Tuck, I'm predominately unconcerned with the fate of CRAPCOIN, and as it seems impossible to destroy it for all time, there it is. I consulted with the technical department, and it seems you have irreversably tainted the pristine bts blockchain with this crap. Don't worry though I still think fistbump has a bright future. The offer is and is not valid, because it is not feasible... as I don't desire to have anything to do with that asset personally. The offer was only intended for YOU doing the dirty work of destroying CRAPCOIN, but alas.
To be honest, my motivation for walking into the crossfire here is that I sometimes get in a mood to condense a gathering distaste, and focus it on the nearest offending target. This just so happened to be CRAPCOIN. So in a way I would like to thank you for helping me to further crystallize my feelings on something that has so far remained unarticulated.
In a thread where accusations of this and that fascist censorship, discussions of this or that person's discomfort with incendiary or hurtful language, the ban itself, how it was carried out...(sigh) Forgive my post-traumatic stress for being unable to turn away from the train wreck of human spectacle, and my loathing for the process and it's unfolding, even while perversely appreciating the value it must have for the participants, and the community, in some way. It's just that I have endured seemingly endless anarcho righteous intellectual ego validating rituals and have grown weary of the culture. From among the privileged, righteous chip on the shoulder predominately male crusty-punk protesters trying to organize and do battle with the state, to years later among this decentralized, airy, fiery, exceedingly male technorati in one of the geekiest anarcho libertarian smartchain scenes, with extremely promising innovations hewn from cutting edge information technology, visionary in nature...and, unfortunately, a pre-pubescent fascination with crap, orgasms, sperm, "circle jerks" and so on. Now that anyone can have their own UIA, all the kids want to have their junk on display like obscene clown trophies.
There is a notable habit among some of defending any kind of potentially offensive, threatening, slanderous, behavior in the name of free speech. But I ask you all, what good is your free speech when the only ones left to talk with you are telling poop jokes?
Thinking back, at least the teen and twenty something crusty punk anarchists realized that they really ought to consider being inclusive enough to create an environment where other people felt, at a minimum, relatively safe to join and share, if not actually ATTRACTED to partake and collaborate. I mean, don't get me wrong, it was still a shit show, and endless face to face consensus decision making processes even under the best circumstance reveals a terrible truth about the desire for people to display their insignificant egos above all else.
What this all boils down to is the kind of environment we want to create here in our community. I value the qualities of inclusion and non aggression above an anything goes, lowest common denominator attitude. By and large I hope to encourage more constructive and collaborative conversations here through my own participation, but if someone is on a tirade of abuse and won't be dissuaded, honestly, fuck em. They can go somewhere else and spew their vitriol. I'm all for having standards, and there's nothing fascist about doing so. If you think a community can't agree upon standards of behavior and enforce them without becoming fascist thugs, then you're lost in the woods. If by excluding one unreasonable and abusive person we make the forum more attractive to ten others, then it's well worth it, in my opinion.
How we treat this forum is how it will be. How we behave, collectively, reflects on the community here. I for one want to see BitShares succeed. I for one wish to create a positive and welcoming environment to help open up participation in this grand experiment to a much wider audience, whereas others feel it is acceptable to treat the forums like their college dorm room floor, hangin out being stoopid and making poop jokes with porn scattered around. That's not the kind of environment I'm personally looking to create here, or anywhere I choose to spend time. So, one who persists in maintaining this narrow cultural bandwidth here will inevitably run into some form of pushback from me. I CAN direct my attention elsewhere, but it's really like watching a culturally backwards trainwreck crushing the hopes of future generations for a laugh, when they could be rolling out the red carpet, or the yellow brick road. My usual MO is to remain silent and carry on as best I can, as many others do. It's not so simple as just leaving the thread and going on with my day, because for better or worse, i actually care about this community and want to see it thrive.
It's also still one of the hugest elephants in the room, which I have alluded to here, namely: Nearly half of the global population, women, are not represented here in the slightest. Since a select few here continue to insist upon creating the dorm room floor environment thus ensuring that this imbalance will continue, the trend isn't likely to change. Naturally this isn't a problem unique to BitShares, but BitShares could be unique in it's response. Women are just the beginning, this is a challenging space for anyone to engage in, and you've got all sorts of groups whose values are aligned with this project but who would not feel welcome, or see value, when they are greeted with the kind of base accusatory discourse they see when they enter here.
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but when I have guests over I like to clean up a bit, and create an enjoyable environment to meet with them. I'd like to see a little bit more of that kind of hospitality here on the forums.
Peace
TL;DR "what good is your free speech when the only ones left to talk with you are telling poop jokes?"