Note about making personal jibes

[Administrator]

Absolutely no personal 'jibes' will be tolerated from now on, however small they are.

A personal jibe is when you reference the name of another forum member directly in a post and make a comment about their intelligence, attitude, political alignment, or any other personal attribute.

Regardless of how small or insignificant this can seem to you, a personal jibe always causes escalation. 

It is absolutely possible to get your view across in a debate without making a personal jibe. Regardless of how passionate you are about the debate, please think and re-read before you post and remove any personal jibes.

From today onwards (22nd Sep 2023), it will not be tolerated in this forum section. A warning will be given the first time for minor offences and more serious action will be taken for major offences (how serious these are will be deemed by the Admin). All second or future infractions will cause your posting rights in here to be suspended for the next month.

 

 

As a side note:

Since the forum began in 2006, debates around LTNs, CPZs, ULEZ, cycling, climate change etc have always been heated. We have always had groups of forum members with differing views. I could take the easy route and not allow these debates in the forum at all. But I don't, because this is an open public forum and these are important topics relevant to the local community. The forum does not have moderation 24/7 so I rely on people posting here in good faith. If you as a forum member cannot be trusted to debate these topics sensibly, you will be restricted from posting in here.