Here We Go Again

Bob wrote on columbuzz:
"But we want discussion and debate."

Lie.

"So when a post is halfway civil, we try to include it."

Lie.  One of my posts that was deleted: "Thank you, Lucy" in response to Lucy wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.

"Most of their posts are similar to this one; they want only to attack the writer instead of what is written."

But what if the writer is a hypocritical idiot?  And the writer (Bob) can attack anyone he wants in his "articles".

"I was told that a scanner in a vehicle is illegal, so we don't want one of those."

So is odometer tampering.

"But back to your question; we approve these for the sake of discussion. At times, it's hard to know what is best to allow and what we should delete. When we delete anything, we are criticized for being censors. Some say that if it is negative against me, it is deleted. Not true."

You allow minor dissent, but if it's someone you suspect of being Merc, it is deleted or edited no matter what it says.

"Truth is, if they could write criticism without all the nasty stuff,more would get posted."

But you can post as much nasty stuff as you want.

"When people support what we do here, they are told, by these people, that they belong to a cult, like this website is a cult.????? People who contribute here, and defend what we do here, are called, by these people, Bob-o-bots.?????"

Yes Bob, your site is cult-like.  You do no wrong.  You criticize others for their alleged illegal acts yet you ignore your own, just like a cult leader.  And your minions defend you no matter what.

"We simply want civil conversation. We encourage civil debate. That's why we're here."

Lie.  Bob can be as uncivil as he wants.

"We feel people need to know things that some want to keep hidden."

Like you wanting to keep the odometer deal hidden.

"Especially people elected to serve us. We, meaning all of us, are their boss. We, meaning all of us, have the RIGHT to know what they do, good or bad."

But you shouldn't lie about what they do.

"We want to be here to inform people, plain and simple. Too many things go on that shouldn't. And they wouldn't go on if people knew about them."

You mean things like odometer tampering and threats of violence?

"It's anyone that does something or interest and anyone that something that affects others, physically, mentally, or emotionally."

Important things like parking illegally and moldy bread!

"If we have a trustee that is manipulating OUR money for his own benefit, we need to know."

Lie, but at least you said if.

"If you look over all of the articles we have posted, you will see our intent. We may not always have all of the facts, but we try to be as factual and as open as we can be. Jst because we don't have every fact, or we don't call the accused up and hear his side of it, it doesn't mean what we say is a lie or isn't true."

Sounds like a description of a tabloid.

"If we hear that someone is doing something they shouldn't be doing, like say, raping women, cheating on his wife, or stealing tax money, why bother calling and listening ti his lies?"

Or odometer tampering.  And this is your biggest problem Bob.   You assume what you're told is true and if the accused tries to defend themselves, you automatically believe they're lying, just like you lied with the odometer deal.

"Why listen to a known liar make up some more lies?"

Exactly.  Bob, you are a known liar making up more lies, so why should anyone listen to you.

"Why call anyone there when they will lie like that?"

So I guess no one calls you.

"Point is, we can know something is true without being able to prove it and without needing to prove it."

So you can post anything you want without proof, and we're just supposed to trust you, a proven liar?  Sure, sounds reasonable.

"Proof was shown repeatedly of the failures, bad attitude, and negligence of my opponent and his staff."

Yawn.  No proof, just uninformed opinion.

"People needed to know. They still need to know. The fact that that knowledge didn't convince people to vote against a member of their political party is irrelevant. They still needed to know. So that's what we try to do here."

They also need to know about corrupt "whistle blowers".

"But we don't want to be a site where all hell breaks loose and the site ends up needing to be shut down, like so many are, as Sound Off and many others were. So yes, we censor. And we will continue to do so."

Thank God you censor terrible comments like "Thank you, Lucy".

"At times, it gets rather enjoyable deleting some of the garbage we receive. These folks think that since we are a forum type website that they have the God-given right to post whatever they wish. And when we censor what they try to post, we have violated their RIGHTS. But they don't have that right. We haven't violated their rights. We have simply protected the rights of those who want to post in a civil manner. We have simply protected our rights to run a website, that we own, in the manner in which we choose."

Bob is correct for once.  People do not have the right to free speech on a website, but Bob goes overboard with his delete button.

"Our basic rule here is; if it's civl, on topic, and it doesn't attack the writer, it gets posted. If not, we delete it. It's a very simple concept"

I agree, it is a very simple concept.  Do as I say, not as I do.