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19-03-08, 02:28 AM
You shouldn't even be here. There are plenty of websites for mixed people. Go to one of them.
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19-03-08, 08:06 AM
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You shouldn't even be here. There are plenty of websites for mixed people. Go to one of them.
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19-03-08, 08:58 AM
Gmahogany......I dont know whether you were addressing my comment, but for me, coming here is not about "stepping up my game", even when the issue is an important one to me, my participation still does not boil down to that. I dont come here for that at all, if others do fine, but thats their choice. At the end of the day, I come here to share my opinion simple, and its always what I really think.
You are right, some people take it seriously others dont, others only take some issues seriously, its really up to the individual as ar as I'm concerned.
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19-03-08, 10:20 AM
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You shouldn't even be here. There are plenty of websites for mixed people. Go to one of them.
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Well I will when they close the thread, dumbass... But for now while you're talking about me, I am entitled to my opinion.
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19-03-08, 10:42 AM
Officially off topic............lol
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19-03-08, 04:18 PM
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DO YOU EVEN READ?
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19-03-08, 04:20 PM
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Well I will when they close the thread, dumbass... But for now while you're talking about me, I am entitled to my opinion.
I'm tired of racist idiots like you.
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Racist? lol. Well if I am, then I'm not the only one here. Because most people here would probably fit that description. So don't attack me. You obviously haven't read past threads. Like I said if you're tired of me then stay away from the site. |
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19-03-08, 07:10 PM
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Breadfruit, it was more than just chi, who commented on why this thread was allowed to continue, if people are saying its a disallowed subject from the start. Well, maybe there was an oversight.
There was no oversight. This was addressed by me when I asked people to read the guidelines. No one should be saying this topic can never be discussed in this village. It’s not the case in practice or via the guidelines here. But I guess reading is a learned skill - some people just gaze, skim or simply ignore words and think comprehension is then guaranteed, like morning sunlight 
There is inconsistency IMO (not just here), and I'm entitled to that opinion. You are welcome to take it or leave it.
As your opinion is about moderation on these boards, I am also entitled to say your opinion did not take into consideration the guidelines and the regular, routine deletion of such threads here as a normal function; which is known by the mass of the membership here. We (moderators), do not have to consult with the membership, for any editorial decision we take here (BNV Guidelines again), so on that basis your opinion is not informed by the Village guidelines or the routine practice of the Moderators. So what is it based on?
I read your comments on opinion - you say you don't take the boards or discussion here seriously, which you obviously have that right to do.
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if you (or any member), wishes to air their opinions on a public forum. Those opinions can or will become objects for discussion. This forum is for opinion (BNV Guidelines). In discussion, opinions are weighed and tested. Those members who take greater care, time and consideration with their posts (printed thoughts) often find that when their opinion (which they do have the right to have) is challenged or questioned, that the result is how informed, uninformed, rational or irrational their thoughts really are. This does not have to be a personal interaction but one that is natural; where thoughts and by extension, intellects are enriched or developed.
The Internet is the de facto standard medium for the mass communication of the written word. Words are the foundation of modern civilisation. They allow people to rise above animals through our ability to express complex abstractions which we can then share, in order to learn from others. Words also importantly carry our intergenerational knowledge. So the Internet has and will continue to make history. The BNV is one of the most popular All-African discussion sites in Cyberspace. An important place for our people and their communication of knowledge.
Breadfruit, when can an IR thread exist here, is it the same as threads raising biracial issues ?.....I would like to know what the mods use to decide actually. I know that interacial relationship threads are commonly binned.
Well to answer your first question, you're looking at the existence of one right now! Question 2, the moderators, just like the membership, have the guidelines, which help instruct our actions here. We also have our own discussion area where we discuss threads and administration of the membership. Its with these tools that decisons are made.
Another thing, what has sighting a poster you agree with, got to do with me?.....If you have something to get off your chest, just say it in straight language.....after all this is just the net buddie....there is no "game" to be stepped up on an internet forum, its not that serious..........lol
Never known myself to be someone who doesn't use straight language Chi!! You first mentioned high fiving. I didn't think your premise or context for using it (that of inconsistency) was correct. I personally congratulated a poster for a brilliant contribution to this thread and saw (still do) no contradiction. No long ting!!
Stepping up our game, refers to the fact that this forum is a readers forum, first and foremost. Most members read a lot more than they post. Africans from all over the world read this forum. Non members read these pages. Governments read this forum. Mainstream media read this forum. What makes this forum is the written contributions from the core membership (which you over the years have been part of). If our thoughts (i.e., our ideas which are the fundamental elements in our contributions, debates or discussions), are of a more qualitative rather than quantitative nature, by default, the reading will also rise in quality. Be stepped up, as it was. A greater experience for all members in general.
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History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals
Omowale Malcolm X (1925 - 1965)
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20-03-08, 11:01 AM
Well.......you are entitled to your opinion, but why and what I post here is my own call as long as its within the rules. I come here to share my opinion, people are welcome to take it or leave it, its always better let people come to their own conclusions.
Anyhoo........so when can the topic be discussed then? I am still none the wiser as to what exactly constitutes an acceptable IR subject and one that is in breach of the rules. Or should people just post IR subjects and see if it gets closed?
Its a fair enough question since all members are expected to follow these rules in creating threads as I understand it.........a bit more clarity wouldn't hurt.
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20-03-08, 11:50 AM
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It's interesting what you said about all of the different entities that read this Board. I've had people who never post anything here, pm me and compliment or thank me for a post I've made. In that vein, I've had posts that I've made on THIS Board, end up on OTHER Boards, that I don't even belong to or know about. Friends of mine have been reading posts on some Board they belong to, and called me and asked me was that ME,lol. BTW, whoever it is that posts my stuff elsewhere always credits me with it,apparently, so Big ups and thanks for spreading the Gmahogany gospel,lol.
"I ain't scared of u mutherphuggers"-Bernie Mack
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Root cause of mixed race relations? -
20-03-08, 02:15 PM
'You have something I want'
Say that to someone in the right setting and most would think it was a chat up line but in my opinion it is the root 'cause' of mixed race relations between caucasian and us African peoples, oppressor and the oppressed...
They look good spending money - obtained via the exploitation of my peoples.
They are well educated - with the advantage I have afforded them.
They make and have nice things - while not paying my people for having produced them.
They live in nice cities and countries - something that I would otherwise enjoy if it were not for the economic oppression of my country.
''I want what is mine'' Has become sexually charged whereas a person seeks a relationship with their oppressor in order to have make love to what is ultimately that that has been stolen from them... not the person themselves, it is the oppressed seeking to take back the goods and live a lifestyle would otherwise be theirs via a sexual relationship.
Easy to talk tough to type but that's my analysis. Its not an 'attack' on mixed race peoples or meant to be a typical debate on IR. Different angle, might sound obvious but its not its almost a reversal of what people would otherwise say is a one way, ill balanced relationship... the Black person not knowing him or her self having been miseducated to belive in what the causasian wrongly assumes of him or her self, if you get me.
“There is no harder misfortune in all human history than when the powerful of the earth are not also the first men. Then everything becomes false and awry and monstrous. And when they are even the last men and more beast than man, then the value of rabble rises higher and higher and at last the rabble-virtue says: Behold, I alone am virtue.”- S.A.Israel
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20-03-08, 02:25 PM
too complex an answer......
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20-03-08, 02:37 PM
we spend too much mental energy on white people and analyzing them......
Hair length, weaves, AA, white people, inter racial dating......just some of the topics that receive an inordinate amount of thought.
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