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The SSA Party: The thinking spammers party

The Announcement of the election thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=562812)

For those that want to just cut to the chase:

The SSA is running for the NSG govt on the promise of equal opportunity and freedom for all NSers. We believe that while debate and discussion is an important part of NS culture it is not the only part. Therefore through long winded wording we are saying that we want to bring back the fun of NS without compromising the integrity of the debate part of NSG.

The SSA: synonymous with friendship, cooperation and the uniting power of fun. An organization founded upon the principles that everyone deserves a shot. We do not discriminate against people or organizations for their values they hold. We think it is not a persons values which make them right but their attitude to other peoples values.

This may be our first attempt in an election, and we may not have many supporters due to our controversial politics, but we shall fight strong and long for what we believe in: Freedom of speech and thought and a desire for fun. Over the past years we have been earmarked with the title of a group of rule-breaking antisocial demons. We promise you, the users and lovers of NS that that is a complete misrepresentation of our nature and desires. We are a group of intelligent cooperative people that enjoy participating in both the more intellectual and more fun genres.

Our public figures:
All public figures are well respected members of the Nationstates forums who have proven their dedication and commitment to making sure this forum can survive the test of time. They vary in history and interests. Yet we all get along and are united by our love of not-being-asshats-to-each-other:
RhynoD: A person(we think) a love of the English language and its' uses! Never one to miss out on a well thought out and timed remark!
Moleland: An intelligent creature of English heritage. He believes that life is nothing without a fresh patch of grass to dig around. He thinks that if people spent more time trying to be nice, everyone could survive
Nanatsu No Tsuki: Nanatsu, though a recent addition to the SSA is a strong member. She is fun loving and a great friend to have
Demonic Gophers: Some of you may remember our friend DG from the days before forum seven. He was one of the key players in the war of the mods majik powahs and shall always be remembered in NS lore. He is returning for this election in a hope of taking NS back to the forum of fun and freedom it was 4 years ago.

We promise:
We, of the SSA believe and hereby decree, that upon election, we will strive to fight to the extent of our power for:
- All groups will have an equal footing within Nationstates.
- All people will be free to choose their own opinions
- Fun shall never be outlawed! Many of us come home from a long day at the office or at school, and we come onto nationstates and its' spin off forums for the purpose of fun, and relaxation. Our goal is not to harm others, but rather make friends.
- We may have our nonsensical fun threads, just like they may have their serious heeby-jeeby threads.
- Of course, all things must be in moderation, and we are more than willing to admit we don't need a million threads on the same tpic on the first page!
- Moderators are not to be ignored, but merely mocked behind their backs.
- A non-segregated Nationstates
- Places for fun and jubilation
- That we will not hold you all for ransom in a bid to make 10 million dollars until at least halfway through our term
- Advancement of the Chosen people of the actual dog, with respect to peoples freedom of choice!
- A committed group of people willing to work to make our Nationstates and the future Nationstates 2 an easier place to play, discuss and decimate.
- A 26% increase in thread hijackings in threads that really don't deserve to stay on topic.

The SSA Party hierarchy:
Here are our positions, so far. They are however not final and likely to change:
Most exalted grand glorious ruler of all things: Lapse
Not quite as exalted grand glorious ruler of all things: Moley
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Smexy Negotiations: Nanatsu
God of spam/minister of spam: RhynoD
Minister of Random Destruction & environment: Demonic Gophers
Minister of n00bs: Belschaft
Minister of Evil Public Affairs or Cover-ups: Soggy
Minister of Piracy and Swashbuckling Affairs: Kazikamimoto
Minister of random Insanity (including bird attacks and dragon related destruction of property): The/That Imperial Navy

So, How can you help the SSA?
If you have decided that you wish to help further the cause of freedom of fun, then we have several ways that you can support us:
- You can become an Active party member! We accept all people of all persuasions into our party as long as they are willing to work alongside a team of people with varied backgrounds. Members must desire fun and mutual respect. If you think this is you, come along to The SSA forums (http://z8.invisionfree.com/ssa05). You are sure to get a warm welcome of being blown up, eaten and toasted (both in the literal and metaphorical sense)
- You can Vote SSA on election days/week/however long the pols are open for: This is the easiest method, but if you believe in what the SSA believes in, then you will want to support us more actively, by either doing the former option (joining us) or the next option (helping promote our message)\
- Help promote the SSA message: If you think that The SSA is really worth supporting, but don't have the time to actively commit and participate in our activities, then you may find it both convenient and encouraging to use your avatar or signature to advertise us (Or Both!) You can do this by just setting your avatar as one of the images below (feel free to just hotlink to them - no need to waste your server space) or by using one of our signature suggestions below. Or you can link to us through any method you choose!

Avatars:
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The SSA: The thinking spammers' party



Okay, now that's out of the way... PARTY!!!
*Brings Kegs*

I've got the nachos!

Woohoo!! yeah, none of the other parties have nachos and beer!

*turns on some music*
*breaks it down on the dancefloor*
*to Pavarotti*

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FARp neglects and tortures real animals. We have pictures and will release them to the forums, unless they back out now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/time_lapse/ssapartysmall.gif (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13927456#post13927456)

Piffle and Posh! A supposed spammer thread? I expect this to be off topic immediatly, if not sooner. A meaningless organization I say!

Piffle and Posh! A supposed spammer thread? I expect this to be off topic immediatly, if not sooner. A meaningless organization I say!

A meaningless organization that has stood the test of time and dodgy servers combined!

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..a Meaningless Organization That Has Stood The Test Of Time And Dodgy Servers Combined!

Nsg?

..

Nsg?

yes... this is nsg...

yes... this is nsg...

...Tsk tsk.

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Nothing says I have no idea what you are talking about like a lolkitteh

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/time_lapse/ssapartysmall.gif (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13927456#post13927456)

What the fuck does SSA stand for? You ought to spell out what the acronym stands for at the beginning.

[/obnoxious (well, not really, but for this post)]

Something Something or Another?

The Social Spam Alliance!
A group of people formed at the expiry of forum 7 with the intent to keep alive the spirit. History has bequeathed to us the legend, and we have been given the task of ensuring it survives through the world of NS. When Nationstates was first created, there was argument, and roleplay, and fun topics. However, after an April fools day prank which gave the fun people a chance to have a longer reign was cancelled, we all just disapeared. Homeless. Friendless. Supporterless. Now, all that remains of forum 7 and the fun people, is us. We stand together, holding the memory in our heads, in the hope that one day, just one day, it will be relived. We are the SSA.

We seperate ourselves from the NSGers because we are social
We seperate ourselves from the spammers because what we say is meaningful, and holds a topic.
We are an alliance, because we are isolated.
We are, the Social Spam Alliance.
And now we must stand up. and take a chance, that one day, Nationstates will return to its' former glory, and we will get our Nationstates back.

Piffle and Posh! A supposed spammer thread? I expect this to be off topic immediatly, if not sooner. A meaningless organization I say!

You will toil endlessly in our underground chocolate mines for that remark :mad:

You will toil endlessly in our underground chocolate mines for that remark :mad:

Poshle and Piff! You've gotta imagine that "We seperate ourselves from...We seperate ourselves from...we are isolated" isn't the best campaign platform.

Wait, chocolate? hmm...

Poshle and Piff! You've gotta imagine that "We seperate ourselves from...We seperate ourselves from...we are isolated" isn't the best campaign platform.

Wait, chocolate? hmm...

Of course it is! We are the lost people of Forum 7, chased from NSG. Now, we return to rebuild our lost temples!!!!

Now, Dinerveg (:p) silence, lest you risk the wrath of the Flying Hamster of Doom or the Actual Dog.

Of course it is! We are the lost people of Forum 7, chased from NSG. Now, we return to rebuild our lost temples!!!!

Now, Dinerveg (:p) silence, lest you risk the wrath of the Flying Hamster of Doom or the Actual Dog.

Aye, but whar be yer respect fer the temples built in yer absence, eh?

The SSA is a flexible group - any temples can and will be absorbed into our massive Holy ground/s

Poshle and Piff! You've gotta imagine that "We seperate ourselves from...We seperate ourselves from...we are isolated" isn't the best campaign platform.

The underdog tactic worked for the Aus Labor govt and the Liberals before that for about 4 elections...

don't join the SSA!join the Space Party!

The SSA uses spaces and capitalization though! Join the SSA!

What's Forum 7?

What's Forum 7?

*chokes and dies*


Don't blasphemy like that!!!!

*chokes and dies*


Don't blasphemy like that!!!!

hey,what's forum 7?

Live, from Forum 7....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/Katganistan/ThePiataParty.jpg (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13928285&postcount=1)
CLICK ME!!!!

;) Ok, well, not really.

Live, from Forum 7....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/Katganistan/ThePiataParty.jpg (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13928285&postcount=1)
CLICK ME!!!!

;) Ok, well, not really.

hey,ain't that from Viva Pinata!have never played it and probably sucks,Grand Theft Auto IV is much better!oh well,gotta play GTA:San Andreas until i get a next-gen console.BTW i have a brother who's name is Andreas

Live, from Forum 7....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/Katganistan/ThePiataParty.jpg (http://z8.invisionfree.com/ssa05)
CLICK ME!!!!

;) Ok, well, not really.
Now, that's just evil :mad: Using a forum you and your fellow mods deleted to push your agenda!

FORUM KILLER!!! FORUM KILLER!!! THERE IS THE FORUM EQUIVALENT OF BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS KAT!!!

--snip--
Sorry Kat, but I like killing piñatas.

Sorry Kat, but I like killing piñatas.

*I* have blood on my hands?

*I*?

Let me tell you about blood on one's hands... right, Brutland and Norden?
Who Cries for the Pinata? (http://www.deadtroll.com/video/pinata.html)

What's Forum 7?

*feels left out*

What's Forum 7?

*feels left out*

If I say you would have like it there would you vote for us?

If I say you would have like it there would you vote for us?
he wouln't probably believe you.as Dr.House said ''Everybody lies''.especially when theyre running for parliament

If I say you would have like it there would you vote for us?
What is this, coercion? I'd prolly just ask Kat... if she answers, I'd vote for her Piñata party. So I'll have fun killin' their rescued piñatas, just like pets and PETA.

Nooooooooo!

:(

Vote for us. There's a resurected Forum 7 on our forum. Go there to have a look.

:)

So, what is Forum 7? Anyone? :(

So, what is Forum 7? Anyone? :(

no clue.

What is this, coercion? I'd prolly just ask Kat... if she answers, I'd vote for her Piñata party. So I'll have fun killin' their rescued piñatas, just like pets and PETA.
Forum Seven was a Spam forum we set up when we moved to Jolt at first... but it went the way of all things, B&N.

Yay, a vote!

Forum Seven was a Spam forum we set up when we moved to Jolt at first... but it went the way of all things, B&N.

Yay, a vote!
That sounds fun! NS' own spam forum! :)

*hands over vote to Kat*

;) Does anyone remember why it was called Forum 7?

Kat, because you mods had your secret forum (now forum 1229) that you hid from us. Modslair I believe it was called...

No, your errors of fact Kat:
It was not a spam forum, but rather a forum of fun, seperated from general, and thus declustering both segments (and reducing trhead hijackings). Ultimatly, it saved everyone hassle.

It also existed before the move to Jolt, and was ultimatly killed because Greater Valia one night got out of control and started posting gibberish in an attempt to 'own' the forum. It died in Early May, and the move occure in late June.

The regular forum7ites started the SSA upon the deation of the forum, and moved to our first forums. It was on proboard and sucked ass. So we moved to my free ib.,.. which we killed and caused to go into administration. Now we are on invisionfree because none of us can afford a hosting site. Occasioinally we come back here to seek out flesh to eat.

See Kat, you haven't studied your forum 7 lore for a while...

*delcears w0r on pininataintas*

oh noes! no killy pininataintas!

I didn't remember that it was pre Jolt -- was pretty close to the end of our first grindingly slow boards.

oh noes! no killy pininataintas!

I didn't remember that it was pre Jolt -- was pretty close to the end of our first grindingly slow boards.

yes... those were the days..

You yunguns don't know how good you got it! back in our day we had to click refresh atleast 20 times before a page would load, and then when we did we would find our post had been posted more than 40 times...

I will admit that I may have an unusual obsession with Forum 7 though :$

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Yay for paint style propoganda!!!!!!!!

We seperate ourselves from the NSGers because we are social
We seperate ourselves from the spammers because what we say is meaningful, and holds a topic.

You must have been gone a long while...

I am Nanatsu no Tsuki and I approve of this thread.

VOTE SSA!!!!! VOTE SSA!!!!!!!

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The SSA will bring Greatness back to NSG. Vote for us and help bring this dream into reality!

SSA: The party to vote for if you are apathetic about it alll! Remember,we are the underdog because we promote tolerance and understanding! All the popular parties are promoting anarchy and killing cute animals.

Hi. Just thought I'd put this here in case its otherwised missed by those who need to see it. I had a silly feud with a couple of SSA members who were advertising on the Centrist Party's thread. I was in a bit of a foul mood and so I started a bit of a childish mini-vendetta against them across several threads. Made a mountain out of something rather smaller than a molehill. Especially as we actually agree on quite a lot of policy. Anyway, Lapse kindly posted on our thread apologising for any excesses and offering a truce. I replied on our thread, but thought I should really come by here and publicly apologise for acting like an asshat to some of your members. I can't remember precisely who it was I was a bitch to, but I was taking things a wee bit too seriously, and it won't happen again! Hope we're cool now. Toodles! :fluffle: xx

LOL. us Moles leave plenty of Mole hills. Tis ok. I was trying to steal your supporters :p

LOL. us Moles leave plenty of Mole hills. Tis ok. I was trying to steal your supporters :p

Thats funny. I couldn't quite remember who it was, yet I made a reference to molehills! The subconcious mind, eh? And I think a quite honest question I could ask is precisely what supporters of mine were you trying to steal? I wasn't aware there were any:p

SO, Moley, Belschaft, anyone else who was active overnight, tone it back a bit... or else we'll turn everyone against us!

DI, you don't have to apologise, it was them that started it!

Thats funny. I couldn't quite remember who it was, yet I made a reference to molehills! The subconcious mind, eh? And I think a quite honest question I could ask is precisely what supporters of mine were you trying to steal? I wasn't aware there were any:p

Potential ones. :). If anything, I'd just spent the last 15 minutes making those 'posters' and decided to post them anywhere i could lol :p

Potential ones. :). If anything, I'd just spent the last 15 minutes making those 'posters' and decided to post them anywhere i could lol :p

Yeh, I can understand that. And, contrary to what I said earlier when I went into my GAH! ANGRY! Hulk mode, they *were* pretty good. Anyway, its half three in the morning here, so I should probably go to bed and stop waffling all over your party thread. Though I suppose if anyone's going to be in favour of friendly spam, its the SSA :D

To be honest, I think if you ease down now on the techniques that caused a few problems, you must surely stand a good chance. I mean, you're starting off with the support of respected NSGers, you've got your own forums to organise yourselves, and you've certainly been the most visible party (for better or for worse:p) since the election started, so you've got a recognition advantage. If you come across as reasonable people, and focus on arguing the points of your excellent programme you should be more than able to convert the recognition lead you have at the moment into ultimate victory. Well, unless people are *really* addicted to the joke parties. Lol, here's me with no supporters trying to give you hints on campaign strategy. Anyway, good luck, and if my party somehow happens to win any seats at all, we'll support whatever coalition you go in. And if my party dies on its ass, which is perhaps more likely, I'll probably be joining this one!

Maybe we should merge and become the Centrilist SSA Party?

Maybe we should merge and become the Centrilist SSA Party?

Heh, thanks, but I really wouldn't do that to you. It seems from my current level of support I'm nothing if not the electoral liability, and as I'd rather you win than any of the others thats probably best avoided. Plus you have major name recognition goodness at the moment, and changing might wreck these. I only have name recognition as "that stupid person with about 400 posts who thinks they've got a hope in hell of a party succeeding solely on the basis of their non-existent charisma and wit". If more people start joining my party in the next couple of days this might be a proposal we can come back to. Otherwise, I'll give the whole "forming a party" thing up as a bad idea, officially withdraw and just join you guys.

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EDIT:

Like I said in the other thread:
The SSA: "If you allow us to have fun threads, debate threads will be hijacked less"
The Centrists: "We believe everyone should be able to do what pleases them, therefore let them have fun threads"
Achieve the same goal, but through different means. People are going to vote not only for the end product but also the means by which they are achieved.

What Lapse said, especialy this bit (though I don't really think you're unpopular at all). We do have a slight divergence in policy. But yeh, see how it goes. Friendly relations between the two parties is good for now. If the interests of our parties change at a later date, then we can reconsider.

At this stage a merge would probably not be in our combined best interests. The SSA has a poor reputation with some of the more dedicated NS debaters, as such they are an automatic ruling outishness...

However, they may still vote for the centrist party. The more people we have in NSG parliment with our views the better. regardless of how they reached that view.

Like I said in the other thread:
The SSA: "If you allow us to have fun threads, debate threads will be hijacked less"
The Centrists: "We believe everyone should be able to do what pleases them, therefore let them have fun threads"
Achieve the same goal, but through different means. People are going to vote not only for the end product but also the means by which they are achieved.

*chokes and dies*
Don't blasphemy like that!!!!

Blaspheme is the correct part of speech, there, actually.

oh noes! no killy pininataintas!

I didn't remember that it was pre Jolt -- was pretty close to the end of our first grindingly slow boards.

But they were reliably grindingly slow boards.

As opposed to unreliably slow and occasionally nonexistent boards. But I suppose all that business is passed now that jolt's been all revamped and whatnot.

Specifically, it was called "Forum 7" because before the move to jolt (and you can actually notice the same thing with jolt) the URL for each sub-forum (General, NationStates, etc.) ended with "...=[a number]". NationStates was "...=1", International Incidents was "...=2" and so on. However, there was no forum "...=7", although there was a 6 and an 8. Moreover, there was a visible (though password locked) mods-only forum, which was not #7. The mysteriously absent forum #7 was the subject of much speculation and conspiracy theory surrounding the identity of Max Barry and/or [violet], and the activities of the mods. On April 1, 2004, the great mod Reploid Productions created a forum labeled "Forum 7" (which was actually forum "...=13"). Forum 7 was a fantastic place full of moddy praise, temples, conspiracy theories, games (like Dogpile), ridiculous emphasis on postcounts, and all the other manner of fun things which can now be found at the SSA. It was later determined that the server space would be of better use maintaining the rest of NS, so Forum 7 was deleted. Shortly thereafter, NS made the move to jolt (and crashed jolt the next day). Also shortly thereafter, a couple groups, organized around NS regions, were created to champion the return of Forum 7. The SSA was the best group *cough*, and had its own, separate forum on which its members maintained the spirit of Forum 7. Since then, because of several SSA forum moves (because Proboards sucks, and myfreeib died), as well as the addition of several members who do not visit NS, the SSA has become only loosely affiliated with NS. Many of us still recall our origins and visit NS from time to time, though, and we still envision a future NS that includes the lighthearted spirit of Forum 7. The SSA was founded by Colodia, Mutant Dogs, and some other guys who didn't stick around as long. Lapse is the current root admin after all the forum moves, and Lapse, DG, and I are the only original members still active. Moleland is currently the Top Poster (having wrested it from me), and the only other administrator. All of our active members embody the spirit of Forum 7, and we all strive to create an atmosphere that is inviting, free-spirited, relaxed, and friendly.

Let me tell you about blood on one's hands... right, Brutland and Norden?
Now if your party will outlaw my favorite pastime of killing blood-filled piñatas, then I'd prolly hand her the "no" vote.

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1439/dynamitesd6.png

(Not a bump)

This however is.

:tongue:This however is.

Very good!

So is it still bumping if it's already on the first page?

So is it still bumping if it's already on the first page?

No, then it is regarded as contributing to the conversation!

Vote SSA! We are shamelss!

We are what now?

shamelss...

Can't you read or something Moley?

I am proud to be a member of the SSA.

And lapse old boy, why don't I have a rank? I deserve one!

I am proud to be a member of the SSA.

And lapse old boy, why don't I have a rank? I deserve one!

You didn't shotgun one :P


What would you like?

How about minister of random insanity?

How about minister of random insanity?

happy now?

Yes. :cool:

Notice I gave you a bonus :)

Indeed.

Yay for Bumper cars

They are fun. But do they get us votes? That's the real question.

They should

No, not fun, awesome!:)

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Dammit moley! You have revealed our secret forum DAMN YOU!

Oh come on. Just let us in. What do you two have to hide really? Unless you've been conducting a secret, touching affair in there as in Brokeback Mountain.

Oh come on. Just let us in. What do you two have to hide really? Unless you've been conducting a secret, touching affair in there as in Brokeback Mountain.

We have Nanatsus and Kazis cyber thread that we confiscated...

Oh. Is that like there bushes? Let us in anyway.

Dammit moley! You have revealed our secret forum DAMN YOU!

They hadn't noticed until you screamed at me :p

Anyway, I thought they new about Rhyno's Rants?

I didn't.

See???

Ah Well. Not like they could hack in anyway ;)

We have Nanatsus and Kazis cyber thread that we confiscated...

Hooray Lapse, tell them all about that, why don't you?

WAZZOCK!!:mad:

Hooray Lapse, tell them all about that, why don't you?

WAZZOCK!!:mad:

:tongue:

But, Will the SSA keep the shit that happened to me, from happening again?

The UMPP is campaigning for my benefit, lol...Although im not entirely sure how they hope to accomplish that, lol...

The SSA Is your only hope for survival.

But, Will the SSA keep the shit that happened to me, from happening again?

The UMPP is campaigning for my benefit, lol...Although im not entirely sure how they hope to accomplish that, lol...

What happened to you?

What that Rhyno guy said

What happened to you?

Oh, i was just bitching...They banned my account because apparently lolcats are a bit too edgy for the manly NSG...

it was fuckin retarded....

We like LOLcats on the SSA, we even have a thread dedicated to them

clicky (http://z8.invisionfree.com/SSA05/index.php?showtopic=629&hl=)

and it seems one of them actually has a sense of humor though, lol...

(Need to refresh yourself on the rules of this site? Please consult The One Stop Rules Shop for the complete ruleset..)

they put that in my sig...fuckers, lol..

Or something like that

You got banned for posting a lolcat!?!? I can't believe that. I've never seen a ban for image spam.

You got banned for posting a lolcat!?!? I can't believe that. I've never seen a ban for image spam.

your tellin me man, thats why i actually thought they might overturn it...

too much faith in sanity however, lol...

Which is lucky because I'd have been banned at least 19 times by now :p

your tellin me man, thats why i actually thought they might overturn it...

too much faith in sanity however, lol...

Maybe it was the cheesiest, most unfunny lolcat ever?

Maybe it was the cheesiest, most unfunny lolcat ever?

Its a possibility, i was searching them at random...i was just tryin to keep up with trollgaard's images, lol...

Its a possibility, i was searching them at random...i was just tryin to keep up with trollgaard's images, lol...

Sounds like an epic fail on behalf of the mods (as usual)

If we had forum 7 returned to us, then you could post as many lolcats (within reason) as you liked without fear of banation :)

Its a possibility, i was searching them at random...i was just tryin to keep up with trollgaard's images, lol...

Oh yeah, I saw the complaint in moderation but never got to see the pic. What actually was the pic? I gathered it was very gory or something.

Oh yeah, I saw the complaint in moderation but never got to see the pic. What actually was the pic? I gathered it was very gory or something.

Nah, it just had a picture of a guy with a rope...with a cat lookin down...

"Ceiling Cat's watching you kill yourself"

Somebody had put something about suicide so i thought it fit....

It wasnt Gory, Violent, or Sexual however...which is why i didnt think itd be problematic...

Nah, it just had a picture of a guy with a rope...with a cat lookin down...

"Ceiling Cat's watching you kill yourself"

Somebody had put something about suicide so i thought it fit....

It wasnt Gory, Violent, or Sexual however...which is why i didnt think itd be problematic...

A little tasteless maybe, but not worthy of bannation. At worse the mod should have deleted the post :mad:

A little tasteless maybe, but not worthy of bannation. At worse the mod should have deleted the post :mad:

Yeah, thats what i thought...

Although it was tasteless, it was spurr of the moment so i didnt put a whole lot of thought into it...

Yeah, it's bizarre how the mods feel the need to exercise such gratuitous punishment for minor rule breaking.

Yeah, thats what i thought...

Although it was tasteless, it was spurr of the moment so i didnt put a whole lot of thought into it...

A polite, 'That's a little tasteless, don't post that sort of thing again' would have been acceptable.

But the mods have become so Myrthatised

UMP (http://z3.invisionfree.com/UMP/index.php) has been one of the leaders in fighting that kind of thing for a long time now:

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=539971


:D

Yeah, but you guys suck

Your forum has way too much red and black on it UMP. It's hard to read and makes my eyes hurt when I look at it.

Indeed! Ouchies!

it only happens to people who can't handle real freedom :P

it only happens to people who can't handle real freedom :P

If by freedom, you mean eye gouging outness, I'd rather be banned :tongue:

the freedom to be blinded is our forums most proudly held ideal

stop the oppression

I'm not stopping you having a blindness inducing forum, just I won't join for that reason

Oppressor!

How can i be oppressing you by allowing you to have an eye destroyingly badly coloured forum?

How indeed?


One wonders.

Dynamite is also nice

I approve this message.

Dynamite is also nice

Indeed it is.

your tellin me man, thats why i actually thought they might overturn it...

too much faith in sanity however, lol...

See, the SSA has a rule: Leave you're sanity at the door.

From what I have seen on the incident (read a bit of the moderation thread) it was actually an offensive image, and you should know by now that the people on NS are easily offended.

It comes down to freedom of speech Vs peoples right to not looking at things like that as I see...

See, Nationstates has the philosophy that If it might offend anyone, delete it.
UMP has the philosophy that if someone is offended it is their own damn fault.
SSA holds the theory that If it is something that might offend someone or cause trouble, it is easier to just not post it and save screwing around with bans and stuff. If someone does post something that offends you then you should be able to ask them to not do it again (civily) and they should not do it again.

Which, of course coming back to the thread, is why you should vote for us...

I agree with that Lapse guy

I agree with that Lapse guy

He is pretty nifty, isn't he?

Which is lucky because I'd have been banned at least 19 times by now :p

Really? I've been banned twice and deleted once, but that's only since I started posting again. I got deleted once before then, and I can't recall how many times I've been banned.

And while 19 bans is impressive, I'll be more impressed if you can manage to get banned twice, then get deleted, then manage to get yourself undeleted.

Really? I've been banned twice and deleted once, but that's only since I started posting again. I got deleted once before then, and I can't recall how many times I've been banned.

And while 19 bans is impressive, I'll be more impressed if you can manage to get banned twice, then get deleted, then manage to get yourself undeleted.

Woah!...I actually thought they might ban me again for coming back and using all the same stuff...19 times, thats pretty hardcore...

Thats what they did at the G4 Forums....But, id quit posting there by then cause they got rid of the Social Forums...

The SSA party lawyers have informed me to state that this is not a 'bump' and any statements to the contary are slanderous and will result with a libel suit.

Indeed

Pay heed to this Mole fellow. He knows what he's talking about.

I sure do

Pay heed to this Mole fellow. He knows what he's talking about.

That's because he is very wise. Which is why he's in the SSA.

Wise? Or experienced?

experienced...

Precisely.

experienced in being an ass :)

experienced in being an ass :)

Well, that's useful in certain places.

This is a message from the SSA party membership to the oposistion....

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/images/stfu2.jpg

Thank you for listening.

This is a message from the SSA party membership to the oposistion....

*snip*

Thank you for listening.

Bel, that image may just as well have undo all of the SSA´s efforts at being elected.:mad:

What! Is this election actually happening?

yeah... Starts on the first...

Oh. Should I remove the image then? And shouldn't we be organizing debates with the opposistion and stuff?

Oh. Should I remove the image then? And shouldn't we be organizing debates with the opposistion and stuff?

... You seem to have a strange idea on how this election works. Look back at the older threads for rules and stuff.

experienced in being an ass :)

Bah ;)

yeah... Starts on the first...

For goodness sake, When do we get to invade places :confused:

... You seem to have a strange idea on how this election works. Look back at the older threads for rules and stuff.

Where do I find them?

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=502218

I eat elections for breakfast.

i don't think that's wise...

This is not a bump! There is nothing to see here#!

Bump for new election!!!!!!!!

MODS this is a forum raid in progress ban the raiders quickly!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/time_lapse/ATT00002.jpg

Forum raid? What forum raid?