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WCDT 2897 - 2901 (16-20 February 2015)
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 19 Feb 2015, 13:53 ---I really want to make a joke--I think it's funny as hell--but...
Your strawmen. They are made of straw. You've been told that there are places in the Discuss section where you can ask, comment, or otherwise raise the issues you speak of. There's one rule (relevant to the topic). "Not in the Comic forum." How hard is that?
I'm seriously asking, because it feels like you're trying to make martyr out of yourself. Like you are trying to get banned or something, just to prove something. Yet people keep telling you there is place for that. It just a short scroll down the forum.
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In it's most basic form: if something is touched upon in the comic, reasonable discussion in WCDT should be allowed, and not be shunted elsewhere, nor someone shouldn't be afraid to ask about it and get lawyered by some rule.
The strip before the current one is the perfect example of what i'm trying to get at: I am seriously wondering why Marten gave Claire that bland response when she asked in it's most distilled form: "Hey, don't you feel kinda weird dating someone who is trans?" Now I know someone is gonna point out "wait, you broached the genitalia issue!!" when I didn't; the question is open ended and I never even guessed or implied either way.
The response is like I said too bland; there doesn't even appear to be some pang of apprehension or even him admitting that "Oh, I had reservations at first, but then...." and go on about how he's okay with it. Add some damn friction. It doesn't have to be earth shattering; people have faults. Your no better than the next person. Claire should at least be reassured that Marten had some sort of "quandary" of some sort, be told about it, and then told he's now okay with her.
It just smacks of Kid Gloves; Pintsize not even providing some "morality episode" events a few strips before is where it starts to get bad. We all know he's a jerkass, but the way it was deus ex machina by Marten in one panel smacks of this, and so did the recent two strips. I just have to wonder if the rules about genitalia are also hurting the strip as well.
Like I said, the comic can't have both; they can't approach a topic, yet say certain things are off limits. It hurts the entire topic as a whole, and it needs to be better managed.
Is it cold in here?:
Global Moderator Comment Strictly temporary cooling off period, probably just a few hours. I'll use the time for a split. It will take some thought.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 19 Feb 2015, 13:37 ---You know, has a WCDT been locked BEFORE Friday's comic before?
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I think so, but not for a long time; and I was thinking of locking this earlier, but it reached the tipping point while I was otherwise engaged.
Look back over the last couple of pages and see how many moderator comments (plus unmarked comments by mods) there have been leading up to this. We don't say those things for our own amusement, you know.
EDIT: Many of those have now been removed along with the nonsenses they referred to.
Is it cold in here?:
Everyone eager to discuss how to carry on conversations between the oppressed and the non-oppressed, see the new topic in Discuss. Moderators, feel free to tinker with my work. There are posts that could have gone either way. People who want to discuss the comic passionately, this thread will reopen soon. People who want to make it into arguments about other members, please do something else until the urge passes.
EDIT: unlocked now.
pwhodges:
I sent nearly a page of collective madness to the forum trash bin. Please don't make it necessary for that to happen again. Something as simple as counting to ten before starting to reply can help.
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