Always Overcharged

I have seen nothing to justify removing Brian once again from the D2 forum-I don't give a rats **** about the US politics and don't read the political forum but I do enjoy Brians often humerous and witty posts.
Stop throwing the toys from the cot and BobW if all you want to do is gloat then do it somewhere else.
no need to hijack a perfectly good thread for your own ends [below]
If Brian is too opinionated for the political forum that is an issue for that forum and is that not the whole idea of a political forum????<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/176220.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/176220.phtml</a</li></ul>

TwinCitiesS8

And for AW for backing them up! I am sorry, I LOVE this forum, but if we can't have our own opinion in a political or off topic forum, then what is the point? I received as did many the complete letter that Brian officially sent to AW today. Can we all just agree to be gentlemen and ladies and respect what each of us has to say or at least agree to disagree? Brian has pointed out very clearly that he NEVER threatened anyone's family and has done nothing worthy enough to continually have his posts deleted, censored etc... If he uses the Political and Off Topic forums to express his views, I would say he is in the right. I do hope that AW comes to its senses and brings Brian back. Perhaps a changing of the moderators is in order? Grow up folks!

PaulW

I use to take part in off topic forum, which has a much different purpose as compared to this forum.

I suggest that if people want to support Brian, they post in the politics forum. I've read some of the threads in the past....way too much for me, to read, try to figure out what it is, why people are pissed, medical records, etc., etc.

Brian should either just stay away from the politics forum and post here under a new account or find a different website with a political forum. I have personally enjoyed him on the A8 forum, but I know he (and others) have stirred their fair amount of **** on other forums.

Always Overcharged

D2 forum unless he has something related to D2's to contribute.
I have no objection to someone posting off topic within the forum occasionally if they generally are contributing to the subject.
The same reasoning leads me to wonder why Brian has been removed from the D2 forum when his positive contributions far out way the negatives.
If Brian misbehaves in the political forum then it surely is an issue for that forum alone not the D2 one.
I don't like the censorship spilling over.

jazbo123

you know what you're getting when you go in there. I visit a diffrent forum for my politics and irreverence.

mkurak

At least this is one possibility. Let's hope this is not the case because we are not children and can conceive of good and bad for ourselves, thank you very much. As Kant suggests, such a government is the worst possible despotism since it forces its subjects to take a passive role and look to the sovereign (them) to bestow happiness upon us (or not). The other possibility is that they are concerned with advertising revenues, which seems highly likely, at least to me. But, of course, they are free to limit speech here in the interests of profit if they see fit. Perhaps there is a third possibility, but I cannot think of it at the moment.

Jason Teller

This message goes right to the heart of some of the problems we are seeing with members who operate as if AudiWorld is here only to amuse them. I am not talking about your political views or personality, but about simple conduct.

I am going to clear the forums of this type of interaction. If I see more messages of this nature in any forum from you then I will ask you to leave AudiWorld.

svxit

I made that point forcefully the last time there was a dust-up in this forum, until it dawned on me I was feeding the troll, so... I brought a full stop to responding to BobW's posts. I, too, have always enjoyed Brian's posts, so hopefully he will return and steer clear of the third rail we know of as the politics forum.

Bob W.

...how is <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/176347.phtml">this</a> any different from what I posted? It calls me out by name, unprovoked, saying that I'm "throwing toys from the cot"....whatever the **** that means.

The only reason I posted anything in this thread is that I was called out by name...no other reason, especially not for my amusement, as you suggested.

Bob W.

is this thread contributing to the D2 community in any way? I had nothing to do with Brian being banned (again). I simply asked JimR (in a thread that I appropriately tagged OT) why an announcement wasn't made here, <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/politics/msgs/341048.phtml">since it was announced in AWP.</a>

By calling me out in this forum, you're shooting the messenger. If you're not happy about it, talk to Jason.