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SI Staff (original poster moderator #10) posted at 3:12 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
We are implementing a Zero Tolerence policy regarding *any* political mention.
This means:
No Names
No Jokes
No Polls
No Debate Questions (whether infidelity related or not)
Zero. Nada. Zilch. No mention of politics or of political candidates at all.
We do not have time to Moderate politics on an Infidelity site. There are thousands of political message boards, we encourage you all to go there if the spirit moves you to want to discuss politics.
Breaking the Zero Tolerence rule = losing your Profile.
Invisible Man ( member #5264) posted at 3:23 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
BS- Still Recovering
"So many roads, so much at stake.
So many dead-ends, I'm at the edge of a lake. Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take to find dignity.-Dylan
CluelessBlonde ( member #13933) posted at 3:23 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
I'm not going to post any smart-ass comments for a change. I just wanted to say that you mods do a wonderful job here. Thank you. 
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.
If you eat a live toad first thing in the morning, nothing worse can happen for the rest of the day.
ajsmom ( member #17460) posted at 3:26 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Me's already learned me's lesson.
Fidelity isn't a feeling...it's a choice.
"Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always." - Albert Schweitzer
____________________________________________
Me: BW - Him: 200+ # tumor removed 7/09
One AMAZING DS - 34
ladyvorkosigan ( member #8283) posted at 3:29 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Thank you so much.
Let me tell you why I think this is so important.
If you're a BS here, you sought out this board in the first place because while you were following the rules, your WS decided to break them, and left you feeling silenced and powerless.
So when you're here and once again following the rules and someone else breaks them, you once again feel silenced and powerless.
So thanks very very much.
[This message edited by ladyvorkosigan at 9:31 AM, February 22nd (Friday)]
It nagged him, in particular, that none of the girls he’d known so far had given him a sense of unalloyed triumph.
rivenheart ( member #13838) posted at 3:52 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Seems like a good policy to me. But if the penalty is going to be so severe, maybe it should be made very clear in the TOS/sign up process.
It's understandable when someone famous is involved with infidelity to want to comment on it. And since there's no rule against talking about celebrities or any other non-politician, I think it would be very easy for a new member to cross that line. If someone sees a comment trashing Angelina Jolie, Woodie Allen, or Paula Deen, how would they know it's off limits to discuss Ms/Mr. Politician's behavior?
rivenheart ~ heartriven
Me: BW, 36 at d-day; WH, 40
Deeply Scared ( Administrator #2) posted at 3:53 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
We already have a sticky thread in this forum about religion and political discussions.
We're not making it part of the registration process.
[This message edited by Deeply Scared at 9:54 AM, February 22nd (Friday)]
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." My Mom:)
My tolerance for stupid shit is getting less and less.
Skye ( member #325) posted at 3:58 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
I totally understand, but it is hard to talk on a political board about infidelity. While the whole world seems to be cheating, nowhere but here does it feel safe to talk about it.
Basic_Guy ( member #4396) posted at 4:00 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Thanks "Staff"....this is a very good rule...and it has served us well for a very long time....
Thanks for this...and all that you do to make this wonderful place what it is....
Courage does not always come with blinding flashes of light....sometimes you only notice it after it passes...
My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost
He's always off somewhere when I need him most.
cantlivewithouth ( member #11939) posted at 4:04 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Thanks for all that you do!
Married a truly wonderful and loving man Sept. 19, 2010. Not only survived, but thrived.
My new mantra: Argue Your Limitations.
dreamlife ( member #8142) posted at 4:07 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
~XWH told me what I wanted to hear but he always did whatever he wanted to do~
"He called me a bitch.
I called him an ambulance."
Linda H.)
knucklehead ( member #2041) posted at 4:12 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
"The argument that one doesn't have to take responsibility for what comes out of ones mouth because one has gone through something is bullshit." My good friend Archy. Archy for Prez!
bkewidow ( member #14205) posted at 4:56 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Thanks, mods for the great job you do.
Whenever I see these things, I get a ball of fear in the pit of my stomach. I would probably DIE if I ever lost my ability to post here. I feel like I'm going to puke when I get a Mod PM for making a generalization!
Note to self: No political talk, J!
Love ya!
J
DDay: 3/30/07
Married 14 years, together 16
One kid; mine, Three kids; ours
DDay 2 - Oct. 2007
Confirmed OW1 (from 8 yrs ago)
Women might be able to fake an orgasm, but apparently my husband could fake an entire relationship.
smalltowngirl ( member #40) posted at 8:21 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
"Don't do what you can't undo, until you've considered what you can't do once you've done it" ~ King Shrewd, Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
hardtimesinlife ( member #10468) posted at 11:13 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Hey...
CluelessBlonde said the word......
Change
Is that allowed?
[This message edited by hardtimesinlife at 5:14 PM, February 22nd (Friday)]
Ddays 2004 & 2007
I cut my losses mid 2013
Feeling happier every day :)
foreverchangedwi ( member #15368) posted at 1:43 AM on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
bkwidow, me too, and I really didn't realize what I did! But my bad, I didn't read the stop sign apparently.. I really hope I don't screw up, because I would lose it if I couldn't come here. 
BW-me
FWH-him
D-Day-1/24/06
The measure of a person is not based upon the words that they speak, but upon the choices that they make- {Borrowed from lieshurt}
PeacePower ( member #17129) posted at 5:51 AM on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Perhaps this should get pinned to the top of the forum until November is over.
Me: XBS-female 39. She: gone-D'ed 06/01/08.
Finding new hope, new love, new dreams!
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~Maya Angelou
KSA2 ( member #9474) posted at 7:44 PM on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So, what are we, helpless? Puppets? Nah. The big moments are gonna come, you can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.
716dayslost ( member #11536) posted at 5:47 AM on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
So when you're here and once again following the rules and someone else breaks them, you once again feel silenced and powerless.
very well put! Also I might add that some of us feel bullied by life and I know from experience how much that hurts to be bullied on SI.
I am one who normally is interested in politics. But we have a nine month gestation ahead that I am tired of already.
Nice call mods.
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I'll stand my ground and I won't back down
drowninginsorrow ( member #4545) posted at 11:56 AM on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.- Matt Groening
"I've found the secret to life. I'm ok when everything is not ok"- Tori Amos lyrics
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