd like to see it unlocked. It seems interesting.

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Hmm...

I dunno...it's a tough call. I still think it should remained locked, but I want to get some other opinions as well. I don't want to be hearing "Unlock for epic sake!" I'm talking about actual, real good reasons why to unlock it.


Also, I'm apprehensive about unlocking it because I'm afraid of the drama that will arise from it. Ranging from someone making fun of another user because they're still a virgin, or a religious person (Dids, for example (No offense, Dids)) chastising some of the younger users for having pre-marital relations.

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Uh-huh...

No virgins are gonna be made fun of because a majority of the posts in there were for yes.

Religious people just shouldn't contribute to that thread if they're offended.

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If you can convince me that it is indeed "For the Good of Mankind, then I will unlock it. Otherwise, lay off the mods. They may not have admin type powers, but I'll listen to them if they tell me that a user is causing trouble, and I do have admin type powers.

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Well, since that was locked we've had threads like pornography and the admins have let things slide that are worse or equal to this thread. So if those remain unlocked, this should be unlocked.

Yeah, but the thread about pornography was supposed to be about pornography and its effect on culture. But I think we should let this thread be unlocked. I'll wait for more consensus, but unless we're talking about explicit details (which we aren't, right? RIGHT?) it should be fine. The forum base, as a whole, can be mature enough to handle a discussion on viginity. I think we should at least give it another shot, and wait until it starts to head down the wrong road until we lock it.

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I would like to say that the thread isn't asking you to tell your wild and crazy strawberry stories, it is asking a simple yes or no question.

I'd say that most of the main forumers are mature enough to handle a yes/no question about our virginity, so I'll go with the group that says that it should be unlocked. If it does start to go into a downward spiral, I'd say that it should be locked, though I couldn't see that happening unless every-other post starting becoming "lol sex".

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We can handle a discussion about virginity. We're all mature. As long as someone who's NOT so mature, like, say, Wes, doesn't get their hands on the thread, I see no reason why it cannot be unlocked and continued. That said, if it DOES get out of hand, it'll have to get locked again.

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So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?

I think most of us active users are mature enough to handle i9t, but the problem is this forum is intended to be safe for users younger than this, and there's really nothing we can do about that fact. Unfortunately, I'm not sure where the line for that is.

How about something like this: The thread will be unlocked, but every post in it has to be completely mature and appropriate - no innuendo or anything like that. If mods see anything like that in any post in the thread, they'll be free to delete the entire post. If enough people can't stay mature enough in that thread, it'll have to be locked again.

Deal.

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Hm.. I dunno. Even in this day and age, when the tiniest of babies know all sorts of things, it doesn't seem like the kind of thing that fits with the intent of this place. Even though the discussion didn't get out of hand at all--it stayed fairly safe for even sheltered-type teens--it might not be the kind of thing that pre-teens should see here. The kind of discussion that would have to take place to be "safe" wouldn't be a discussion at all.

And I say that even tho I don't believe in sheltering kids from the way things are to the extent many religious types seem to do. I wouldn't object to a kid of mine seeing that thread. But my opinions about child-rearing have nothing to do with the way this forum was intended to be.

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ATTN: LOWER BOARD USERS HAVE MOVED TO ANOTHER FORUM. COME JOIN THE FUN!

I likes it. If you guys can do what Ju Ju said, and if you keep in mind what I said that I'm worried about, then I'll keep it. The second a flamewar, drama, or any of that other stuff arises, then it's getting locked again, ok?

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I never thought the thread was too bad, but I figured I shouldn't take action until other moderators chimed in. I am glad that it was recognized that the discussion in that poll was being handled very maturely and drama had not erupted. I don't see that happening in the future, but we should keep an eye on it just in case.

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That thread is also in R&P. Since pornography is a topic relevant to both religion and politics, it'd be a little silly to avoid the subject in there. Moreover, we know that, for the most part, the immature people stay out of R&P. On the occasions they don't, things usually get back under control before too long. We don't really know if the same will apply to a thread in Fun Polls.

BTW, this is me as a mod rather than as a person speaking, but I do kinda oppose the virginity thread, mostly on the grounds of pointlessness. Of course, most of the other polls are pointless as well, but if something involves sex and is pointless, it tends not to belong on this forum. But then, nobody's really complaining about it right now, so eh.

- Kef

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The only problem I might see with this is, as Inverse stated, younger children. Other than that I see nothing wrong with unlocking it into Religion and Politics under Ju Ju's conditions.

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I don't think it should be moved into R&P. From everything I know about R&P (and I'll be the first to admit I don't know that much), it seems to be a forum created to discuss and debate certain issues. The poll is intended to be a simple "yes or no" question and there could be no real debate about it. But that's what I think.


I don't see this happening.

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I don't see that happening either but I do see some posts with nothing but innuendos pretty possible.

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I just renamed this thread so I won't confuse it with the actual virginity thread when I get an e-mail notification on it.

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