I locked the thread for 2 main reasons both explained in the thread.ElvisGaddafi wrote:I suppose if you have the power to arbitrarily 'lock' threads because of 'name calling', then you may as well exercise it. There's always the danger that we may get used to the idea that this is an adult forum for Royal Mail employees who, having been well ground down by our employers in recent times, can find an outlet for discussion and argument amongst ourselves on a national basis, just as if we were sitting in the canteen with workmates. It's nice to be reminded that Big Brother is watching over us and is more able to decide on our behalf whether we can take a bit of name calling or not, than we can for ourselves. I'm pretty sure there is a historical precedent for this. I must go and look it up....
1. The debate had ended and was degenerating into a name calling contest that had nothing to do with debate.
2. The Original Post asked what the pet hates of being a PTimer were for members. It ended up in a FT v PT thread.
Now I am only a human and sometimes I get pissed off easily and sometimes it takes me ages to do so. If you believe I closed a thread incorrectly then your entitled to that opinion, sometimes I think I have overreacted and will change my mind.
However, posters also have to take responsibility.
1. Keep on Topic.
2. No name calling - or have a debate over it and see if there is enough backing from others to let name calling be allowed.
3. If you think someone is taking the piss then report them, do not respond directly it just makes the thread descend even quicker.
4. Comment about your experience in your Unit, but don't extrapolate it into happening in every office. (If the FTimers in my office are lazy it does not mean that FTs in Fishes or Judgees office are the same)
The rules are there for a reason, and occasionally we have to enforce them, to be fair as Postman says we don't always apply them when perhaps we should. If you don't like the rules then make a case for changing them.
However, I for one see no benefit in a debate full of insults, after all a debate is about issues not personalities. If I see a post full of insults, or ones that make sweeping assumptions then I am afraid their credibility is put into question. I stopped calling people I disagreed with names when I left school and I honestly beleive that you cannot have an honest and open debate unless you show each other respect, even if you disagree with them.
Ours was an office manager who deplored swearing and I was always being warned about it and still am. I think all ex-servicemen swear a lot it was part and parcel of army life if you wanted someone to do something it emphasised the urgency by the number of swear words involved.
