Post by TheBo on Mar 12, 2004 15:09:58 GMT -5
I see a lot of "thank yous" out there for Michael Han as translator (and someone I believe is called China Girl), but I don't really see anyone thanking the moderators on this board. (Yes, I know, Michael is one of the moderators, too, and I may just have missed the hundreds of accolades.) I have always thought this is a wonderful board and very well moderated. You guys participate in the discussions and are most fair and careful about when you step in and put a stop to things or just a word in to damp down the crazies. It's very pleasant here, and I think that's due in large part to your wise oversight. Thank you.
As a sidebar, I noticed under a post a few days ago that one of the moderators (Soju?) responded to someone who was laughing about a word in his post being 'censored' by the board; she said she could remove more censors if we wanted her to. I, for one, DO NOT want that. I think the censoring is exactly right. Some time ago, I was involved in a very funny discussion over the board censoring 'spoon' and 'Dick Cheney' and Soju (?) fixed it so we could say those things. I remember the atmosphere was one of hilarity, not anger--although it is nice to just say "spoon", we found clever ways to work around the problem--just as the people did in the more recent post. Although I've been known to use it on occasion in my daily life, I could go the rest of my life without seeing the "f-word" in print and never be unhappy. We get the idea, even without the words spelled out. I hope you keep things the way they are.
Bo
As a sidebar, I noticed under a post a few days ago that one of the moderators (Soju?) responded to someone who was laughing about a word in his post being 'censored' by the board; she said she could remove more censors if we wanted her to. I, for one, DO NOT want that. I think the censoring is exactly right. Some time ago, I was involved in a very funny discussion over the board censoring 'spoon' and 'Dick Cheney' and Soju (?) fixed it so we could say those things. I remember the atmosphere was one of hilarity, not anger--although it is nice to just say "spoon", we found clever ways to work around the problem--just as the people did in the more recent post. Although I've been known to use it on occasion in my daily life, I could go the rest of my life without seeing the "f-word" in print and never be unhappy. We get the idea, even without the words spelled out. I hope you keep things the way they are.
Bo
