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I have written to Genes asking for an explanation as to why this whole thread was arbitrarily pulled without any good reason or explanation. I await their reply!!!!!

well I'm shocked - have had no message from GR

Stella I wish I/we knew...only the RRer knows...certainly done for
kicks me thinks....how sad :-|

surely the rr'r reports it, the reported post is closed , and later action is taken......was any of it reported beforehand?

Bob

What a sad, low-life person to get kicks out of something like that..

Well, talk about curtailment of free speech! GR may be concerned about the reporter's feelings - if the reporter gave a valid reason, but their swiftness in ensuring the majority are silenced for the sake of the 'few' (probably 1) smacks of paranoia or dictatorship :-| :-|

Don't think so Bob. I think they just deleted the reported post without any consideration that the rest of the thread would disappear, regardless of the, at least 15-20 people who were discussing the subject sensibly and informatively. Personally I learnt a lot from it.

I don't think admin read reported posts any more they just delete. I base that on posts on the research boards which have been reported for having personal info on ( phone numbers, dob of living people), which could have been edited by the poster if GR had notified them to do so, they just get deleted instead...

It's my guess that it's just quicker to delete when they have so few ( any?) staff looking at reports and are apparently 'looking at how best to manage the boards'...

And where is the community manager with her explanation?

Her? "post" has probably been deleted also..........

Bob

Good to see my nearest city is doing its bit -

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-welcomes-syrian-refugees-humanitarian-9992319

Such a shame.

There was a good collection of the differing views on the thread.

and I think we all learnt something from it

Hear hear!!

No reply from Genes! Why aren't I surprised!

in case anyone comes along and doesn't know what the complaints are about, this is AnnCardiff's opening post that has now been deleted along with the thread:




this is just getting worse and those pictures of that dear little boy being carried from the water's edge is truly heartbreaking - both he, aged 3, and his five year old brother drowned, along with their mother. This just can't go on

this country is not full as people keep saying - I feel Hungary has behaved badly - after all, in 1956 this country, along with others, took thousands of Hungarian refugees and welcomed them with open arms - my family took in a 15 year old Hungarian girl

Seems to me that German is being over-generous to make up for their past, as they were responsible for millions of refugees

Australia is a massive country - why not charter a liner to help these poor people make a new life over there - I honestly don't know the answer, but we just can't sit back and do nothing

sits back and waits for the onslaught

frankly, however, if the site management decided it did not want to host the kind of bigoted views that were on display in that thread I would not disagree.

Bigot : A person who is intolerant to those holding different opinions
Views aren't bigoted, people may be, but we're all entitled to our opinions, and people should question them. It's called debate.
If someone doesn't agree with your opinion, who is the bigot - you or them? Who is 'right' when it comes to opinions?
Those who try to stifle differing opinions are the truest bigots.

well I think GR should at least have the courtesy to inform me why my post was removed

Hear Hear

Maggie and you to Ann :-D