History of Sciforums: World Events

Discussion in 'World Events' started by Stryder, Nov 1, 2007.

  1. Stryder Keeper of "good" ideas. Valued Senior Member

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    Back on the 6th of October 1999, Porfiry decided that his ExoScience forum should extend a little further than just his general sit to have a "slightly broader sci/tech focus".
    http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=1978

    With this occurrence 'World Affairs' was born, as stated though it was meant as Science and Technology related events around the globe, little did Porfiry what he would unleash upon the community of sciforums.

    From that date up until mid 2001 the subforum was relatively calm and tranquil.

    Then news articles started to emerge about Israeli conflict and then eventually 9/11 (9th of November 2001) occurred, Sciforums World Affairs would never be the same, from that point on people from both sides of a dispute fence emerged to abuse one another at every turn, where anger an outrage at what had occurred because pure Racism and it was no longer a case of 'What the facts were' but what colour of skin and region of the world people despised.

    You could suggest that sciforums suffered at the hands of terrorism, in the sense that it's World Affairs forum (The forum for Science and Technology News) was HIJACKED (Not just by terrorist sympathisers).

    Looking through the annals of sciforums past, you can see how the subforum didn't blossom but became the harbinger of diseased misconceptions, lies and activistic espionage.

    So for all those that complain about any future moderation in regards to Racist threads or Hate driven commentary, just remember that this subforums inception was never meant for those types of posts ever and the sciforums moderation team has every right to purge such threads as they appear.
     
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  3. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    evolution baby!

    The fins of the fish were never meant to fly or walk either, but they did! eventually.
     
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  5. Stryder Keeper of "good" ideas. Valued Senior Member

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    Ah even in Evolution Spurious, there is Genus where certain wakes of life specialise in certain areas and would be overwhelmed in others. Adaption can only go so far, the problem was adapting to news allowed 'Specialised protagonists' to move in greatly so when people slurred their website name.
     
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  7. Baron Max Registered Senior Member

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    So, ...why don't the moderators set up a system by which we all submit our posts in advance for the colllective approval of all of the moderators PRIOR to posting it on the site? Every post then would meet with the approval of the moderators, and no one could ever complain ...ever.

    See? Perfect system. When are you going to institute it?

    Baron Max
     
  8. Mr. G reality.sys Valued Senior Member

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    What's baby sitting without the occasional soiled diaper?

    Unnatural.

    A village takes a mommy.

    Who's your daddy?
     
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  9. otheadp Banned Banned

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    oh man
    i remember the good ol' 2003 and 2004 when intifada 2.0 was at its height and the Iraq war was launched.

    "fun" times indeed...
     
  10. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    Delete WEP.
     
  11. Challenger78 Valued Senior Member

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    You know, I found it odd too that a Science based Forum would have a political forum, But then i started posting and got hooked...
     
  12. Gustav Banned Banned

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    ahh
    so no one here knows sci's dirty little secret?
     
  13. broadandbeaver 'Now I am become Death Registered Senior Member

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    Interesting that World Events has the 3rd highest post count and is number 2 in threads behind Free Thoughts. It may not be being used as intended but by gosh, it's being used!
     

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