05-25-2016, 07:45 AM
As a non-Stanford alum outsider who also spends time on the Cal Rivals board, perhaps my perspective might be useful.
1. This is a privately owned enterprise and the owners have an absolute right to enforce whatever rules they want. It is not the owner's place to accommodate posters. It is the poster's place to accommodate the owner. The administrator (who I assume is Yvonne) wrote a post saying this topic was causing her stress and physical discomfort, yet we still see all these posts on this topic? Isn't that a cue to drop the damn subject? If you don't like the rules, go start your own board or community.Â
Message board fact: Anyone who takes the time to write a "look at me post" announcing they are quitting a board, ALWAYS comes back. Anyone who does such a thing can't stand people ignoring them or otherwise has a visceral need for attention. Maybe Garvin will be different, but I somehow doubt it. He'll be back by football season.
2. Cal fans have more maturity and don't have this much hubris. There was a very similar poster to ferrari on the Cal Rivals board who was banned, and another one who routinely injects political discussion into the board, who was basically called out by other board members for doing so. Why? Well, for one, the board admin put a marker down against political discussion, and two, Cal fans are smart enough to know or otherwise don't have the hubris to think political discussions can go on without damaging the board.
It is quite amusing to see Stanford people think they are somehow "above the fray" and can peacefully co-exist while having political discussions. All you have to do is pay attention to the political discourse in society to see it ALWAYS escalates or devolves, because there are always going to be people like ferrari who don't have the discipline to avoid, or otherwise want to inflame, those with opposing views.
3. This 2016 Presidential election is going to tear this country apart. These sports boards are going to be about the only place you can go to have discussions that provide an escape from all the ugliness that is going to ensue. A zero tolerance policy is required to make sure these boards remain untarnished by political vitriol.
1. This is a privately owned enterprise and the owners have an absolute right to enforce whatever rules they want. It is not the owner's place to accommodate posters. It is the poster's place to accommodate the owner. The administrator (who I assume is Yvonne) wrote a post saying this topic was causing her stress and physical discomfort, yet we still see all these posts on this topic? Isn't that a cue to drop the damn subject? If you don't like the rules, go start your own board or community.Â
Message board fact: Anyone who takes the time to write a "look at me post" announcing they are quitting a board, ALWAYS comes back. Anyone who does such a thing can't stand people ignoring them or otherwise has a visceral need for attention. Maybe Garvin will be different, but I somehow doubt it. He'll be back by football season.
2. Cal fans have more maturity and don't have this much hubris. There was a very similar poster to ferrari on the Cal Rivals board who was banned, and another one who routinely injects political discussion into the board, who was basically called out by other board members for doing so. Why? Well, for one, the board admin put a marker down against political discussion, and two, Cal fans are smart enough to know or otherwise don't have the hubris to think political discussions can go on without damaging the board.
It is quite amusing to see Stanford people think they are somehow "above the fray" and can peacefully co-exist while having political discussions. All you have to do is pay attention to the political discourse in society to see it ALWAYS escalates or devolves, because there are always going to be people like ferrari who don't have the discipline to avoid, or otherwise want to inflame, those with opposing views.
3. This 2016 Presidential election is going to tear this country apart. These sports boards are going to be about the only place you can go to have discussions that provide an escape from all the ugliness that is going to ensue. A zero tolerance policy is required to make sure these boards remain untarnished by political vitriol.