Reply #45: I really think the forum for 04 should have the EXACT same rules

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

as the rest of DU. There is no reason to create a system of arbitrating. When DU bans a freeper, it is often due to a sense that the person came only to disrupt. There is ample evidence that some in GD 04 come only to disrupt.

Frankly, I felt the rules WERE working for people who came to debate and were NOT working for people who came only to flame and disrupt.

One can be open and civil. I have a reputation as being fierce in my advocacy of causes and issues. I have not had one single post removed. Certainly if someone as unruly as myself can survive so can others. It's called using your head.

On most California highways, the speed limit is 65. Most people go 80. If we say it isn't working and change the speed limit to 80...isn't it likely people will go 100?