Create a new rule
Allow common sense to prevail
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
Is this really a problem Jim, has someone used information gathered from a picture thread and used it in a derogatory fashion? or is this a hypothetical? Because if this really happened, you have the power as board owner to apply whatever corrective measures without any rule change IMO. If they don't like it, or understand why that's unacceptable without some written standard or rule, then they best move on elsewhere and good riddance!
That is of course true, Jim could ban someone for any or no reason, it's his board, that just stands to reason. But , and I may be wrong here, I think we all know that just running around kicking people off your board at any excuse is not a good way to maintain membership. And I think we all can say that Jim is more than fair in handling out bans, at least from what I have seen.
Unfortunately, it's happened. And yes, I was told there was no rule covering such an issue. And yes, others have done worse. All the things I have seen that lead to this were equally wrong, but I thought it went without saying, and without a rule, that it was "wrong" and should be off limits. Some look at the rules as guidelines, others look at it as whatever is NOT there is fair game. But I'd rather not have a rules page turn into a rules thread where I have to dictate and micro-manage every last detail. I thought some things were "common sense".
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
It doesn't matter to me either way OCA, I thought your wife was very very pretty I said so repeatedly in that thread and I also said you were handsome and look really good for your age.
I use pretty women avatars all the time and people have asked me at this board if its me and I always have said its not because Im a fat slob and dont like myself and prefer pretty women avatars.
Does that bar owner need a rule posted that specifically states, no calling people's wife/GF a whore or racial slur? You could attempt to reason with them, if they fail to understand-- kick em out.
How bout this rule JIM; I reserve the right to refuse membership for any reason....to quote OCA, 'nuff said'.