So apparently referring to someone as a cartoon character is rude...

[Zelda]

Just read through this, tom you make it seem like the moderator department is some bloody feudal system here, + i don't quite get why if it would only be offensive to person its' directed at someone else should be allowed to get it removed who it werent aimed at, as it's not offensive to them and is just rediculous, especially considering the rules of the thread clearly say you are allowed to say someone looks like someone, then post a pic of it.

+ Jordan urm yes sam is allowed tosuggest to you that something might need doing surely if its' true? Anyone could tell you oh this needs doing, if you heed what is said is another matter but people aren't peasants and they shouldn't be treated as if, "Only i decide what needs doing, no-one can suggest things to me".

[Richie]

Yeah but saying that she looked like Mona wasn't really an insult at all. Tell me how it was.

are me and you looking at the same picture? because mona looks like she fell off a motorbike lost half a nose a bit of an ear then went under the knife for several hours so doctors could try restore her face to some human resemblance. Either way if she is offended by it you offended her so you get warned. Simples

[Jordan]

Then it hasn't always worked like that. Never knew that rule changed tbh.

Well really it's not a rule a normal member needs to know but now you understand the rule we follow
@Stephen; it's not private because she didn't report it. No ones confirmed she did it, people just assumed!

[Chippiewill]

That explains why spam bots get banned straight away and others don't. Thanks.

Those situations aren't analogous, spam bots are fairly obviously abusing the forum and are not at any point going to stop. There's no point banning long term members off the bat, may as well open a dialogue first.

[Samantha]

@Chris; @Jordan; Ok I don't think it's happened for the past year, well at least not in some cases but I suppose that could have been for other reasons too. Thanks again.

[Stephen]

i swear skynus edited that last bit into his post

[dbgtz]

are me and you looking at the same picture? because mona looks like she fell off a motorbike lost half a nose a bit of an ear then went under the knife for several hours so doctors could try restore her face to some human resemblance. Either way if she is offended by it you offended her so you get warned. Simples

Well according to her she didn't even report it.

Either way it's a cartoon about a person with an overactive imagination and should not and was never implied as an insult therefore it was not.

[xxMATTGxx]

If she didn't report it then I don't see an issue with the actual content unless it was very clear that it was rude in the first place.

[The Don]

Just because someone takes offence to something doesn't mean it is actually offensive, there is a huge differene. Has all common sense been lost?

[xxMATTGxx]

Just because someone takes offence to something doesn't mean it is actually offensive, there is a huge differene. Has all common sense been lost?

But that's where the problems start, just because you may not find it offensive -That doesn't mean the user can't be offended by whatever has been said. Then there is the problem of people saying that they have been offended by such posts just for the sake of getting them into trouble.

So what do you draw the line?