The Timeout Room

We have instituted an alternative to suspension or banning.  The timeout room is to give offenders a cooling off period while still being able to post. The catch? your restricted to the TOR.  

Maybe someday I will be considered a candidate?

Or maybe, someday, I might even be considered as a "moderator?"

Keep up the good work!

Do you mean I am still in contention?

YES!

May your tomatoes (notice the spellling) be dark red and sweet!

No restrictions.  Could be a wrinkle or two though.  We'll look into it.  I will examine the Cultural History Forum and kick it around the mods room.  No guarantees 

I like coming to the timeout room when I am pissed!   I just spent a good half hour working on a post that was lost, because of some security code requirement?  I am looking for a different forum, because this problem has come up too often.  I will check back from time to time, to see if this forum becomes any easy to use. 

I joined the forum because of the time out room, and then first time that I am aware it could be used, it wasn't used.   

Maybe this just a girl thing, but I think we should try to talk out our problems.   I could be wrong, but I think this is a basic male and female difference, and that it is a good thing we are different.   I think children really need this difference, and that things get messed up when single parents raise children, or one parent won't let the other do what s/he believes is necessary.   Now I am trying to justify my objection to not putting Ron and TGS in the time out room, instead of closing them out for a week.  I am female, and while discipline is necessary, I wish it could be self discipline rather than authority over us.  

   God gave man commandments.  Athena taught them to govern themselves. 

Besides although some people can be annoying and bring out the worst in me, they are also good for making me stronger and more self controlled.   Hum, that is a new awareness for me.  What is strong?  Are we strong when we can graciously endure the worst, or when like Zeus we can throw thunder bolts?  Note: when push came to shove,  the goddesses turned to Zeus.  

opuslola, I think you got a little over zealous in bashing yourself.  I know when I am depressed I see everything in a negative light, and I assume insults are intended, and sometimes I am very embarrassed when I spout off and then reread what someone wrote, and realize people haven't said what I thought was said.   I try to remember, freedom of speech isn't the freedom to say anything that comes to mind.  That way I am less apt to embarrass myself.  Freedom of speech is freedom to reason, and that is different from  making rude comments that we can later regret.  I good rule of thumb is paying attention to the subject of our sentences.  If the subject is a person, chances are we are not on topic. 

Edited by Athena - 01-Oct-2010 at 02:10