A question on FS rule enforcement

[rdenney]

So the lesson here is pretty clear. If you post in the classified section, you are of a lower status member and can expect to be treated as such.

It is absolutely true that we consider for-sale posts to be no more than ephemeral—without lasting value. Just like the classifieds in a traditional newspaper. That’s why it is segregated in the forum.

And it is absolutely true that we value contributions to the discussion and image-sharing forums more highly, precisely because those posts have more potential to have lasting value.

It has nothing to do with the value of the people making the posts, as I suspect you know. Forums don’t establish that, people do, by what they do.

Rick “who thought that distinction was clear” Denney

[BrianShaw]

There’s a word for looking for the most upsetting interpretation of whatever is said, and that’s “tendentious”. My vision of this forum is never needing to use that word.

Rick “not sifting every word for a reason to be offended” Denney

Now that you say it, I completely understand. Carry on, madam, sir, or it... whichever may be applicable. Ha ha ha.

[Dan Fromm]

Seriously, Rick... you don’t think that referring to a member with a clearly male name as “it” was cold and intentionally offensive?

Brian, how can I be sure what sex you are? You could be anything hiding behind a screen name. So could I. Please certify that you're, human, male, and show ID sufficient to let you board a commercial flight.

So you'll know, I'm non-human, of indeterminate gender and can't fly. The picture of me on the French LF forum is of a hired male model.

[BrianShaw]

Brian, how can I be sure what sex you are? You could be anything hiding behind a screen name. So could I. Please certify that you're, human, male, and show ID sufficient to let you board a commercial flight.

So you'll know, I'm non-human, of indeterminate gender and can't fly. The picture of me on the French LF forum is of a hired male model.

Thanks for that clarification of your composition. I’m not a sex, but affiliate with a carbon-based gender even though I may be a silicon-based device. I’m not sure at times because my artificial intelligence gets confused and keeps changing its mind. But more often than not it gives a credible answer that corresponds with my manufacturer’s identification tag. If I need to fly I’ll let you know so you’ll be on duty at the TSA checkpoint of my local airport!

[Dan Fromm]

Thanks for that clarification of your composition. I’m not a sex, but affiliate with a carbon-based gender even though I may be a silicon-based device. I’m not sure at times because my artificial intelligence gets confused and keeps changing its mind.

Exactly. May I address you as he/she/it?

[BrianShaw]

Exactly. May I address you as he/she/it?

I go by several names, but I dislike impersonal pronouns (they are so very “human):

Please refer to me as “electron”, if making a negative statement.

Please refer to me as “neutron”, if making a noncommittal statement.

Please refer to me as “Brian”, as my fellow devices call me, in all other circumstances.

// FINIS

[Tin Can]

'it' is never correct, unless the subject is Cousin Itt, from the Addams Family a very political show I still watch

'they' denotes either he, she or...I can't use the term...https://www.teenvogue.com/story/they...tions-answered

My Draft age grandsons understand this well and I didn't teach them...

[BrianShaw]

Do we still have a draft?

[Dan Fromm]

No, but young men still have to register with Selective Service.

[BrianShaw]

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