Welcome to The Minefield - Please read ...
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Category: Scholarly Pursuits
Forum Name: The Minefield
Forum Discription: Controversial topics. Only mods can start new topics
URL: http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23118
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Topic: Welcome to The Minefield - Please read ...
Posted By: Northman
Subject: Welcome to The Minefield - Please read ...
Date Posted: 07-Jan-2008 at 21:31
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We have created this forum to promote the ideal of free speech by allowing discussion on controversial topics. Some of these topics were earlier blacklisted in order to maintain peace and avoid flamewars on All Empires - now they can be discussed.
The name of this forum, The Minefield, is not chosen randomly but chosen to indicate that this is a place where we watch our steps, conduct ourselves with caution and navigate within a good margin of the limits of the Code of Conduct.
Before posting, you might want to brush yourself up on these rules, and please remember, while we want to promote the highest level of freedom of speech, we do focus vigorously on faul behavior, personal attacks, negative attitude etc. Only moderators can start new topics and members will need at least a 50 post count to participate in the topics.
Thus, if you would like a certain topic to be discussed and you think it's within the concept of The Minefield, ask a moderator to open such a topic.
The following topics are default in The Minefield and cannot be discussed outside of this forum:
~ Northman
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Posted By: rider
Date Posted: 08-Jan-2008 at 14:59
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I welcome all to this heaven of discussions. ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 08-Jan-2008 at 17:07
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And remember all minefield are covered by gunfire and so is this one. So tread carefully. ------------- |
Posted By: Ponce de Leon
Date Posted: 13-Feb-2008 at 18:43
| I thought minefields promoted individualism |
Posted By: Justinian
Date Posted: 13-Feb-2008 at 21:47
Wow, I applaud the mods for this idea. I admit my curiosity is raised, I know I'll be paying attention to this sub-forum. ------------- "War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace."--Thomas Mann 
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Posted By: Paul
Date Posted: 13-Feb-2008 at 22:26
 freedom of speech or not freedom of speech?
or well let you know after you've posted (not before) ------------- Light blue touch paper and stand well back http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk - http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk - http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk |
Posted By: erkut
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2008 at 00:18
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İ hope nobody would get hurt on this deadly field... ------------- |
Posted By: Lmprs
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2008 at 00:25
It's too late. Now everyone knows that Turks are way better than Greeks/Armenians/Kurds.  ------------- |
Posted By: erkut
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2008 at 00:37
Oww thats soo un-socialistic feanor  what about brotherhood of nations  ------------- |
Posted By: Lmprs
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2008 at 01:36
It's fine as long as we're the big brothers.  ------------- |
Posted By: Ponce de Leon
Date Posted: 14-Feb-2008 at 22:19
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Dont forget that the United States is the biggest brother of all ya little guys out there!
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 15-Feb-2008 at 04:43
Yes, you can all get individually blown up or shot in a real minefield. ------------- |
Posted By: erkut
Date Posted: 15-Feb-2008 at 12:57
That minefield sounds like mindfield to me  ------------- |
Posted By: Flipper
Date Posted: 15-Feb-2008 at 13:09
 I have to admit that during my stay here, there have been no serious problem between Turks, Greeks, Armenians, Kurds etc etc. At least I've never noticed. -------------  
Så nu tar jag fram (k)niven va! |
Posted By: HEROI
Date Posted: 19-Feb-2008 at 23:16
The glass has not been brocken yet on that,when it breaks,all hell breaks loose ------------- Me pune,me perpjekje. |
Posted By: xristar
Date Posted: 19-Feb-2008 at 23:27
you are new here, that's why. But I still think things never got really ugly, as some think ------------- 
Defeat allows no explanation Victory needs none. It insults the dead when you treat life carelessly. |
Posted By: Anton
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2008 at 14:34
I think I must explain my silly "crapiest member" behavior. When dynamic equilibrium is changed the new one is established after series of stochastic movements. In case with behaviour norms changed by "AE beaurocrats" new borders of allowed actions should be determined by provocations. I tried to test these new borders. What we see now -- "crapiest country" topic is still allowed although not favoured but personal attacks are not. Do you thing it is reasonable and expected result? I don't.  ------------- . |
Posted By: Dolphin
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2008 at 14:39
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Why not start a 'Vent your ignorances' thread, get all that out of the way in there, and then everyone can get back to discussing real topics seriously? ------------- |
Posted By: Anton
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2008 at 14:50
What prevents you from doing so? ------------- . |
Posted By: Dolphin
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2008 at 14:57
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Severe rheumatoid arthritis. ------------- |
Posted By: Seko
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2008 at 17:09
I agree with you Anton, in that, with this new subforum certain boundaries get stretched. By allowing most anything up to this point we can now examine the responses and opinions that you, the membership, have offered. Your sentiments along with a few others have led me to move two marginal threads over to the tavern. I hope this result meets your expectations.
In the future, silly topics will stay in the tavern. ------------- |
Posted By: Seko
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2008 at 21:53
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Thanks for your patience and understanding fellow forumers while we cleaned up a few misplaced mines. The list of topics open for discussion in this subforum remains listed on the previous page. ------------- |
Posted By: Northman
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2008 at 22:13
Thank you Paul - but who are "we" - or are you addressing yourself in plural?
"We" can let me know anything you might find relevant to your mission.
Seko and I were thrilled to spend an hour each to tidy things up after you - be thankful we both are men of patience and used to deal with (more or less innocent) juvenile provocative behavior - just for the sake of it.
 Please consider another playground next time my friend.
~ Northman
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Posted By: Paul
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2008 at 23:00
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The 'we' is the moderators.
Maybe you and seko should change your user group name to Janitor.
------------- Light blue touch paper and stand well back http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk - http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk - http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk |
Posted By: Seko
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2008 at 23:01
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Paul take it outside. I had enough of your bs for today. ------------- |
Posted By: Flipper
Date Posted: 24-Feb-2008 at 19:20
I've been here almost 2 years now. I don't know what happened before that. I guess that the moderators have done a good job on that field + that the current Turkish lads are cool. -------------
Så nu tar jag fram (k)niven va! |
Posted By: erkut
Date Posted: 25-Feb-2008 at 08:30
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Well Hellenic lads cool too ;) ------------- |
Posted By: Northman
Date Posted: 06-Mar-2008 at 21:11
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The rules for The Minefield are changed.
Please read the first post in this thread.
~ Northman
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Posted By: xristar
Date Posted: 05-May-2008 at 23:12
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Can you create a topic on the turkish casualties during the 1974 war of Cyprus. It's a blacklisted topic, so i decide not to begin it somewhere else, and have it simply either deleted or moved. What i'm intersted in is what the exact figures of turkish military casualties were during the war. I don't have any access to turkish sources here in Greece, so I beg the turkish forumers to enlighten us if they can. -------------
Defeat allows no explanation Victory needs none. It insults the dead when you treat life carelessly. |
Posted By: Seko
Date Posted: 05-May-2008 at 23:16
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Until someone else does wish to open that topic you certainly can. PM your title to me and I'll open it for you. After that you can start your posts. ------------- |
Posted By: xristar
Date Posted: 05-May-2008 at 23:32
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How can I know that someone else wants to open this topic? The title doesn't need much explaining. simply put "turkish losses during 1974 Cyprus war". I think that will do. -------------
Defeat allows no explanation Victory needs none. It insults the dead when you treat life carelessly. |
Posted By: Northman
Date Posted: 06-May-2008 at 09:54
I think Seko was referring to the staff designated to this forum to do it for you, xristar - I have opened the topic.
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