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GenuineRisk · #29 03-19-2013, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Dahoss

Was it common practice that people were called c*nts in the paddock? I don't recall seeing that word used much in the last 4-5 years but everytime I did it was in the political room.

I have no idea why the political room was closed, but if I had to bet, it was probably for the reason 3Kings mentioned. Which seems like a good enough reason to me.

And in all fairness, it was really just the one poster in the Politics room whose default description of any poster with a Double X chromosome was c*nt. Most of the others preferred b*tch. But let's face it, that poster was very obsessed with ladyparts.

I exaggerated for effect (and sadly, the last time I felt confident arguing in the paddock room was in 2006, which is pretty pathetic. Or maybe I just haven't loved a horse since then the way I did Lawyer Ron. Until Pletcher got him, but that's a whole different set o' issues for me).

I totally agree; the blog's rules get set by the moderators, but blogs are only as popular as the number of hits they get, and I think this thread started because it's been noticed that the number of hits on it seem to be dropping. Which may not be true; the amount of activity may be higher, for all any of us know and people just aren't posting. But it's getting into the best time of the year for racing and the Paddock is quiet, which is too bad. And people are speculating why there's been such a rapid drop off of activity on it. Could be the blog has peaked (which all things do eventually; even Law & Order eventually ended) and is just in a natural decline; could be that taking away the Politics room made the blog less appealing to some of the regulars. I'm not saying it did; I am a big believer that correlation is not causation until it's proved to be. But for whatever reason, it's been quiet in the main room and people are bummed.

And yeah, moderators get to decide to allow what they want, but the blog users can also choose to complain about it if they want. And there are a fair number of users who really miss the room.