Request for a Mature forum

JamesSand wrote: As long as the tags are in use, I don't see much need for an additional segregation?



It may seem unlikely at a forum such as this, but once you have a "sandpit" set aside for this sort of thing, well, it becomes our own little slice of 4chan right here where people may get carried away under the cover of "well it's the mature area, so what's wrong?"

(on the upside it might boost traffic....)


There's my....oh let's say a hapenny.

I agree with James here. If we follow procedures already in place we don't need a new sub forum and having one only seems to invite unnecessary "mature" content. If it i's relevant here post it here in one of the currently existing forums. The "maturity" of the content is less important to me than its relevence.

i have time for one post today, so i hope i make it count

1) isnt there a minors forum?
doesnt that mean that the rest of the forum is, by categorical definition the "mature forum"? the addition of another is unnecessary: it would imply that we have special place for really "bad" content as well as segregating the rest of the forum into "safe content only" area where it was officially decided that only sterilized "approved" material and discussion is permitted.
i dont see how that would be an improvement.

2) i didnt put a warning because i asssumed my audience was a group of adults. the video was called "punishment in saudi arabia" and the first thing you see is a guy with a saber in his hand- as i understand things, that IS the warning.
nevertheless, it is the respectful thing to do to include a warnin and i failed to do that. i did ackowledge and apologize for that as soon as it was mentioned but i can understand that it was easy to miss in the ensuing discussions, which leads me to....

3) i was not trying to be disrespectful to the forum; i felt the video was relevant to the conversation at multiple levels -which i still believe- and was a very good example of why the world needs Jedi; the sort of material that helps put into perspective what it is that we're doing when we decide that we want to make the world a better place- which i also still believe, but the guidelines about such things exist for a reason, and are fair, and i failed to meet them.
for that, i do apologize.

Ah, how funny. I misunderstood "Mature" to mean that people would behave in a very mature manner there, as opposed to other places. You meant it the way people use the word Adult like an Adult Movie.

Slow on the pick-up, me.

Can we disuss this like Jedi please

Ow wait , if we behaved like Jedi , we would not have to ...

In my experience with forums adding a mature area will only lead to people lying about their age and getting in even if they're under the age of majority.

A Jedi chooses his/her words carefully. This, I feel, should be doubly true for public posts and threads. We must maintain an appearance of blamelessness.

The way I see it, this whole issue can be resolved by creating a massage thread with only members you wish to discuss this with, people you know that will handle what you're posting in a mature and professional manner.

A mature thread will fix nothing, just have people lying about their ages, which would cause widespread issues here. For now I hope the Force is with those whom have to make the final decision on this matter.

I wanted to thank everyone for their input, I see many good points being made.

tzb wrote: There's a whole internet out there already, much of which is for stuff like this. One of the reasons I come here, when I do come here, is for a break from that kind of stuff.

Stu, I understand what you mean, and I am sure many here agree with you. Personally, I come here to be taken out of my comfort zone, not to escape reality. But as has been said in other threads, neither approach is better than the other, nor is it anyone's place to decide for another.

Manu
Every conversation I have is exactly what I choose. I try... Never to respond in anything but ...." Build"
That's me and my choice.
It is up to us individually to display what character at what time or any of any .
Manu
Brother take time to meditate on things like that ... How you wanna world your words "sword" what style so on and so forth.
When I'm me (as often as I can be) you see me. Think about that for a bit .
Hope hat helps .

Carlos.Martinez3 wrote: Manu
Every conversation I have is exactly what I choose. I try... Never to respond in anything but ...." Build"
That's me and my choice.
It is up to us individually to display what character at what time or any of any .
Manu
Brother take time to meditate on things like that ... How you wanna world your words "sword" what style so on and so forth.
When I'm me (as often as I can be) you see me. Think about that for a bit .
Hope hat helps .

Carlos, I get the feeling you are trying to hint at something important, but I'm afraid it gets lost in translation. What do you mean by when you are you I see you?

When you see me when you speak to me I am fully me friend. I know people who are them all the time regardless of the content or... Person involved. Those people have character , learned and earned character ( experience points) in my eyes. To ask for a more mature content may mean you yourself , like me , may have to up our own game. I had the most difficult time waging where I sought my new examples. My own circles and some of my " content " DID change . My choice as well as your own .

Carlos.Martinez3 wrote: When you see me when you speak to me I am fully me friend. I know people who are them all the time regardless of the content or... Person involved. Those people have character , learned and earned character ( experience points) in my eyes. To ask for a more mature content may mean you yourself , like me , may have to up our own game. I had the most difficult time waging where I sought my new examples. My own circles and some of my " content " DID change . My choice as well as your own .

Is it not mature to accept that we are indeed flawed and imperfect? Doesn't integrity include being ourselves regardless of opinion or the expectation of micromanaging our public relations persona?