Draft Board Civility Policy

[patchick]

The PatsFans.com draft board has always been a little island of real football talk, mostly free of Jets trolls and other nasty infestations. To keep it that way, I'd like to restate the board civility policy as we enter peak draft season:

If you disagree with another poster's football opinions, please respond with observations, data, links, theories or even wild speculation to support your opposing view. Please do NOT respond by attacking his intelligence, character, fan allegience, parentage or penis size.

Personal insults may subject you to post deletions, or bans from individual threads, the draft board, or the site. Thank you.


FAQ:

I am on a mission from God to cleanse this sacred board of idiots. You must not stand in my way.

Power to you, brother! The problem is that when you insult an idiot, he naturally insults you back. Then the formerly useful thread turns into an infantile pissing contest, and the SMART posters leave. This "no insult" thing isn't about delicacy, it's about preserving the quality of discussion.

But he IS a %&@#$ idiot. It would be dishonest not to call him one. This is a moral imperative.

It's certainly possible that your fellow poster has the intelligence of a day-old crumpet. But here's a little messageboard secret: If you sweetly pat him on the head and explain why he's wrong, then he looks like the idiot he is and you look smart. But if you just call him stupid names, YOU look like the idiot and he looks like an innocent victim. And that would be a travesty.

I saw another poster call somebody a %&@#$ idiot and you didn't delete that post. Therefore I'm allowed to call people that any time I want to, forever.

Yeah, and I bet the state trooper loved your "everybody else was speeding too" defense, eh? Look, I don't see every post on the board. And occasionally I arrive at a pissing contest so late that cleaning it up is hopeless. Please act like a grownup anyway, OK?

But the idiot poster really does have a very small penis.

OK, and I don't have one at all. Whatever.

[A.C Vegas]

Best FAQ ever.

[MaineMan]

Originally Posted by A.C Vegas

Best FAQ ever.

I'll second that.

[Off The Grid]

Originally Posted by patchick

The PatsFans.com draft board has always been a little island of real football talk, mostly free of Jets trolls and other nasty infestations. To keep it that way, I'd like to restate the board civility policy as we enter peak draft season:

If you disagree with another poster's football opinions, please respond with observations, data, links, theories or even wild speculation to support your opposing view. Please do NOT respond by attacking his intelligence, character, fan allegience, parentage or penis size.

Personal insults may subject you to post deletions, or bans from individual threads, the draft board, or the site. Thank you.


FAQ:

I am on a mission from God to cleanse this sacred board of idiots. You must not stand in my way.

Power to you, brother! The problem is that when you insult an idiot, he naturally insults you back. Then the formerly useful thread turns into an infantile pissing contest, and the SMART posters leave. This "no insult" thing isn't about delicacy, it's about preserving the quality of discussion.

But he IS a %&@#$ idiot. It would be dishonest not to call him one. This is a moral imperative.

It's certainly possible that your fellow poster has the intelligence of a day-old crumpet. But here's a little messageboard secret: If you sweetly pat him on the head and explain why he's wrong, then he looks like the idiot he is and you look smart. But if you just call him stupid names, YOU look like the idiot and he looks like an innocent victim. And that would be a travesty.

I saw another poster call somebody a %&@#$ idiot and you didn't delete that post. Therefore I'm allowed to call people that any time I want to, forever.

Yeah, and I bet the state trooper loved your "everybody else was speeding too" defense, eh? Look, I don't see every post on the board. And occasionally I arrive at a pissing contest so late that cleaning it up is hopeless. Please act like a grownup anyway, OK?

But the idiot poster really does have a very small penis.

OK, and I don't have one at all.

Whatever.

Originally Posted by A.C Vegas

Best FAQ ever.

Originally Posted by MaineMan

I'll second that.

Oh.

My.

GOD.

I am now OFFICIALLY Head Over Heals MADLY In Love With Sister PatChick.

The fact that every last one of those remonstrations felt as if they were directed SPECIFICALLY at me only ENHANCES my Abject Devotion.

Sister Pat, I assume that you are 22, 5.4/105 Pounds, Just Looking For The Right Guy, and CAN Rush The Passer.

If any of my assumptions are incorrect, I assure you there is NO need to dispel my delusions, for I assure you that I am NOT The Right Guy!!

[Box_O_Rocks]

Maybe moving up for Julio Jones wouldn't be that bad an idea?

[Metaphors]

Originally Posted by Box_O_Rocks

Maybe moving up for Julio Jones wouldn't be that bad an idea?

%&#$ YOU!


Dammit!

[patchick]

Originally Posted by Metaphors

%&#$ YOU!


Dammit!

It's a learning process. Baby steps.

[kurtinelson]

Originally Posted by Box_O_Rocks

Maybe moving up for Julio Jones wouldn't be that bad an idea?

Well now that Moss is gone, we don't have any receivers who can stretch the field. I'd trade No. 17, 28 and 33 and move up to get AJ Green. Too bad BB doesn't have balls to move up to get an impact player.



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[patchick]

Originally Posted by kurtinelson

Well now that Moss is gone, we don't have any receivers who can stretch the field. I'd trade No. 17, 28 and 33 and move up to get AJ Green. Too bad BB doesn't have balls to move up to get an impact player.



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None of this would be necessary if he had been smart enough to draft Dez Bryant.

[MaineMan]

Dear patchick,

I'm acquainted with several fine gentleman here along the coast of Maine who would be eager to explore the possibility of a relationship with you. Especially if you own a boat. If you're interested, please email me:

maineman@catchascatchcan.net

If you wouldn't mind very much, please included measurements and photo.

Of the boat.