Thread: Deleting profile to escape n get out of this place

Originally Posted by northdude

It would be dead as fuk. A lot of the peoole that constantly whinge about the off topic threads are quite happy to point out that everyone should only be posting hunting and gun posts and they dont even do it themselves. Heres a gun topic to discuss sorry if its been asked before what gun is the best what scope is the best what bullets should i use whats the best calber for me for hunting....

I'm to dumb mate
My storys would be all the same today I went and shot some deer here they are, I wouldn't want to read it.
But I certainly enjoy reading the strorys of the guys that can string pics and good yarn together all as one.

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Originally Posted by DavidGunn

Seeing as you asked, it is .303 with fixed power X 4 Tasco scope and FMJ projectiles with hollow point drilled in your home workshop.

Preferably a Jungle Carbine��

AKA the flame and noise thrower

Originally Posted by DavidGunn

Seeing as you asked, it is .303 with fixed power X 4 Tasco scope and FMJ projectiles with hollow point drilled in your home workshop.

Very droll David.........;>)

Originally Posted by northdude

It would be dead as fuk. A lot of the peoole that constantly whinge about the off topic threads are quite happy to point out that everyone should only be posting hunting and gun posts and they dont even do it themselves. Heres a gun topic to discuss sorry if its been asked before what gun is the best what scope is the best what bullets should i use whats the best calber for me for hunting....

That is a false claim.
The off topic section functioned fine when the off topic rules were enforced.
Simple as that.

No one has ever said all content must be hunting and shooting related all the time.

This "don't like it, don't read it" line doesn't hold water for me.

I don't give a toss if individuals believe or disbelieve something, or are anti something or not. I can read it and move on. "Off topic" sections and discussions aren't intrinsically bad in some way - its that some topics encourage the worst behaviours from the worst participants. And when a forum is not moderated there are no natural consequences for this.

I give a big toss when the debate becomes so bizarre or heated that if an ordinary person reading it they would think we must be crazy, or someone who wishes to harm our sport reads it and it confirms to them we are crazy. Its all ammo to fired against us.

Its not about restricting "free speech" (thats just a silly knee jerk mantra). its about some people's "stupid speech" and protecting the credibility of LFO's. So I think that there ought to be stronger moderation or a restrictions on some off topics. Maybe there needs to be a set of values or a code agreed on which is used as the moderation benchmark.

Originally Posted by BRADS

I'm to dumb mate
My storys would be all the same today I went and shot some deer here they are, I wouldn't want to read it.
But I certainly enjoy reading the strorys of the guys that can string pics and good yarn together all as one.

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same here . I don't think anyone would find what I usually call a hunt very exciting . Wandering around doc for 6 hrs to knock over a couple of goats wouldn't be particularly interesting to most here I wouldn't imagine , particularly as it would seem a large number of guys here can shoot deer out of their bedroom windows if the mood strikes them , let alone goats .
But for me it's a day away from the rat race and welcome time in the bush . I have posted a few hunting stories but mainly they involve the kids .
I posted a story about my new years fallow but have not shot a deer since .
I even posted a story about my last hunting trip away a few months back where we shot nothing at all , in an effort to at least try and contribute to the hunting threads ......
Some of us just don't have the hunting opportunities/experiences others have that make good reading , or get out often enough to post hunting yarns very often .

I went out 2 weekends ago just me and Remmy after goats . Drove for 2 hrs to our spot . Walked another hour and half before seeing our first goat , which the bloody dog decided to chase instead of point at . I spat the dummy , he walked out with head hung low , and we drove 2 hrs home again .
Not a very interesting read eh .....

Originally Posted by Tahr

This "don't like it, don't read it" line doesn't hold water for me.

I don't give a toss if individuals believe or disbelieve something, or are anti something or not. I can read it and move on. "Off topic" sections and discussions aren't intrinsically bad in some way - its that some topics encourage the worst behaviours from the worst participants. And when a forum is not moderated there are no natural consequences.

I give a big toss when the debate becomes so bizarre or heated that if an ordinary person reading it would think we must be crazy, or someone who wishes to harm our sport reads it and it confirms to them we are crazy.

Its not about restricting "free speech" (thats just a silly knee jerk mantra). its about some people's "stupid speech" and protecting the credibility of LFO's. So I think that there ought to be stronger moderation or a restrictions on some off topics. Maybe there needs to be a set of values or a code agreed on which is used as the moderation benchmark.

That makes sense. How would it work if we had a 'dislike' button as well as a 'like' ? Slow learner me but if I got ten dislikes for a comment that would clip my short wings. Also a 'No personalized attack' rule - comments directed only at the post not the poster

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

posting of dead animal photos in isolation . . ' I like to see that balanced with photos of meals prepared from these hunted wild foods and the sharing of recipe's, photos of kids out hunting, the birds of the forest, sunsets, the things that are the foundation of a happy well rounded existence and enjoyment of the wilds.
These things represent us as good and decent people, connected to the cycle of life on earth.

ramble alert . . so this morning i'm driving down a long winding down hill section with the road sparkling with frost in a heavy vehicle, the exhaust brake is on, i'm in the right gear, its just after 6.00am, i've got the road to myself and i am happy as a sandman.
and then i have a thought . . OMG ! when i did post pics of hunting it was all guns with dead animals
where were my pics of meals and recipe's
where were the kids
the tweety birds
the sunsets . . there was 1 but it had a rifle in the middle of it
the cycle of life stuff

and then i thouight, Fck Off ! that sounds like a Womens magazine

Originally Posted by BRADS

I'm to dumb mate
My storys would be all the same today I went and shot some deer here they are, I wouldn't want to read it.
But I certainly enjoy reading the strorys of the guys that can string pics and good yarn together all as one.

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My attempt at hunting would make for shit stories like you they would all be the same took gun and kids or partner for a walk didnt shoot anything but enjoyed the day out in the bush all the same stopped at the roast shop on way home got home unpacked our shit the end. Who wants to read that....

Originally Posted by Tahr

This "don't like it, don't read it" line doesn't hold water for me.

I don't give a toss if individuals believe or disbelieve something, or are anti something or not. I can read it and move on. "Off topic" sections and discussions aren't intrinsically bad in some way - its that some topics encourage the worst behaviours from the worst participants. And when a forum is not moderated there are no natural consequences for this.

I give a big toss when the debate becomes so bizarre or heated that if an ordinary person reading it they would think we must be crazy, or someone who wishes to harm our sport reads it and it confirms to them we are crazy. Its all ammo to fired against us.

Its not about restricting "free speech" (thats just a silly knee jerk mantra). its about some people's "stupid speech" and protecting the credibility of LFO's. So I think that there ought to be stronger moderation or a restrictions on some off topics. Maybe there needs to be a set of values or a code agreed on which is used as the moderation benchmark.

The willingness to associate yourself with the stupid is beyond me. Sure shut down the vicious the genuinely harmful, the racist... but frankly if some twit wants to believe the US govt blew up the twin towers then let them, as publicly as possibly, and add some value with challenge.

The guilt by association syndrome is a disease in this country and frankly those stupid enough to take on board the stupid's contribution as somehow their own, or by pandering to the equally stupid who assume it so is simply a cop out.

Lets not pretend...

Lets actually practice some robust diversity.... instead of just applying the same level of intolerance that the hypocrites want from us...

Originally Posted by Ftx325

same here . I don't think anyone would find what I usually call a hunt very exciting . Wandering around doc for 6 hrs to knock over a couple of goats wouldn't be particularly interesting to most here I wouldn't imagine , particularly as it would seem a large number of guys here can shoot deer out of their bedroom windows if the mood strikes them , let alone goats .
But for me it's a day away from the rat race and welcome time in the bush . I have posted a few hunting stories but mainly they involve the kids .
I posted a story about my new years fallow but have not shot a deer since .
I even posted a story about my last hunting trip away a few months back where we shot nothing at all , in an effort to at least try and contribute to the hunting threads ......
Some of us just don't have the hunting opportunities/experiences others have that make good reading , or get out often enough to post hunting yarns very often .

I went out 2 weekends ago just me and Remmy after goats . Drove for 2 hrs to our spot . Walked another hour and half before seeing our first goat , which the bloody dog decided to chase instead of point at . I spat the dummy , he walked out with head hung low , and we drove 2 hrs home again .
Not a very interesting read eh .....

Nothing wrong with your input. Although I do have access to hunting, it's just not something I do. Growing up in Africa, there were plenty of opportunities to hunt a variety of animals and the perils that go with it in the African bush. In NZ I choose to not to shoot animals, but still savor the ownership of firearms, reloading etc. The fact that this forum also offers like minded motorcycle riders, boaters and a smattering of free thinkers a place to vent, rewards me with an opportunity to ponder times present and those which are just memories of an old man. Long may it survive, neutral as it currently is and may the moderators be as adultery lenient as they see fit.

Originally Posted by rossi.45

ramble alert . . so this morning i'm driving down a long winding down hill section with the road sparkling with frost in a heavy vehicle, the exhaust brake is on, i'm in the right gear, its just after 6.00am, i've got the road to myself and i am happy as a sandman.
and then i have a thought . . OMG ! when i did post pics of hunting it was all guns with dead animals
where were my pics of meals and recipe's
where were the kids
the tweety birds
the sunsets . . there was 1 but it had a rifle in the middle of it
the cycle of life stuff

and then i thouight, Fck Off ! that sounds like a Womens magazine

What Bullshit Rossi, that thread you started about making Gin ( mothers ruin ) is just as much a womans weekly topic as anything I mentioned !

Originally Posted by Sidney

The willingness to associate yourself with the stupid is beyond me. Sure shut down the vicious the genuinely harmful, the racist... but frankly if some twit wants to believe the US govt blew up the twin towers then let them, as publicly as possibly, and add some value with challenge.

The guilt by association syndrome is a disease in this country and frankly those stupid enough to take on board the stupid's contribution as somehow their own, or by pandering to the equally stupid who assume it so is simply a cop out.

Lets not pretend...

Lets actually practice some robust diversity.... instead of just applying the same level of intolerance that the hypocrites want from us...

The way I see it is that as LFOs we have no constitutional rights underpinning our privilege. That makes us vulnerable to gov and their supporters and the antis. I’m not a whimp, and enjoy debate, but still maintain that this place is a shop window and that should be ( but doesn’t seem to be) a moderating influence.