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I had a good first post too. Basically it outlined a few key points. I'm new here, so I'm not even going to pretend to know the whole back story. But from what I have read.....
1. This forum started small, I guess just a between friends type thing. And it grew bigger than any of the admins ever though it would.
2. That bigger group means there's even more variety as to what offends and what doesn't. I can empathize with the admins, even if I might not completely agree with some things.
3. My co-worker has a forum for us psychiatric counselors. And he told me he had to follow an agreement before he made the forum. That agreement holds him responsible for the content of his site.
For example, we've all the the "Dat N**** stole my bike" photo. Let's say someone posted it here. And someone got very offended (due to the N word), and decided to sue for racism. Not only would whoever posted it be in trouble, so would the admins for allowing it to stay on the boards. I don't know if this is true for the admins of this site, but that's the UA my co-worker has to abide by. Perhaps the admins here are just covering their arses. (Can I say arses?
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The only way you'd be able to keep it as it was when it started would be to keep membership to a select few. And from what I can tell, this is a forum for people who own/like/love/adore/worship f-bodies. I like the idea of a basement, but don't really like that you have to pay for it. But that's my opinion. While I may not agree with some of the changes, I checked a little box that bound me to a UA before I registered. I am confident enough in my education that I can get my point across without swearing. Although I do have a mouth like a sailor. So until I cough up the money for a paid membership, I'll abide by the rules I agreed to follow.
I would feel rather....dumb....showing up to a meet in a camry though. Unfortunately I'm the only one in my family who doesn't own an f-body, though my husband has promised that maybe I'll be thrilled with my christmas present this year. So for now I'll stay away from the meets and events.
Sorry to ramble on in my first post on here...It's quite possible I'm completely wrong on this, because like I said, I'm new, and I don't know the whole story.
