I don't know the answer. On the one hand people should be able to say what they want within the bounds of decency and good taste. On the other hand the aquarium board is supposed to be about aquarium topics.

I might find someone on these boards who is a talented aquarist and has lots of information to offer. However if he finds out that I am anti-drug, anti pit-bull and Rottweiller (to give an example), pro-family, pro-tolerating gays, anti tolerating Islamist terrorists, pro-racial profiling of Islamist terrorists, pro-grizzly hunting, anti-union, and anti-big government, then we might have a problem dealing with each other.

So in the interests of getting along I will keep as quiet as I can about my political and social views on this forum. The few times I have opened my mouth about these things I have offended someone I am sure.

Some people get offended if you have a tang in a 90 gal so you'll never please everybody.:wink: I've said this before but one problem with the written word is it's often hard to tell what tone is really meant when reading it,(even with the emotion icons) so some folks may get offended.

I couldn't have said this better myself......


If you only want to know about aquarium/fish related stuff............STAY OUT OF THE LOUNGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there is no such thing as free speech on a private message board :)

Cheers,
Vic[veng68]

Fine, I will do that.

Oh, sorry, forgot as a staff member I have to go read all the crap to see if its following board rules. :smile:

I could pick a fight if I wanted here. LOL. And that's the point, isn't it? "Tolerating gays? So they need to be tolerated? How nice!"

Which illustrates a point...like Snappy said. The written word is subject to interpretation (authorial intent vs. reader response). What you mean, what you say and what I interpret are all very different things.

OK tolerating isn't the right word, I guess accepting them or treating them equally is what I meant.