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  • #31
    Re: Ethnic Slurs

    Originally posted by jgk3 View Post
    Turkish forums do this for Armenians, it's called practicing certain freedoms of speech. A forum member can express their discontent with whatever person. What is not encouraged is to create unnecessary platforms for hatred, though when it comes to Armenians and Turks, Albanians and Serbs, Russians and Poles... perhaps its not always easy, these are inherent animosities and no simple forum and its rules can do away with them if it hopes to accomodate people from one of these ethnicities unless the focus of the forum is purely professional perhaps. This one is not.
    This is a very good point.

    This forum is a private forum catering to Armenians. Thereby, it is expected that Armenians being the majority who comprise this forum will have inside jokes, and other such things in the casual dialogue.

    The difference is not necessarily in content but intent. There have been instances where Armenians here have engaged in pointless insults and name calling of Turks. We have dealt with them, as unpopular as it was.

    For example, you can go in the Ankap thread and make sardonic humor about any ethnic group. We all agree we are human and we need some light hearted humor every now and then.

    We admins and moderators are pretty good at keeping track of this stuff and distinguishing those threads where the intent is simply to rile things up (like Crusaders Turkish jokes thread in the Jokes and Humor section) or simply stated subtly in a post akin to every vernacular, etc.

    Indeed, there are some inherent animosities and feelings of discontent between Armenians and Turks that will never be absolved so any Turk that does venture off into these forums does so at their own risk. You assume the risk that by coming here you will be exposed to unpopular Armenian sentiment of Turks. That is the nature of the beast. We cannot change that.

    However, at the same time, insults purely at insulting Turks and Armenians by either side, will be dealt with like anything. A warning, and followed with a temporary ban, and then a permanent one.

    That is the way it goes.
    Achkerov kute.

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    • #32
      Re: Ethnic Slurs

      yerazhishda, Mos, and SoyElTurco:

      You are all warned. Consider this a warning. Next time either of you insult any one, you are going on temporary suspension.

      This thread is closed.
      Achkerov kute.

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      • #33
        Re: Ethnic Slurs

        And for the record. We obviously do not want to just ban all Turks.

        This is unpopular with Armenian posters here who would rather have a one-way dialogue, but that's irrelevant.

        We as Armenians cannot come off as hateful and insulting. Many people read these forums, Armenian and non-Armenian alike, young and old, and even Turks. We want to show these people we are mature, and not juvenile. We only risk alienating non-Armenians and giving them a bad image of us if we engage in the same insulting and hateful nonsense that Turks possibly do on their own forums (I don't know as I have not been to a Turkish forum).

        Many Armenian posters on this forum do more of a disservice to us with their childish and inflammatory posts than they do us a service.

        Either way, neither side will be happy because one side wants a one way dialogue and uniform banning of all Turks (which isn't happening) and the Turks want all Armenians on this forum to love and embrace them with open arms (not happening).

        So to all sides: If you don't like it, leave.
        Achkerov kute.

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