Umbran said:
Your frustration doesn't make it okay to cal lthem idiots.
You are, right now in your own less-than perfect behavior, seeing the root of why politics aren't allowed around here. Think on that, and decide whether they are idiots or not.
Hey, I didn’t name anybody (I do not even remember their name). I just said they behaved bad, which they were. What happened:
After I posted my request (see up there, please find anything flaming in it):
A few were “making police” on the main board in place of the mods, and very narrowly interpreting the “no religion or politics” rule. This rule is perfectly OK for me by the way. I am the mod on a message board and we enforce the same policy. However, we use a certain degree of subtelty in it.
See, when I tried to explain them that this Africa cause was over that, and not related to any political party, i.e. it’s a humanitarian issue about a horrible problem and that petition, not the best way to change things perhaps, still could be a start to something better for African people, I got responses like:
- “you are asking to put pressure on G8, so
it is politics” – narrow interpretation, IMHO. What next? Post where people recommending you to buy a book should be erased because it implies you are supporting capitalism?
Seriously… I am just hoping for a better life for Africans, that’s it. If you see it as strictly political, I can’t do nothing for you.
- “people in Africa are in this messy state because of their own poor decisions” – Sure, the governments of many of these countries are corrupted, or incompetent, but signing it is a good start to making things change, no? More World awareness to these African problems is not a wasted time.
- “it’s their problem, they should stop making babies”, and other similar post – self explanatory
Again, read my request up there, and tell me if I should have expected this kind of answer.
So I tried naively to discuss politely with them but they weren’t really listening and still interpreting the “no politics” in ways I think is very narrow. I might be too naïve, but I expected better from D&D people.
By the way, I posted this request on many D&D boards I frequent and this is the ONLY one where I got this very negative answer.
In short, they dragged me to the political field, where all I wanted is a hope for Africans. Still can't believe how a post about peace can be flamed like this. I wasn't blaming any country or any group, it was about peace. Really, I must be naive.
Yes, I’m sorry for calling them idiots, I confess I should have written something else and not used this word, but try to understand how shocking and surprising this negative reaction to my post was.
Joël
PS: I edited my post to remove offensive words.
