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Thanks to all my friends I've made and known for the many years I've been a part of this board.I served my time in ban-land for something that was funny. Now, my post about the water park has been removed and I have been scolded via private message by Doyle.This is the end for me. I cannot continue to post.It's been fun.

I really thought that one was funny! Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/

I missed it

Pick a different hill to die on. This board desperately needs the diversity you bring...whether it knows it or not.Hang in there I'm not saved because I'm good. I'm saved because He's good!My website: www.bradfreeman.comMy blog: bradcfreeman.tumblr.com/

The pool pic was funny. Nobody is disputing that, but funny is not the same as being acceptable. The comments about brown stuff floating in the water,(not funny) helped make the decision to delete the post, easier. As I shared personally with mytime, I'm former military so there are few things I have not heard. There is no claim here that any of us, especially me, are perfect, but we do have an idea of what kind of post we want on the board and what kind we do not. Poster mytime did not, as he put it, Spend time in ban-land for something funny. The ban was made by Moderators who felt what was posted (intended or not) had salacious overtones. I felt they made the right call.I deleted the most recent post but did not institute a ban. The door to mytime posting remains open as long as he is open to listening to the advice of those who moderate the board. Prior to his most recent post, I wrote him a kind personal note and shared that I was deleting the post and shared why. Of interesting note, one of the disagreements with the decision, has come from someone who was angry that we did not allow more diversity on the board. This from someone who I have continued to allow on the board in spite of his diverse and controversial views. No other poster in the history of the board has had more requests from viewers for us to ban. Some viewers have strongly let me know that in that case, they feel I have been too diverse. Some have left because I did not ban that more diverse poster. Some days around here it's just like pastoring. There are some days when those you didn't help are upset, and those you did, are too .Doyl

I hope you are not referring to me...but it appears you are. Let me be clear

In spite of the major backlash for allowing your continued use of the board, my feeling at the time was that possibly it would help viewers learn to make a defense against doctrines with which they may disagree. Right or wrong, I made an intentional decision to allow your continuing on the board. So yes, it did come as a surprise to see your insinuation that we have not been diverse enough.This is your quote to mytime: This board desperately needs the diversity you bring...whether it knows it or not. What we do know, is that the word diversity is not necessarily a good one. My concern is not about diversity that anyone, including you or mytime supposidly brings to the board. My concern was and is that viewers could use it to strengthen their own belief system.As far as mytime is concerned, it is now his call as to whether he wants to continue here or not. To do so, means he is open to guidance provided by those who Moderate the board. If not, we wish him well and appreciate any good posts he has made.Doyl

Perhaps if the board wasn't as arbitrary in their decisions it wouldn't be an issue.

See you later mytime.

Well, as you know Patrick, almost everything in life comes with a perspective and a context. Such is the case here. Has there been a previous incident? Is there behind-the-scenes communication or not? Is the person open to the perspective of those who administer the board? It is not unusual for those who are called upon to make decisions, to have a a different perspective. What is going on in a larger sense; words or events surrounding the situation?It is your perspective that things posted at some time previously in the past 17 years of ACTS, in your opinion, were worse. Other viewers may or may not agree. We have no worse, more worse, most worse categories. It's my understanding that one of our Administrators had asked several times for the poster to cooperate but without getting a positive reply. So, the Administrator put in a ban until things could be worked out. When the situation was brought to me, I made contact with the poster several times personally and also worked to get him reinstated. As much as is possible, I like to give people another chance. The poster in question is not banned at this time. The door for him to post is still open, but we are not reluctant to ask a poster to work with us.Doyl