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Bite me

Awwwwwwwwwwww
But come on Tom, I wanted to keep swearing at you on here. Boohooo you ruin all my fin on here. LOL

Have a happy and safe 4th Tom.

We lose more & more of our FREEDOM every Day,
itwon't be long before we have given it all away, but till that Day I will say it like it is and then, they can KILL ME...

Oh..And DON'T try that ole " I'm just stirring the pot" excuse either..YOU don't KNOW that THAT isn't what everybody's doing..

It STILL amounts to the SAME ole "DO as I say,,NOT as I DO" BS...

Free speech is in the bill of rights, and you have the right to say anything you want...
But, the owner/operator of this website has the write to refuse your words if they find them offensive... they can ban you from the site altogether... that is THEIR right.

To have to curse and lash out verbally is a sign of an uneducated individual.
Now before i get bashed.....There are many words in the english language, that are descriptive,and can portray the ideas one wants to put forth, without being demeaning and abusive. Its all in the choice of words you choose to use, and we all have choices.
And this being in print, it is much easier to "edit" what is being said, unlike verbal, that just sorta slips out and is to late to "edit".
It boils down to common courtesy, for a fellow human. So next time you wanna curse or bash another, remember you are only "showing" your lack of intelligence of our mighty language

Thanks Tom this is way better than the answer that has been given in the past to “editing” on this site. I can understand cutting out right slander , and saying it that way is much much better than the way it went down a few years ago when Fox stated “We can do whatever we want its our blog” ...
I have not found Fox to be over bearing of late (Fox 35 that is, don't get me started about some affiliates!) I have not seen anything I wanted to say that was cut and taking my temper and mistrust of the media into account that is saying a lot !

awwww poor RNC08. Defending Obama would make me ill too. Hope you get to feeling better soon LOL

Tom... THANK YOU! Another user, Meb wrote an excellent topic as follows:

http://community.myfoxorlando.com/blogs/Meb452m/2008/06
/29/A_Lesson_For_Some_A_Practice_By_Others

Another user within this topic wrote something that was excellent and that we all should adhere to:

Mater01
Jun 30, 2008 | 9:16 AM I've stated it before and I'll state it again! It takes two or more to tango and all it does is feed the fire and insults the host and their post! So it isn't just one that causes the disruption but everyone else that adds on and builds the flame! It's rude, it's insulting, and it's childish! This is American and freedom of speech is our right but so is the choice of getting involved or looking away! It's much easier to scroll past anyone who chooses to insult and just comment on the subject of the post, but it makes it hard to comment on a post when others continue in the off subject commenting! It takes a bigger person to stop it within it's tracks and stick to that persons posted subject and douse out the flame instead of continuing to feed the fire attack! The question I have to everyone is, "Who can be that better and bigger person and who can not?"
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I believe in the same exact thing. And because I deleted one or two comments that were directed at personal information of another Fox User, because I chose to protect her from personal abuse, slander, and harassment, I deleted the comment. In turn it created a problem to where a few grown adults turned into the biggest bullying children I have ever seen. If you look at my page Tom, I had no

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http://community.myfoxorlando.com/blogs/Abunai/2008/06/
26/Mortgage_issues_and_selfaccountability

Compare these to my page and you will find that Abunai stole my topics completely word for word, copied and pasted them to his page for what he states is a "Political Agenda," however, when you read the comments, I believe you will agree it is meant to continue to instigate harassment and invite others who were made to behave to do the same. And then you may understand why I had to shut my comment section off on my Fox 35 page. I have asked Fox 35 however to delete all of the nasty and unwarranted comments in each section. Then if that's possible, I will turn the comment screen back on.

Also, because of this Tom, I have asked Fox 35 to delete my user page completely, so what they intend on doing I am not sure as I think once I have asked for that out of pure frustration, I don't know if I can ask them to stop with the process of deleting my complete page. But I suppose I have to ask myself, is the relentless harassment worth trying to relay good topics of discussion if people here cannot act like the adults they should be. Especially if one like Abunai goes off because I chose to protect the integrity of another Fox 35 User. But Tom, you and all of your staff at Fox 35 are wonderful people and what has happened here, clearly does not change our views about the Fox 35 news team. Because of these problems however, I do recommend that Fox 35 put a section together for your viewers of 18 and under. Because a handful of people here will never learn what's important

Yes, I have called people morons and knuckleheads. But I am not mean-spirited, and shamelessly insult any of you. I have not crossed that line. And if you morons and knuckleheads don't like it, too bad!

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would be brought out to protect your child at that point. So it is only human nature to defend our integrity in the cyber world as well. I read another Fox reporter state, "before you hit that submit or done key," make sure it is something that your children can read," and I think he added Grandparents as well. So blame the Government and/or Fox for loosing our Freedom of Speech? I don't think so, before you blame another in calling the "Kettle Black," look in the mirror first!

Well,, I don't have a problem with THAT aspect of the editing debate..The Constitution deals with Free Speech on the premise that ONLY THE GOVERNMENT CAN TRUELY CENSOR PEOPLE..

There is NOTHING to prevent ANYONE from exercising their rights somewhere else if they don't like it here..
Personally,, I'd just as soon see all the Vitriol banned altogether..AS LONG AS IT'S CARRIED OUT ACROSS THE BOARD..

Now YOU Tom..I have always gotten the impression that YOU were “egging things on” but not everybody’s going to see things that way..Wouldn’t it be easier and therefore better to avoid the question altogether??Practice what YOU Preach,, so to speak???

Now Here is a Problem that I DO have with this,, although I do NOT believe that I have the RIGHT to demand change..

I have seen perfectly PROPER and ACCEPTABLE Phrases being Bleeped because SOME White Liberal SOMEWHERE Doesn’t want to take a chance on POSSIBLY offending someone..

For instance..

JUST out of curiousity,,, I have been asking around,, for MORE then a YEAR now,, and have YET to find a SINGLE person of Chinese decent who would be offended or who thinks that the use of the Phrase “ a BLEEP in his Armor” is improper or otherwise unacceptable in ANY way..Indeed..I have ACTUALLY found MORE then a FEW who were INSULTED by the RACIST’S PRESUMPTION that THEY would or SHOULD be offended SIMPLY because of their ancestry..

Just a thought…

EDITING is a SERIOUS activity..It should NEVER be relegated to the Dictates of a MACHINE because of the Laziness of the Editor...

The Freedom of Speech Protects you from the Government, not from it's people. So for the tip of the day...If you are going to badmouth someone make sure you have the A** to back it up, or just keep your opinions to yourself unless you are ready to back up what you say or defend your statements.