Respect For Other Members

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Members-

It's apparent that some members have complete disregard for this forum and other members. So, to be clear on things:

-Flaming or bashing another member WILL NOT be tolerated. This will result in a 7 day posting suspension first offense, and 30 day account suspension second offense, and third offense banned.

-Making a one-lined, non constructive post will be deleted. Second offense 7 day posting suspension, third offense 90 day account suspension.

-Attempts to incite conflict WILL NOT be tolerated. This will result in a 7 day posting suspension first offense, and 30 day account suspension second offense, and third offense banned.

-"Hijacking" a thread to insult the members discussing it WILL NOT be tolerated. This will result in a 7 day posting suspension first offense, and 30 day account suspension second offense, and third offense banned.

"Please Treat Our Topics As Conversations Between Real People"

...................., the topics in our forum often get political. Unfortunately these political topics often degenerate into flame wars. These flame wars destroy otherwise interesting and useful conversations.

The nature of the Internet makes flaming easy. You’re sitting alone at your computer. You read a post that annoys you. In that moment, the post is experienced not as a comment from a friend, but as an insult from a disembodied, far-off devil. You fire off a response more appropriate to beating back a devil than to replying to a friend. And, the topic is destroyed and we’re off to the flame wars.

Please, folks, when you post here, especially when you post in answer to a comment you disagree with—pause a moment before you click Submit.

Ask yourself, “Would I say this if I were in the same room with him?”

Then ask yourself, “How would I feel if somebody said to me, what I am about to say to him?”

If we all exercised a little more empathy and restraint, our Forum would be a much better, more interesting place.

Thanks for your cooperation.