Sean Connery Joke (Volume IV)
Discussion
ypauly said:
snowy slopes said:
mchammer89 said:
snowy slopes said:
I would post the joke poj got banned for, but im a coward and taking the advice of kinky seriously, so sorry guys n gals but no deal!!!
PM?I have to say, I found it funny (and wont pretend I didn't) but I can also see why some people may not think it was funny. But, isn't that the point of a joke thread??
It's a bit like women - you may think your misses is attractive, but someone else may think she's not. Surely that's subjective of the person, much in the same way this is subjective...
Cheers
The Moose
Poledriver said:
True! I didn't see POJ's joke but I found Mexico's funny! My comment was one of surprise that it had stayed posted for so long, it was obviously destined for the bin!
I didn't see Mexico.'s joke (*cough* PM?? *cough*) but did find POJ's funny. Not that it was worth a ban (IMVHO of course).Cheers
The Moose
The Moose said:
ypauly said:
snowy slopes said:
mchammer89 said:
snowy slopes said:
I would post the joke poj got banned for, but im a coward and taking the advice of kinky seriously, so sorry guys n gals but no deal!!!
PM?I have to say, I found it funny (and wont pretend I didn't) but I can also see why some people may not think it was funny. But, isn't that the point of a joke thread??
It's a bit like women - you may think your misses is attractive, but someone else may think she's not. Surely that's subjective of the person, much in the same way this is subjective...
Cheers
The Moose
ypauly said:
The Moose said:
ypauly said:
snowy slopes said:
mchammer89 said:
snowy slopes said:
I would post the joke poj got banned for, but im a coward and taking the advice of kinky seriously, so sorry guys n gals but no deal!!!
PM?I have to say, I found it funny (and wont pretend I didn't) but I can also see why some people may not think it was funny. But, isn't that the point of a joke thread??
It's a bit like women - you may think your misses is attractive, but someone else may think she's not. Surely that's subjective of the person, much in the same way this is subjective...
Cheers
The Moose
oh yeah - a non-PC joke thread will be cool.
And as a result of the thread, PH gets blacklisted for inappropriate content; which in turn means that no-one that works at any reasonably sized corporate; everyone in the city, etc, etc, will not be able to access to PH at work.
Yeah, that sounds cool
This is why inappropriate jokes are removed. Pretty simple easy. The rules are very clear and simple. If you want to post racist jokes, then there's more appropriate websites out there - of which PH is not one.
And just in case you think that this is just some admin hang-up; we usually only react to complaints from other PHers - sometimes we agree; and sometimes we disagree. Suffice to say appropriate action is taken if we agree.
And as a result of the thread, PH gets blacklisted for inappropriate content; which in turn means that no-one that works at any reasonably sized corporate; everyone in the city, etc, etc, will not be able to access to PH at work.
Yeah, that sounds cool
This is why inappropriate jokes are removed. Pretty simple easy. The rules are very clear and simple. If you want to post racist jokes, then there's more appropriate websites out there - of which PH is not one.
And just in case you think that this is just some admin hang-up; we usually only react to complaints from other PHers - sometimes we agree; and sometimes we disagree. Suffice to say appropriate action is taken if we agree.
oakdale said:
I know a joke very similar to the one Mexico posted, only different in one detail.
What's white and doesn't work?
Half of London.
Strangely, this shouldn't cause offence, alhough if his post was racist, so is this one.
So, if this joke was taken in conjunction with the banned one (which had one word different) we are lead to believe that no-one in London works!?What's white and doesn't work?
Half of London.
Strangely, this shouldn't cause offence, alhough if his post was racist, so is this one.
Edited by oakdale on Sunday 23 August 00:20
oakdale said:
I know a joke very similar to the one Mexico posted, only different in one detail.
What's white and doesn't work?
Half of London.
Strangely, this shouldn't cause offence, alhough if his post was racist, so is this one.
That's because it's apparently fine to discriminate against a majority.What's white and doesn't work?
Half of London.
Strangely, this shouldn't cause offence, alhough if his post was racist, so is this one.
Edited by oakdale on Sunday 23 August 00:20
Kinky said:
And just in case you think that this is just some admin hang-up; we usually only react to complaints from other PHers - sometimes we agree; and sometimes we disagree. Suffice to say appropriate action is taken if we agree.
As one of the many PH'ers who visit at lunchtime from work, I agree with Kinky - this is a car site, not a sh'te jokes site. The Lounge is a side-bar to the real purpose of the site, and if too much crap gets posted in The Lounge, then it WILL get blocked by corporate internet filters......following which, in true PH stylee, I'll get me and 5 mates to find whoever was responsible and administer a good "keyboard-shoeing"...or perhaps VBRJ!
Come on chaps, let's not get bogged down in the semantics of what does and doesn't constitute a racist joke. It's very simple really; if a reasonable person finds the joke offensive, then we'll probably take action.
In this instance we had plenty of complaints from reasonable people who did take offence, and Kinky took action which HM and the rest of the mods felt was entirely appropriate. We'd do the same again under identical circumstances. Please don't try and discover where the line is, because you might cross it...
Also, as Kinky says, we do this because we don't want PH to fall foul of corporate blocklists for such a stupid reason as a crap old joke or a picture of some soap star in her knickers. Let's be honest, once someone catches onto the fact that the productivity of a sizeable proportion of the male working population would double overnight if PistonHeads were blocked in the workplace we're banjaxed anyway. Until they do though, let's keep our heads down, shall we?
In this instance we had plenty of complaints from reasonable people who did take offence, and Kinky took action which HM and the rest of the mods felt was entirely appropriate. We'd do the same again under identical circumstances. Please don't try and discover where the line is, because you might cross it...
Also, as Kinky says, we do this because we don't want PH to fall foul of corporate blocklists for such a stupid reason as a crap old joke or a picture of some soap star in her knickers. Let's be honest, once someone catches onto the fact that the productivity of a sizeable proportion of the male working population would double overnight if PistonHeads were blocked in the workplace we're banjaxed anyway. Until they do though, let's keep our heads down, shall we?
Kinky said:
The rules are very clear and simple. If you want to post racist jokes
KinkyI agree with everything you have said, however was the joke posted by POJ racist? I recieved a copy and it didn't refer to any race. so a 30 day ban for being unoffensive seems harsh.
I agree though that Ph needs strong moderation in this area.
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